African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
An
Exciting Short-Term Opportunity
Temporary Account Assistant – Research Department
Established
in 1988, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) is a premier capacity
building institution in the advancement of research and training to inform
economic policies in sub-Saharan Africa.
AERC’s
mission rests on two premises: first, that development is more likely to occur
where there is sustained sound management of the economy; second, that such
management is more likely to happen where there is an active, well-informed
cohort of locally based professional economists to conduct policy-relevant
research.
AERC builds this cohort through a programme that has three primary components: research, training, and policy outreach. The organization integrates high quality economic policy research, postgraduate training, and policy outreach within a vast network of researchers, universities, and policy makers across Africa and beyond.
AERC
is seeking to fill the position of Temporary Account Assistant.
This
position will be for a period three months to support the Programme
Administrator for Research on the following accounting related assignments.
· Guided
retrieval and filing of Research individual and institutional grants, payments,
expenditure accounting documents and relevant correspondence.
· Assist
with the verification and reconciliation of awarded grants, payments, and
accounting documents surrendered to facilitate processing of payments due.
· Assist
in the preparation of relevant documents in readiness of the institutional
audit in May 2023.
· Assist with
the development and update of the proposed internal document repository portal
for document sharing henceforth.
· Assist
in other document related duties in the department requiring attention in the
period.
· The
temporary accounts assistant will ensure that all outstanding grant accounting
documents are verified and assist in processing the payments due.
· She/he
will also ensure the institutional and individual grants and supporting
documentations are up-to-date, thus enhancing stakeholder’s satisfaction as
well as minimize risk exposures that might raise potential audit queries.
· Assist
in setting up and archiving electronic documents to one drive/share point for
easy retrieval.
· Assist
in preparation of the audit process through document retrieval, updates and
reporting.
· Assist
in updating all the sub grantees files with the necessary information and
keeping them up to date.
· Prepare
and update key grantee accounting documents and verification in the Research
department.
· Assist
in vendor reconciliation, grants reconciliation and gathering data relevant for
donor reporting as requested.
· Maintain
specific donor related statistics as requested.
· Undertake
any other duties/responsibilities that may be assigned to him/her by the
Programme Administrator.
Qualifications
and Experience
· A
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Commerce or Business-related discipline.
· Must be
a CPA (K)/ACCA holder.
· Must
have 3-4years relevant experience in an NGO environment.
· Excellent
skills in Microsoft Office Suite (excel skills a MUST).
· Working
experience with ERP’s preferably Microsoft Dynamics Navision.
· Extensive
experience in dealing with donor funded projects (DFID, SIDA, AfDB).
Key
Skills and Competencies
· Strong
interpersonal skills and a good team player.
· High
level of integrity, commitment and professional responsibility.
· Excellent
communication, organization and presentation skills.
· Good
analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Ability
to work independently with guidelines and clear expectations.
· Ability
to engage and interact with different people from different cultures and
backgrounds.
How to
Apply
Interested
applicants are invited to send in their applications to
recruitment@aercafrica.org by Friday 3rd February 2023.
Due
to the expected volume of applications, AERC will only enter into further
correspondence with short-listed candidates.
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