Project Finance Officer

Job by Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)

Category:

Accounting and Finance

Location:

Addis Ababa 

Salary:

Negotiable

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Job Description

External Vacancy

Job purpose:

Support the Performance of all the financial management functions of the project office in the organization.

MAIN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing all the financial transactions of the Project
• Prepare all financial reports based on existing finance management system.
• Plan, implement, and control of program-related and administrative budgets.
•  Support admin and logistic team in proper asset management.
•  Proper execution of requisitions, expenditure, and accountability of organizational resources.
•  Preparations of timely and accurate donor and management reports, and budget proposals that includes being responsive to donor conditions.
• Maintaining daily account of the daily transactions.
• Balancing the daily account at the end of each day;
• Making daily, weekly and monthly transaction reports to the Project Director and Country finance Officer;
• Be responsible for sending and receiving account information to and from the Country Office;
• Prepare project staff payroll sheet, Payroll reconciliation and time sheet.
• Be the main contact person with the bank, government tax office and government pension office.
• Be responsible for payroll, pension fund, petty cash and payment vouchers administration of the JRS-RCC Project.
• Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information;
• Maintain up-to-date fixed asset record and send to the Country finance Office on monthly basis.
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information;
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options;
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents;
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Secures financial information by completing data base backups.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls;
• Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements;
• Comply with JRS and donors, federal and regional financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions in collaboration with the project team ;
• Prepares financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends;\
• Maintains confidentiality of financial information and keep all financial, finance related in good and chronological order;
• Ensuring that recommendations made by the Country Office Finance Officer are implemented.
• Managing communication with CO Finance regarding financial Management.
• Positively contribute to organizational culture and participate fully in staff processes.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed/required by your immediate supervisor.

Reporting to: RCC-Project Director

Level:  V

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualification

• B.A degree with 6+ years of relevant and progressive experience working in accounting and finance area. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate
• Knowledgeable in and experience in managing financial software
• Clear understanding of preparing donor’s report (UNHCR, BPRM)
• Ability to prepare budget utilization periodical report
• Clear knowledge and understanding of the national tax system (All applicable laws)
• Strong organizational and supervisory skills
• Honest, hard-working, and self-motivated
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within different cultural environments
• Strong written and communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work within a team structure or independently, flexible, and can cope with stressful workload
• Leveraging the resources of JRS-Ethiopia and partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships
• Knowledge of project cycle management and sphere standards.
• Excellent organization, time and general management skills
• Critical thinking, strong analytical skills and objective judgments.
•  High degree of competency using MS Office, MS Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and e-mail communication
•  Self-motivated, highly organized team player
• Effective communication skills, including speaking, writing and active listening
• Commitment to high level of confidentiality with sensitive information.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants can submit only their CV (Excluding their scanned Copies of Educational, training and Experience Letters and application letter (the application letter should state current and expected salary) ; Submit  to JRS-Ethiopia Country Human Resource Officer within 7 days (Including Saturday and Sunday ) of this announcement through the following email address: Eth01.hr@jrs.net and fill the form via  the following link https://forms.gle/hDfu2kq3rdwBBVg88

**Only those who fill up the form (through the indicated link) will be considered in the recruitment Process

Step 1: Fill up the form indicated in the link

Step 2: Only share your application and CV (Don’t include Educational and Experience credentials)

Step 3: Avoid big size document for application (Make it only 3 -5 mb file size)

Women applicants are highly encouraged. 

Deadline
Aug 10, 2022