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Job Title | Finance Coordinator |
Code | 1066 |
Place of Work | Addis Ababa |
Monthly Salary in ETB | As per the organization scale |
No. of Positions | 1 |
JOB Summary
Designs system generated and user friendly financial reporting formats ; prepares year-end CO statutory accounts and ensures that reports are made available as per ChSA guidelines and timescales ; prepares monthly quarterly and annual accurate financial reports and attachments to members, donors SMT, Regional Office and SCI and government regulatory agencies.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Provides high level analytical reviews and reports to authorized information users;
Compiles the tasks of Financial Analysts as per their segregation of duties and be accountable for tasks assigned;
Assists in building capacities on gaps identified and proposes development plan as required;
Reconciles all SCI Bank and Cash Accounts;
Ensures Single Account Reconciliations for control accounts and also other accounts which needs matching on AGRESSO;
Clears outstanding issues like post month accounts clearances;
Ensuring reconciliation of balance sheet items/control accounts through timely preparation and submission of reports after hard close, devising and updating standard templates for schedules and aging;
Assists clearing long outstanding balances by tracing the sources and natures of transactions; ensures that possible action should be included and documented and all offices should confirm the balance to hold them accountable;
Identifies and clear errors and irregularities/abnormal balances through adjustments in collaboration with respective stake holders;
Reviewing financial documents and posting GLACOS to the system;
Preparing and reviewing GJs within the given period and posting;
Contributing for ensuring data quality to the maximum effort;
Follows up to let Hubs and Field Offices prepare and send a separate summary with month end reports with justification for coding to the balance sheet accounts and a time frame for their settlements.
Assists in analysing risks which emanates from outstanding Balance Sheet and Trial Balance accounts and flagging up to the management;
Manages AGRESSO system;
Designs system generated and user friendly financial reporting formats;
Prepare year-end CO statutory accounts and ensure that reports are made available as per ChSA guidelines and timescales;
Assists in Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual accurate financial reports and attachments to members, donors SMT, Regional Office and SCI and government regulatory agencies;
Reviews SCI centre and other CO’s transaction charged to Ethiopia program and make sure that all are correct charges;
Maintains the integrity of all data entry and quality in AGRESSO and ensure that regular back-ups are taken after month end processing;
Assist in Facilitating internal and external audit processes; provide support in implementing audit recommendations;
Assists in Inducting new staff and collaborate with Roving Field office support in organising training for field finance staff on management control reports and other financial management issues ;
Serves as the focal person for all financial reports related issues;
Assists in Providing ad-hoc financial management information and analysis from the system for the use of management and BHs as required;
Performs other related task as required.