Finance Officer
GIZ Ethiopia - Vacancy Announcement
GIZ Office
Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #24/2017
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes.
In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 50 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors. GIZ Ethiopia is looking to recruit a Finance Officer for GIZ Office as specified below.
Position: Finance Officer
Remuneration: As per the GIZ scale
Application deadline: April 07, 2017
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Overall Responsibilities:
Ensure accounting functions and systems are implemented according to GIZ & internationally accepted procedures. Internal coordination functions within the Finance department
Tasks:
·Prepare all kinds of Payment Vouchers including Procurement & Contract and travel claim payments.
· Check arithmetical accuracy of office invoices prior to preparing payments
· Process financial transactions of Projects using GIZ’s accounting software and ensure proper labeling of files before returning to Projects.
· Process International/Domestic travel claims.
·Process settlement of advances
·Process VAT claims and follow-up on refund
· Prepare Quarterly Tax Report for Inland Revenue
· Check vouchers of Programs/Projects before processing in the accounting software
·Process Program/Project vouchers in GIZ Accounting Software and make a monthly accounts closing.
·Make Reconciliation of Program/Project bank accounts.
· Make cash account reconciliations between Journal, Cash Book and Actual physical cash count balances
· Invalidate processed vouchers before sending back to Programs/Projects. This includes writing voucher numbers on all supporting documents.
· Prepare internal transaction or adjustment vouchers for correcting wrong bookings, whenever necessary.
· Provide assistance to Finance colleagues as may be required.
· Perform any other duties as may be required.
Required Educational qualifications, professional experience and competency
· University degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Management or related field.
· A minimum of 5 years relevant occupational experience; expertise in the necessary field or equivalent combination of both
· Knowledge of English language both in speaking and writing.
· A candidate with higher Cumulative GPA will have an advantage
Personal and social competency
· Exhibits conscientiousness, reliability, integrity, loyalty, commitment and perseverance.
· Be Flexible, willing and fast to learn, and approach challenges constructively
·Have higher tolerance for frustration and able to work under pressure, has strong team orientation, and cooperation.