Job Description
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Cash Management
- Ensure proper supporting documentation and authorization before writing of payment vouchers in line with SCI financial procedures.
- Writing of Cheques as approved by relevant budget holders.
- Maintain proper filing and easy retrieval of finance documentation.
- Perform Bank related activities (Pick up Bank Statements, collect office running cash)
- Ensure weekly and month end cash counts are carried out.
- Payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office
- Cash Reconciliation General Ledger Offline spreadsheet for country office and all field offices
- Maintain optimum cash balances and advises the Finance Officer for cash replenishment (including emergencies)
- Conduct weekly or month end cash count
Statutory Remittances
- Registration of approved invoices in Agresso system
- Preparing Tax, NHF, and Pension payment schedules and cheques to be remitted to the Tax authorities and the various pensions’ administrators.
- Reconciliation for assigned balance sheet accounts.
- Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager.
Audit and Archiving
- Assist during audit to retrieve all relevant documents for audit exercise.
- Assist others requiring information on transactions to retrieve relevant payment vouchers and documentation for their use.
- Lead on archiving of documents
Working Contacts
- Internal: All budget-holders, in particular the CD and other SMT members.
- External: Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, include regulatory agencies.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
- widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
- values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors or Equivalent in Accounting
- Qualified or working towards professional qualifications.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- 2 years’ experience in INGO or/and 1 year audit or accountancy work experience
- Attention to Detail