Vacancy: Finance Officer

Job Description

Our Africa Regional office seeks a newly qualified accountant with experience in NGOs to provide financial support to programmes and project implementation, ensuring that policies, procedures and minimum standards of accounting are complied with.             

Position summary

This position is an exciting opportunity to take on a role within the organizationfinance team to support, maintain and improve the office’s financial systems and controls. The role will specifically focus  and provide support to the organization (the profitable arm) when the need arises.  Based at the Africa Regional office in Accra, the post will involve interacting with all staff and working directly with finance team members to ensure a high level of operational delivery of financial activities.

The role of the Finance Officer- Programmes is to maintain the accounting records for the organization. This will include ensuring compliance with donor/ grant agreement, grant management, preparing donor finance reports, partner finance management and producing monthly finance reports.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely recording of all financial transactions.


• Examine financial documents to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and validity of financial data before payments are made


• Monitor advances and ensure that no advances are outstanding beyond the approved timelines


• Prepare bank and cash reconciliations


• Maintain the integrity of data within the ledgers


• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations


• Support  finance and grants operations, policies and procedures


• Manage the various grants to ensure accurate spending, tracking expenditures and variances, using Budget versus Actuals.


• Work closely with programme teams to monitor funds, ensuring up to date records of expenditures in compliance with budget allocations and donor requirements.


• Work closely with partner organizations to ensure effective management of sub-grants as well as timely and accurate reporting.


• Ensure the timely and accurate preparation of monthly reports as well as donor financial reports in line with grant agreements


• Support with annual budget preparation and the budget for new proposals


• Ensure proper filing systems are in place, both in-office and electronically


• Liaise with donors, partners and vendors as needed


• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements relating to the organization


• Provide support to the organization as and when required


• Perform other related duties as required

Annual Salary: $14,000 (USD)

Required Skills or Experience