Location: Lusaka, Zambia Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract (renewable) Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
The Zambia country office are looking to recruit a Finance assistant to support the finance team. This opportunity is offered on a 12 month contract that is renewable.
About the role
The finance assistant reports to the Finance and Support Services Manager. The post-holder will provide administrative support, budgeting and reporting and information management to the finance team.
If you have experience in a similar role and are keen to work within international development then this opportunity is for you.
Key accountabilities but not limited to:
- Administering petty cash, analysing invoices, processing vouchers and journals using Sun System, processing payments to suppliers.
- Assisting with the development of new programme documentation, including budgets, filing accounts and financial records, reviewing budget during activities, submitting quarterly reports to projects, preparing monthly funds request.
- Following up with partners for submission of their quarterly reports, preparation of month end checklist and other monthly reports, assisting in the preparing donor financial reports, supporting with informational data for auditing purposes
Knowledge, skills and experience
Essential:
- A relevant qualification in accounting/finance or equivalent experience in a similar role
- Knowledge and experience of programme finance within an INGO
- High level of accuracy, highly numerate
- Previous experience working with external stakeholders such as Government organisations
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Project financial management experience, budgets and data analysis
- Good planning and excellent communication
- Current and ongoing right to work in Zambia
Desirable:
The project assistant opportunity is a varied role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the job description for full details.
The deadline to apply is 7 November 2024 23.30pm GMT UK.
We intend to conduct interviews from 18 November 2024 onwards. The recruitment process will be a face to face interview lasting up to one hour at the Zambia Country office.
As an equal opportunity Employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader therefore qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
To apply please simply click on the apply icon and apply in English. We are particularly interested as to why you would like to work with Sightsavers.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
