Grants & Finance Officer, May 2024

Job Description

Help us end avoidable blindness in Ethiopia
Assist us to strengthen local health systems
Leading International Development Organization in the area of eye health
position based in Addis Ababa

Ethiopia is one of The Foundations largest funded programs, focused on the Elimination of Trachoma. Up until now, our program has focused on the complex and direct delivery of services to help those in need. With strong foundations in place, we are now looking to enter into a new phase of our programming building on the work that we have already done.

About the Position

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Finance & Grants Officer is responsible for the preparation of financial reporting and accounting duties of The Fred Hollows Foundation Ethiopia. Working closely with the Finance Manager, you will provide support across all financial functions ensuring compliance with FHF Finance, Procurement and Logistic policies and procedures, as well as Donor and Government requirements.

Specific areas of responsibilities include:

Maintain up-to-date accounting records that are relevant, reliable, objective and understandable.
Ensure financial transactions are adequately documented, reviewed and validated before input into the financial management system (SUN) system for data quality and coding accuracy of transactions.
Post entries to the accounting software in a timely manner.
Ensure a backup and retention procedure is in place and followed for all accounting records/data/documents.
Perform all accounts including ensuring that cash, payables and receivables are reconciled on a timely basis
Review all procurement transactions to ensure adequate supporting documentation, accuracy of amounts and control overpayments.
Prepare and attend to the needs of auditors by way of participating in pre-audit meetings, prepare audit schedules as per checklist made available and any other pertinent supporting analysis
Check and ensure that all monthly tax payments, statutory & regulatory deductions and other returns are accurate, complete as well as remitted in a timely manner.
Ensure timely preparation of tax returns and other forms to tax authorities for review by finance manager prior to submission.
Liaison with local government to ensure compliance with tax regulations, pension payment and other requirements.
Ensure full financial compliance with donor, government, legal and FHF requirements

Job Requirements

To be successful in this role, we are seeking someone with the following experience and skills

At least 5 years of working experience in a similar role within a recognized NGO.
BA Degree in Accounting and/or Finance
High level of computer literacy with sound knowledge of financial accounting software and spreadsheet packages.
Solid knowledge of full-cycle accounting principles, financial systems, budget/cash-flow monitoring and internal accounting controls.
Knowledge and use of SUN systems.
Sound knowledge of current legislation and regulatory requirements relevant to INGOs in Ethiopia.

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Job City Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa The Fred Hollows foundation Ethiopia

The Fred Hollows Foundation

We are an international development organisation working towards eliminating avoidable blindness and improving Indigenous Australian health.It started around Fred and Gabi’s dinner table Four years after he was diagnosed with cancer, and knowing he didn’t have much longer to live, Fred and Gabi Hollows decided they needed to find a way to continue his work. They started The Foundation with a group of friends and supporters to keep alive Fred’s dream: that everyone, no matter whether rich or poor, would have the right to high quality and affordable eye care. They promised to continue to fight for the change Fred so badly wanted.Today we continue Fred’s vision: we see a world in which no person is needlessly blind and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders exercise their right to good health.Fred died less than one year later. It was a terribly sad time, but brightened by the knowledge that through The Fred Hollows Foundation his work would carry on. – Gabi Hollows The Fred Hollows Foundation today Since its humble beginnings in Fred and Gabi’s kitchen, The Foundation now works in more than 25 countries and has restored sight to over two million people.We are driven by Fred’s vision to eliminate avoidable blindness, for Indigenous Australians to have access to quality heath services and to stand up for what is right. We believe that collaboration, getting things done with integrity, and empowering local communities is the best way to make a difference.Today, there are 32.4 million people in the world who are blind – but many don’t need to be. We focus on preventable and treatable diseases such as cataract, trachoma and diabetic retinopathy. Our in-country work involves local training and providing affordable technology, so doctors, nurses and health care workers can recognise, diagnose, refer and treat eye problems in their communities. We use research to improve our understanding of avoidable blindness, then use our findings to implement strategies and advocate for change.The Foundation is overseen by our Board of Directors, which includes Gabi Hollows. CEO Brian Doolan leads day-to-day operations, and we’re still advised by Fred’s great mate and fellow humanitarian, Dr Sanduk Ruit. We are independent, not-for-profit, politically unaligned and secular.Fred’s influence Fred was the type of man who knew exactly what he wanted, then went about getting it. Through his years with the Aboriginal Medical Service, National Trachoma and Eye Health Program and his work in developing countries, he was driven by the injustices he saw.Being the man he was, he spent his final years planning to establish factories in Eritrea and Nepal and develop low cost lenses in these two countries that he cared deeply about. Months before his death, he also flew to Vietnam to keep a promise to train ophthalmologists in modern eye surgery techniques so that local people would be empowered to help their own communities.We’re working just as tirelessly as Fred did to end avoidable blindness – by fighting injustice, building local capacity, empowering the countries where we work, and staying true to our values. He had a big dream and it’s a dream that lives on in the work of The Foundation.We will only be done when every person, regardless of who they are, where they live or whether they are rich or poor, is living in a world free of avoidable blindness. – Brian Doolan Together, we can do this We know exactly how to help mothers who are pulling out their eyelashes in agony from trachoma. We know how to treat children who are needlessly blind from cataract and to get them back to school. We know how to prevent people with diabetes going irreversibly blind because they can’t access quality eye care.We know how to help, but there’s a lot of work still to be done across the world and in Indigenous communities in Australia. Eliminating avoidable blindness can be achieved – with the help of our partners and, most importantly, you, our invaluable supporters.

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Project Coordinator – Health Financing

0 USD Addis Ababa CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week The Fred Hollows Foundation

Job Description

Help us end avoidable blindness in Ethiopia
Assist us to strengthen local health systems
Leading International Development Organization in the area of eye health
position based in Addis Ababa

The Fred Hollows Foundation, an international NGO founded in 1992 has been a driving force in the development and implementation of blindness prevention programs in some of the poorest and most isolated regions in the world. Currently operating in over 25 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Australia and Middle East. The Foundation is working to end avoidable blindness.Ethiopia is one of The Foundations largest funded programs, focused on the Elimination of Trachoma. Up until now, our program has focused on the complex and direct delivery of services to help those in need. With strong foundations in place, we are now looking to enter into a new phase of our programming building on the work that we have already done.About the PositionReporting to the Finance Manager, the Finance & Grants Officer is responsible for the preparation of financial reporting and accounting duties of The Fred Hollows Foundation Ethiopia. Working closely with the Finance Manager, you will provide support across all financial functions ensuring compliance with FHF Finance, Procurement and Logistic policies and procedures, as well as Donor and Government requirements.Specific areas of responsibilities include:

Maintain up-to-date accounting records that are relevant, reliable, objective and understandable.
Ensure financial transactions are adequately documented, reviewed and validated before input into the financial management system (SUN) system for data quality and coding accuracy of transactions.
Post entries to the accounting software in a timely manner.
Ensure a backup and retention procedure is in place and followed for all accounting records/data/documents.
Perform all accounts including ensuring that cash, payables and receivables are reconciled on a timely basis
Review all procurement transactions to ensure adequate supporting documentation, accuracy of amounts and control overpayments.
Prepare and attend to the needs of auditors by way of participating in pre-audit meetings, prepare audit schedules as per checklist made available and any other pertinent supporting analysis
Check and ensure that all monthly tax payments, statutory & regulatory deductions and other returns are accurate, complete as well as remitted in a timely manner.
Ensure timely preparation of tax returns and other forms to tax authorities for review by finance manager prior to submission.
Liaison with local government to ensure compliance with tax regulations, pension payment and other requirements.
Ensure full financial compliance with donor, government, legal and FHF requirements

Job Requirements

To be successful in this role, we are seeking someone with the following experience and skills

At least 5 years of working experience in a similar role within a recognized NGO.
BA Degree in Accounting and/or Finance
High level of computer literacy with sound knowledge of financial accounting software and spreadsheet packages.
Solid knowledge of full-cycle accounting principles, financial systems, budget/cash-flow monitoring and internal accounting controls.
Knowledge and use of SUN systems.
Sound knowledge of current legislation and regulatory requirements relevant to INGOs in Ethiopia.

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