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Junior Accountant

Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #026/2019

GIZ- SDR Programme 

Background

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; and in Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 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.

The Strengthening Drought Resilience (SDR) support Programme of GIZ was initiated in 2013 as a response to the Ethiopian Government’s appeal to end drought emergencies. Thus, SDR Program is closely linked to the Country Programming Paper (CPP) to End Drought Emergencies in the Horn of Africa and anchored in the over-arching Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). This programme is implemented under the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources (MoALR), the respective decentralised bureaus and the GIZ.

The SDR-Programme of GIZ supports the Ethiopian government’s endeavours to strengthen the drought resilience capacity of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in selected pilot areas in Afar and Somali regions, by allowing them to adapt their livelihood system to a changing natural and socio-economic environment context in order to get a higher and more secured income.

For its SDR program activities, GIZ is looking, for a Junior Accountant as per the detail below:

 

Position:                                Junior Accountant

Place of Work:                      Addis Ababa

Required Candidate:            One

Application deadline:          February 19, 2019

 

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the implementation and monitoring of an overall smooth and correct functioning of the complete accounting system of the program in line with GIZ procedures following internationally accepted accounting principle and procedures;
• Assisting an efficient coordination with colleagues at the country office and GIZ SDR Program Office and regional offices in matters related to financial transactions processing;
• Supporting the program office to meet GIZ SDR reporting deadlines;
• Supporting the Finance and Administration team on financial matters;
• Assisting with a smooth functioning of the accounting system in line with the GIZ standard procedures.

Tasks:

• Prepare and submit monthly accounts closing for signature through the Head of Finance & Administration
• Prepare payment and internal transaction vouchers.
• Handles petty cash and bank Check books and bank transfers
• Executes cash payments and collects prepares proper receipts by ensuring of all the invalidation and approval signature are signed.
• Carry out cashier functions with daily checking of payments against the cash/bank book entries/ record and verify the physical cash count against the Winpaccs cash book
• Record cash and bank transactions on Winpaccs cash book and bank book
• Fills up check book form as per deadline
• Follow-up with the bank on transfers made to regions,
• Follow up on short term advance, un-settled items and initiate settlement.
• Responsible for compiling and filling of cash and bank book transactions vouchers and monthly closing of Winpaccs book exported data and cash count and submitting complete financial documents to GIZ Office under the guidance and supervision of the Senior accountants & finance and administration manager;
• Compile VAT refund documents and prepare claim summary for sending to GIZ Office and follow-up on the reimbursement;
• Compile tax information report to be sent to Governmental tax office
• Ensure that financial files are labelled and filed according to GIZ’s regulation;
• Provide required documents for an auditor whenever Internal Control is conducted and assists on follow-up of auditor’s findings;
• Support with monitoring the daily cash flow records, the level of liquidity and bank balances;
• Perform any other duties as required.

Competences:

• Familiarity with relevant accounting software and proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel;
• Strong interpersonal and service skills;
• Strong organization and time management skills;
• Very good written and spoken English and Amharic skills.

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

• B.A degree in Accounting & business administration with a focus on finance or related area or Diploma level with two years’ experience.;
• Initial experience (internship or similar) in this area in GIZ program/projects.
• Fresh graduate 0 years of experience

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via  Email: [email protected]

 

Note: –

Please make sure you mention the Vacancy Number ‘Junior Accountant

#026/2019’ in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categories applications with the vacancy numbers. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.

 Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Applications from qualified women are encouraged