Finance Assistant at Save The Children

Reports to: Finance Officer

Role Purpose

• The Finance Assistant has oversight responsibility to manage the receipts and disbursement of funds. He/she will provide support to the finance unit.

Scope of Role
Fund Disbursement:

• Writing of Cheques as approved by relevant budget holders and finance
• Maintain proper filing and easy retrieval of finance documentation
• Perform Bank related activities (Pick up Bank Statements, collect office running cash, etc.)
• Conduct weekly and month end cash counts with support of the Finance Officer
• Payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office
• Cash  Reconciliation  GLACOS  for country office and all field offices

Cash Flow:

• Maintain petty cash with strong supervision from the finance officer
• Daily update & maintain manual cash book  (GLACOS)
• Maintain optimum cash balances and advises the Finance Officer for cash replenishment(including emergencies)

Financial Information and other support functions:

• 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

Others:

• Preparing Tax, NHF, and pension payment schedules and cheques to be remitted to the Tax authorities and the  various pensions’ administrators
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager

Working Contacts

• Internal: Budget-holders, bank signatories and staff.
• External: Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, include regulatory agencies.

Skills & Experience
Essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or its equivalent
• Ability to work under pressure
• Experience in computerized and accounting systems
• Honesty.
  

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable.

Ambition:

• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.