Finance Assistant at Save The Children

Key Areas of Accountability
Fund Disbursement:

• Writing of Checks as approved by relevant budget holders
• 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
• Payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office
• Update daily Cash GLACOS and reconcile  cash and book balances

Cash Flow:

• Maintain petty cash with strong supervision from the finance officer
• Update & maintain manual cash book
• 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

System Administration:

• Registration of all paid invoices on Agresso on a daily basis
• Single Account Reconciliation
• Weekly Bank and cash Reconciliation

Others:

• Preparing Tax, NHF, and pension payment schedules and cheques to be remitted to the Tax authorities and the  various pensions’ administrators and remitting same on a timely basis
• Ensure all documents are filed and stamped “PAID”
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager

Working Contacts:

• Internal: All budget-holders, Bank Signatories and other staffs.
• External: Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, include regulatory agencies

Skills & Experience - Essential

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or its equivalent.
• One year post graduation similar experience in a NGO
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Experience in computerized and accounting systems.
• Honesty.