Assistant Accountant at Qatar Charity Organization

Job Purpose Summary

• The Assistant Accountant is responsible for assisting the field office accountant, in managing the books and accounting records of the office and preparing data, financial reports, and final accounts in accordance with the accounting standards approved by the organization and the host country, and the initial review of operations documents that have a financial impact or are related to the approved balances in the approved budget.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing the estimated budget
• Issuing bills of exchange and verifying the attachments and documents attached to the bills of exchange.
• Checking the consistency and conformity of the amounts of the documents with the dates and amounts entered in the books
• Achieving the regularity of supporting documents of financial transactions and operations and fulfilling all signatures and procedures in accordance with the laws and regulations governing this.
• Settle petty cash advances granted to administrative units or employees and ensure that they are paid according to the purpose for which they were spent.
• Submitting and reviewing monthly salary requests and PAYE and other deductions, Overtime, allowances, and bonuses.
• Implementing insurance procedures on the assets and property of the Organization against various risks of burn, theft, or accidents, and verifying the adequacy of insurance procedures
• Participate in the monthly bank reconciliations and send the bank account statement indicating the number of exchange requests on the system.
• Preparing the cash balances report for the office periodically and submitting it to the office accountant.
• Preparing financial data, reports, and final accounts.

Other tasks:

• Managing bank statements and preparing reconciliations monthly
• Follow up on accounts payable and receivable
• Participate in asset and property inventory committees.
• Carry out all other accounting works assigned to him by his line manager, and which fall within the scope of his job

Skills

• Sufficient familiarity with accounting treatments for the items of the financial statements
• Sufficient experience in preparing the annual budget and detailed budgets for programs and activities.
• Languages (Arabic, English)
• Interpersonal skills
• Skills in using Microsoft Office applications

Knowledge:

• How to prepare annual and detailed budgets for programs and activities.
• Experience in accounting software (QuickBooks and Microsoft Dynamics ERP)

Capacity:

• Take responsibility and complete tasks efficiently and effectively.
• The ability to provide detailed data for receipts, expenses, and obligations upon request.