Finance Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Key responsibilities:

• Check all invoices and confirm their amount as from their reception and the coherence with the accountancy in Saga;
• Prepare a report for the Finance Officer of all missing invoices or differences in amounts from the SAGA extracted file;
• After the monthly accounting closure check the accounting codes, the project codes, and the budget codes;
• Correct any errors in the invoices if necessary;
• Check that all the invoices are present for each budget line and each contract;
• Ensure photocopying of all original & split documents;
• File the originals according to budget (contract) and budget line;
• File everything very conscientiously;
• Reclassify the invoices according to their new budget lines if necessary, particularly when they have been used in various operations (redistribution of the initial budget lines);
• Check that the accounting codes, the project codes, and the budget codes are accurate as per the attached PR or program allowance request form;
• Finalize the dispatch of files by adding labels and adequate packaging for the originals to be sent to the capital;
• Check that all invoices and their amounts are present as from their reception and the coherence with the accountancy in the excel file;
• Check that all the invoices are present for each transaction in the accountancy;
• At the end of the monthly accountancy closure, prepare the files to be sent to capital (final checking of invoices and their presence;
• File and archive the copies in the base. 

Position Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor equivalent in Accounting/Finance;
• Exceptional organization, time management, and attention to detail;
• Professionalism, honesty, reliability, autonomy & strong sense of responsibility;
• Very good communication & training skills;
• Ability to maintain confidentiality;
• Strong computer skills particularly in MS Excel, literacy and numeracy;  
• Fluent in English;
• Team player, flexible;
• Committed to ACF values;
• Strong accounting skills;         
• Sense of confidentiality;
• Ability to manage and follow work plans;
• Good interpersonal skills (communication, able to negotiation, influence, give effective feedback, be a team player);
• Able to manage stress effectively, juggle competing priorities, balance various programmatic, logistic and team needs;
• Champion of ACTION AGAINST HUNGER Charter values of; Professionalism, Transparency, Neutrality, Access to Victims and Non-Discrimination.