Finance Assistant at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

You will efficiently provide comprehensive information, clerical, and accounting services to assist the Finance Department in executing processes and delivering service needs that support high-quality programs serving the poor and vulnerable. As part of an experienced finance team, you will deliver quality support in your role, applying clearly defined accounting and financial reporting processes, procedures and service standards.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• Complete standard financial documents (vouchers, wire transfer requests, checks, etc.) following a sample template with prescribed guidelines and circulate as needed.
• Provide administrative and clerical support to financial transactions processing. Prepare, type, photocopy, and scan related documentation. File accounting and financial reporting documentation as instructed.
• Compile supporting documentation (liquidation/receipt package) to support processing of financial transactions. Communicate with staff, subrecipients, partners, suppliers to follow up on required documents.
• Perform data entry for financial transactions recording, following validation by the next-level Finance staff.
• Keep custody of various documents (e.g. blank/undelivered checks, fuel coupons, etc.).
• Update the payment tracker daily.
• Support with the matching of transactions for bank reconciliation.
• Update the e-archiving daily with all the support documents for easy retrieval.  

Required Languages - English language is required to perform the job

Travel - Must be willing and able to travel up to 10 %.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience using MS Office packages, in particular Excel and Word. Hands-on experience with data entry into online databases and forms.
• Excellent organizational skills with great attention to detail
• Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions oriented and results oriented. Able to meet deadlines.
• Strong customer service ethic and abilities. Ability to work collaboratively

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional diploma/Certificate or courses in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration a plus.
• Experience with an international organization a plus.

Supervisory Responsibilities None

Key Working Relationships:

• Internal: All staff
• External: Government agencies

Basic Qualifications

• BSc. Or HND in Accounting. Professional diploma/Certificate or courses in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration a plus.
• Minimum of 1-3 years’ work experience in a similar role with some familiarity of standard accounting practices. Experience with an international organization a plus.