Finance Assistant at Save The Children

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Cash Management

• Ensure proper supporting documentation and authorization before writing of payment vouchers in line with SCI financial procedures.
• Writing of Cheques 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)
• Ensure weekly and month end cash counts are carried out.
• Payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office
• Cash Reconciliation General Ledger Offline spreadsheet for country office and all field offices
• Maintain optimum cash balances and advises the Finance Officer for cash replenishment (including emergencies)
• Conduct weekly or month end cash count

Statutory Remittances

• Registration of approved invoices in Agresso system
• Preparing Tax, NHF, and Pension payment schedules and cheques to be remitted to the Tax authorities and the various pensions’ administrators.
• Reconciliation for assigned balance sheet accounts.
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager.

Audit and Archiving

• 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.
• Lead on archiving of documents

Working Contacts

• Internal: All budget-holders, in particular the CD and other SMT members.
• External: Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, include regulatory agencies.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelors or Equivalent in Accounting
• Qualified or working towards professional qualifications.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• 2 years’ experience in INGO or/and 1 year audit or accountancy work experience
• Attention to Detail