Finance Assistant at Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)

The Role

• The Finance Assistant, as part of the Finance team, will be expected to work flexibly and collegially to support the Finance department and other stakeholders in the financial management system of AECF. You are responsible for providing timely and efficient accounting and financial support services by ensuring accuracy and completeness in the accruals process, data management, and reporting, and by maintaining high financial management and control standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Timely and accurate accrual of all transactions in the ERP system.
• Assist in the management of vendor accounts by ensuring that reconciliation is done on a timely basis and issues raised by vendors are addressed on a timely basis.
• Preparation of bank reconciliation statements as may be assigned and bringing all matters that require action to the attention of the Senior Finance Officer.
• Preparation of other account reconciliations and addressing issues arising from these reconciliations.
• Participate in the monthly accounts closure exercise by ensuring that the finance system’s accounting routine actions are adequately handled, and any issues of concern brought to the attention of the Senior Finance Officer for action.
• Assist in document retrieval during the conduct of both institutional and project audits.
• Maintain relationships with service providers for timely and quality services at all times.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

Suitable candidates should:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics, commerce or finance from a recognized university.
• Have professional qualifications in finance (CPA, ACCA) or a related field.
• Be a member of a professional body.
• Have at least three (3) years of experience managing the finances of >$20 million international non-profit organization with a mix of funding sources, preferably bilateral donors.
• Have working experience with FCDO, GAC, Kfw, IFC, EU, World Bank and SIDA.
• Demonstrate experience working in an ERP environment.
• Have strong proficiency in advanced excel features.
• Be fluent in English. Proficiency in additional languages such as French is preferred.