Finance Assistant at Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT)

 REF: FA /GF-TB/07/2023 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce/ accounting with 3 years of experience in project accounting.
• Must be a certified accountant for the last three years.
• Knowledge and experience working in donor funded projects.
• Strong writing and communication skills.
• Evidence of previous generation of quality and timely project financial reports.
• High level of integrity, values, ethics and competence.
• Demonstrate high level of creativity, innovation and analytical thinking.
• Knowledge in donor compliant, budget reviews and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Compile and analyze financial information to be used in preparation of financial statements.
• Ensuring financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures
• Responsible for reviewing support documents received from Project officers.
• Preparing payment requisitions and relevant documents and processing for payment.
• Ensuring timely payments of monthly bills and utilities to vendors, suppliers and clients.
• Preparing bank reconciliations and follow up on any outstanding items.
• Continuous support to the finance officer in budget and forecast activities
• Support Finance officer when called upon to analyze expenditures and provide budget reviews
• Ensuring that all inventory and assets records are well maintained in the assets register, periodically reviewed and verified in line with the organization and partner’s policies
• Supporting finance team and the manager in preparing for audit by providing all necessary documentations
• Ensuring that vat listings are maintained and applications for exemptions submitted in a timely manner
• Ascertain that all financial reporting deadlines are met in accordance with the GF guidelines.
• Scanning vouchers and Uploading surrenders in the Navision portal once they have been approved fully.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations and integrity of financial data.
• Maintaining filling systems
• Support by participating on the monthly stock take with accountants and departmental heads, review of variances and undertaking a stock valuation and sharing the report with the relevant managers
• Performing other office duties assigned by the supervisor

by 21st July 2023 by COB