Finance Intern at Action Africa Help

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation of internal and external payment vouchers for staff and suppliers, and ensuring accurate coding and support documentation as per AAHI policy.
• Assist in raising of receipts and ensuring sufficient support documents are attached.
• Assist in preparation of journal vouchers with proper supporting documentation for approval before the same are posted in the system.
• Assist with monthly Bank Reconciliations as per AAHI deadlines.
• Assist in monthly reconciliation of inter project legers.
• Support the FO in maintaining and updating an efficient filing system, ensuring efficient filing tracking and proper storing of documents in chronological order.
• Assist in verifying that staff accountabilities are accurate and properly supported before raising journal vouchers for the same.
• Provide information & supporting documents required by auditors under advice of supervising staff.
• Maintain current knowledge of all AAH-I policies, changes in accounting & tax compliance & specific donor requirements
• Other general duties in the finance office as may be assigned to you by the supervising finance staff & the Finance and Admin Coordinator from time to time in addition to the tasks above.

Minimum Personal Specifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• Professional certification - CPA or ACCA Part 2

Additional Skills & Competences

• Good interpersonal and communication skills (written and spoken);
• ICT Skills (Microsoft Office, Email)
• High degree of integrity and analytical skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Capacity to focus on priorities and to organize own workload in order to respect deadlines.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.