Finance Officer – Payables will at Sustainet Group

Job Summary

Requirements

The ideal and successful candidate should meet the following profile:

• Applicant must have a Bachelors degree in Business Administration or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance or Accounting specialization) with strong academic credentials.
• Applicant must have at least 5 years of relevant working experience
• Possession of a master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics or other relevant fields is an added advantage
• CPA/ACCA qualification
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in a responsible way
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills
• Effective communication skills

Responsibilities

The finance officer will be responsible for the following: 

• Providing budgetary input from assigned projects for the main annual budget compilation; 
• Responsible for preparing cashflow projections for assigned accounts; 
• Responsible for preparing/maintaining/updating financial monitoring tools for assigned accounts; 
• Responsible for controlling budget utilization for assigned accounts; 
• Responsible for 1st signing/approving all payment vouchers, LPOs, WOs etc that relate to assigned accounts; 
• Responsible for ensuring the files & records under assigned accounts are in order; 
• Contribution to the development of policies, procedures, accounting templates and systems during departmental meetings; 
• Responsible for overseeing overall financial management of donor funded projects as per agreement/contracts; 
• Responsible for review of donor funded financial reports and direct submission to the respective donors as per the timelines stipulated in the contracts/agreement; Responsible for customization/calibration/setting up the financial system for any assigned new project in the accounting system with the approval of the manager; 
• Responsible for preparation of donor required/demanded financial reports for the assigned projects as per contract/agreement terms; 
• Responsible for posting assigned projects transactions into the accounting systems; Responsible for timely invoicing of partners/donors as per the agreement terms; 
• Responsible for processing all approved payments; 
• Responsible for bank reconciliations; 
• Responsible for account receivables and account payables; 
• Responsible for 1st signing/approval of requisitions related to assigned projects; 
• Responsible for processing petty cash replenishment