Treasury Assistant at CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International)

WHAT YOU’LL DO: 
Petty Cash Operations

• Ensure money withdrawn from bank is stored in the safe awaiting disbursement
• Daily cash count of our stored currencies and replenishment when required
• Disbursement to and receiving of cash from staff for project and office operation activities
• Regular spot cash counts under the supervision of the
• Finance Manager or assignee and agreeing with the cash book balance
• Monthly Petty cash count under the supervision of the
• Finance manager/assignee and agreeing this with the cash book

Payment of suppliers, service providers, staff travel and work advances as well as expense claims

• Custodian of fully approved Invoices, emails and Travel request forms awaiting payment
• Preparation of payment vouchers and initiating Payments in the relevant online portal or preparing cheques as appropriate
• Obtaining review and sign off of prepared payments from Finance manager/ Deputy Finance Manager
• Obtaining signature authorization from signatories in completion of payment process
• Acting as bank agent for Cash withdrawals, delivery and picking of checks and letters
• Sending proof of payment to payees/staff as appropriate

Filing of financial Documents.

• Maintaining physical and electronic filing system in the office
• Checking the completeness of the filed documents on a weekly basis

Review of Accountabilities for core costs

• staff expense claims preliminary checks
• suspense balance checks and filling in all travel request forms before forwarding for approval

ABOUT YOU:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in finance,
• CPA 2
• Minimum 2 years’ finance and accounting experience in a similar role
• Should be tech savvy and analytical.
• Working computer Knowledge of at least one Accounting or ERP system, Excel and other MS office applications.
• A team player, self-driven and willing to learn and grow.
• Ability to adapt to a changing and challenging environment
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and time management skills
• Ability to deliver results