Accountant – Dimeka Full Time NEW

Overall purpose of the role:

The employee is requested to keep a flexible attitude and a good degree of adaptation to possible modifications and/or integration to the foreseen duties on the basis of necessities that may arise and to make an effort to integrate his work in the wider context of CUAMM presence in Ethiopia in order to facilitate consistency and continuity among current and prospective projects

Job Responsibility:

• Check, prepare & do payments through cash, cheque, bank transfer
• Keep detailed documentation of expenses (invoices, receipts…) and financial movements
• Update the accounting system of the projects in Lotus and Peachtree, including the Operational Plan (OP)
• Ensure the settlement of monthly government obligation every month  Collect bank statement and prepare monthly bank, cash & JV reconciliation
• Keep and manage petty cash
• Scan and upload all relevant project documents and expenditures justification on drive every month before 15th of every month
• Keep update staff folders (employment contract, documents, leave request forms) and files (annual leave, attendance sheets……)
• Control, with the support of Logistician at Coordination, that the log-sheet of vehicles, motorbikes and office generator are correctly field and kept
• Prepare procurement supporting documents
• Revise and file all the supportive document according to donor’s requirement
• Assist the project officer
• Assist the country administrator and Finance manager in anything he/she needs
• Support the coordination office in Preparing all needed financial documents for audit process, donor and authorities’ financial reports.
• Perform any additional assignment according to the position, given by Area Admin

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting, preferably in a humanitarian or development setting.
• 2 Years work experienced in INGO as a an Accountant
• Proficiency in MS Office and accounting software (e.g. Peachtree).
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills.