Admin and Finance Assistant Full Time NEW

Company Description

Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organisation; currently implementing more than 180 programs, reaching more than 40 million people across 35 African countries; and a staff complement of over 2,000. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea (Conakry), Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. An additional eleven advocacy and fundraising offices are located in Europe and North America.

Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘To catalyze and drive community-led and people-centred health systems while addressing social determinants of health’. We believe that the power to transform Africa’s health lies within its communities, and therefore strive to ensure that health systems are not only functional but that communities are empowered to hold these systems accountable for the delivery of quality and affordable health care.

Job Description

Overall Responsibilities

To ensure effective utilization of project funds according to AMREF HEALTH AFRICA IN ETHIOPIA policies and procedures and donor guidelines. Under the supervision of the Finance and admin officer, the Assistant Accountant- support various aspects of the accounting team’s activities including: balance sheet account reconciliations, providing detailed analysis and accounting system support, assist staff across the organization in understanding the organization’s accounting processes and systems.

Specifics Responsibilities

• Check financial document for completeness, accuracy and check for adherence of policies (Ensure compliance with AMREF, donors and government policy) on data payment / requested
• See the costs are reasonable, allowable and allocable to a specific project; perform specific action from cost principles point of view
• Verify and Prepare payments for Workshop, staff Advance, claim etc.
• Timely allocation of staff and vender accounts for assigned vendors or reginal team (for the reginal office / field office)
• Prepare and process statutory payment like, WHT tax, income tax, pension timely
• Ensure timely preparation assigned bank account reconciliations and prepare JV’s for subsequent clearances
• Issue CRV timely based on bank advice
• Serve as a backup for finance and admin officer
• Perform other duties and responsibilities assigned by supervisor
• Prepare VAT refund claim follow the process up to refund, check the VAT when not recorded on the ledger and inform to the manager to act
• Ensure proof of payment, stamping etc.
• Manage petty cash
• Collect bank statement monthly from all the banks
• Prepare and provide reports to the manager

1. Qualifications
   • Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
   • Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in the areas of financial and project management expertise.
   • Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
   • High level of analytical and interpretative problem solving.
   • Computer literacy, including facility with Word, Excel, and other Microsoft Office applications
   • Ability to develop and implement solutions independently