Job Description

Duties & responsibilities:

• Responsible to manage all financial activities of the projects under his/her coordination.
•  Prepare the donor acknowledgement letter for the grants received.
• Provide technical support for the project accountants under his/her supervision.
• Review all financial documents of projects under his/her Supervision
• Responsible to maintain financial documents in hard and soft copy.
• Prepare budget forecast for projects under his/her responsibility.
• Posting accounting records on Peachtree accounting system.
• Monthly closing works, adjusting entries, bank reconciliation and etc.
• Prepare periodic financial reports; such as monthly, quarterly and annual.
• Prepare donor report based on the grant agreement and as needed.
• Prepare monthly budget versus actual report.
• Prepare staff monthly Payroll.
• Ensure timely settlement of payroll deductions and government taxes such as; income tax, withholding tax, pension, and PF and etc.
• Provide support in budget preparation; Such as annual and donor.
• Work in collaboration with other finance and program teams
• Responsible to provide documents for internal and external auditors.
• Responsible to provide the necessary justifications for financial reports and documents Prepared by him/her
• Follow up proper settlement of projects and staff work advances.
• Check on payment request for budget and bank accounts balance.
• Checking reasonable breakdowns before payment is processed
• Controlling and follow up of expenses as per their allocations in the approved project document and budget transfer notes.
• Frequent monitoring of the projects financial activities. 
• Responsible to prepare annual financial statements of respective Projects in IPSAS.
• Ensure that various donor regulations are complied with in all grant transactions.
• Ensure that EKHCDC's Finance and procedures policy and Ethiopian Government law are complied.
• Prepare and provide documents for donors audit as per the projects agreement and as needed.
• Responsible to carry out additional duties assigned by his/her immediate supervisor.

Reports To: Finance and Grants Management Department Head

Duty Station: EKHCDC Head Office, Addis Ababa

No. of Position:  One

Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension

Job Requirements

• BA degree in Accounting and related field from recognized higher education institution
• Five years of relevant work experience in related position
• Broad working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and practical knowledge of financial system and internal controls;
• Experience working within Government of Ethiopia regulation of NGO activities
• Working knowledge of major donor funded operations, finances services and practices
• Excellent computer skills in excel and wide range of accounting software
• Experience in NGO Grant and finance Management
• Hands on experience in finance Management software tools

How to Apply

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting copies of their documents and application letter with updated CV, contact addresses of references in person or by sending to the following address:

Ethiopian Kale-Hewet Church Development Commission

HR & Operations Department

P.O. Box 11097, Tel. 0115539836