Under the supervision of the  head of the Administration and finance, the Sr. Accountant follows up on budget requisition, consolidation endorsement, and implementation matters of the society in accordance with the pre-established regulatory framework, verifies payment orders and purchasing transactions are duly approved as per delegated authority, verifies   and follows up on the timely collection of revenues and settlement of disbursements; verifies journal entries and checks payment requests against support documents for the preparation of checks or other modes of payment; analyzes records of present and past operations, trends and costs, estimated and expenses incurred to project future operation results;  

Specific Duties and Responsibilities  

• Ensures that codification and registration of receivable and disbursement transactions are conducted in accordance with the accounting system of the Society; 

• Verifies and follows up on the timely collection of revenues and settlement of disbursements;  

• Verifies journal entries and checks payment requests against support documents for the preparation of checks or other modes of payment; and ensures that payments are effected to the concerned payee; 

• Follows up a budget requisition, consolidation, endorsement  and  implementation matters of the society are in accordance with the pre-established regulatory framework; 

• Verifies payment orders and purchasing transactions are duly approved as per delegated authority; 

• Analyzes records of present and past operations, trends and costs, estimated and expenses incurred to project future operation results; 

• Expedites and facilitates the preparation of an annual budget for income and expenditure and annual forecast of cash flow for the National Secretariat; 

• Verifies books  of accounts of the Society’s core cost and projects  are  reconciled with bank statements on a monthly basis; 

• Operates a computer, calculator, and other common facilitating  office machines used for computing and recording financial transactions;  

• Consolidate the society’s annual core cost budget based on the requested budget coming from each unit & provides detailed technical information relating to the budget, funding processes and various methods to unit managers as necessary to accomplish development of funding budget proposals and disbursement of allocated funds. 

• Observes and executes financial policies of the Society and government regulations in connection with tax and related issues; 

• Prepares and submits list of receivables/debtors for action and exerts an effort for collection; 

• Checks the work of other accountants engaged in classification of various accounting documents transmitted from different work units; 

• Ascertains that paid stumps are affixed on payment vouchers and supporting documents; 

• Follows up that advances for per diem, administrative expenses, branches, credit, etc. are settled in due course and reports on outstanding advances for action; 

• Assists branches to carry out financial tasks as per the financial policy and procedure  of the Society; 

• Verifies correctness and completeness of supporting documents and signs same for payments; 

• Prepares and submits reports on the implementation and execution of regular and project budgets on monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually; 

• Makes an unreserved effort to collect revenues/receivables from different organizations and individuals; 

• Follows up on the timely collection of bank statements and debit/credit advice from concerned banks; 

• Performs other related duties and responsibilities of the job as assigned by the Head of the Budget & Disbursements Division. 

Job Grade: x

Work Unit: Administration and Finance 

Report to: Head Administration and Finance 

Job Requirements

Job Specification  

• Second/First degree in Accounting/ Accounting & Finance/  and 4/6 years related work experience, out of which 2 years in a senior position(s). 

• Knowledge of Accounting Software is mandatory.

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form from THIS LINK before the closing date.