Reports to: Finance Officer Job Description
The Finance Assistant has responsibility to support Payments, receipts and disbursement of funds. He/she will provide support to the finance unit.
Key Areas of Accountabilities Fund Disbursement:
Writing of Checks as approved by relevant budget holders
Maintain proper filing and easy retrieval of finance documentation
Perform Bank related activities (Pick up Bank Statements, collect office running cash, etc….)
Conduct weekly and month end cash counts
Payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office
Update daily Cash GLACOS and reconcile cash and book balances
Cash Flow:
Maintain petty cash with strong supervision from the finance officer
Update & maintain manual cash book
Maintain optimum cash balances and advises the Finance Officer for cash replenishment(including emergencies)
Financial Information and other support functions
Assist during audit to retrieve all relevant documents for audit exercise
Assist others requiring information on transactions to retrieve relevant payment vouchers and documentation for their use
System Administration:
Registration of all paid invoices on Agresso on a daily basis
Single Account Reconciliation
Weekly Bank and cash Reconciliation
Others:
Preparing Tax, NHF, and pension payment schedules and cheques to be remitted to the Tax authorities and the various pensions’ administrators and remitting same on a timely basis
Ensure all documents are filed and stamped “PAID”
Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manage
Competencies and Behaviours (Our Values in Practice) Core Competencies:
Delivering results -Applying technical and professional expertise – Working effectively with others – Communicating with impact
Adhere to SCI Values: Accountability; Ambition; Collaboration; Creativity; Integrity
Accountability:
Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see Fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and Encourages their team to do the same
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
Working Relationship
Internal: Finance Staff/Program Staff/Support Staff/Signatories
External: Vendors/Consultants.
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savethechildrenng.simplicant.com
