Vacancy Announcement at Save the Children

Position: Finance Officer

Location: Hawassa, Sidama

Job Summary:

The Finance Officer at the Hawassa Field Office plays a crucial role in ensuring sound financial management and timely reporting for the program. Responsibilities include processing payments, maintaining accurate financial records, reconciling accounts, overseeing settlement of advances and accounts payable, ensuring timely payments of statutory deductions and staff pension skims, tracking VAT receivables, preparing and sending VAT receivable documents to the country office for reimbursement, and filing and maintaining custody of financial documents for audit processing. Additionally, the Finance Officer ensures compliance with policies and internal control procedures, prepares journal entries, retrieves documents for audit processing, and maintains proper archiving and retrieval of financial documents for accurate record keeping.

Skill and Educational Background:

BA degree in accounting or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
Familiarity with Accounting Software, preferably Agresso system
Experience in staff management is desirable
Strong accounting, training, and analytical skills
Flexibility to work long hours and with incoming surge teams
Accountability, resource management, and adherence to Save the Children values
Effective relationship-building, communication, and presentation skills
Fluency in written and spoken English