Senior Accountant- ECHO HIP 2023 Project

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) was established in 1935 and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. ERCS provides services to communities affected by natural and manmade disasters through the provision of emergency responses, ambulance and first aid, family reunification, essential drugs, water and sanitation, and other humanitarian services. ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. Currently the ERCS has a structure consisting of 12 Regional Offices, 34 Zonal Branches and 131  District/Woreda Branches, 599 Woreda Red Cross Committee  and 5871 Kebele Red Cross  committees.

 Key performance Areas   

• Checks payment requests against adequate budget coverage and verifies correctness of arithmetic accuracy for approval
• Follows up the budget and the project budget execution;
• Examines and checks all registers for correctness and the register totals for general ledger posting;
• Prepares Monthly Income and Expenditure, Fund status and Budget VS expenditure report   and Bank reconciliation
• Verifies that closings and auditing of books of accounts are carried out in due course;
• Ensures that the ERCS’ accounting documents are properly organized;
• Facilitates and follows up the preparation and communication of project financial reports as per commitments made with funding agents and pertinent financial policies and procedures of the ERCS;
• Follows up and facilitates the timely delivery of reports from branches;
• Arranges and organizes financial documents for auditing by internal and external auditors;
• Make sure that no receivables and payables are outstanding at the end of the year;

Work Unit :- Accounts Division

Reports to: Account Manager

Terms of employment: - Contract for one year   

Job Requirements

Qualification Requirements:

• Second/First degree  in Accounting/ & or Finance/
• 6/8 years related work experience, out of which 2 years in a senior position(s)

Key competencies and Skills

• Proficiency in English language (written and oral).
• Working experience with DG ECHO-funded projects is a strong asset.
• Commitment to Ethiopian Red Cross values and ethical standards.
• Knowledge on Accounting Software’s

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form With the indicated link https://ee.humanitarianresponse.info/x/IyUTlyf1 before the closing date of this announcement on August 3, 2023.

Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply!

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