Mercy Corps Finance Assistant Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
Mercy Corps Ethiopia looking for “Finance Assistant”.
Applicants with a Diploma Degree may apply on or before 11th April, 2024.
Mercy Corps is a global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have undergone, or have been undergoing, various forms of economic, environmental, social and political instabilities. The organization claims to have assisted more than 220 million people survive humanitarian conflicts, seek improvements in livelihoods, and deliver durable development to their communities.
Mercy Corps Finance Assistant Jobs 2024
The Mercy Corps has published a job vacancy announcement on 03rd April, 2024 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Finance Assistant to be based in Mekelle, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | Mercy Corps |
| Position | Finance Assistant |
| Location | Mekelle, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | 1 |
| Qualification | Diploma Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Three (03) year’s |
| Application Deadline | 11th March, 2024 |
Mercy Corps Job Vacancy 2024
Job Functions:
- At all times, ensure that adequate funds are available for operations. Ensure that Mercy Corp’s petty cash replenishment system is followed up consistently and ask for replenishment based on the minimum reorder level set for the office.
- At all times, ensure that there is an adequate cheque leaf and other payment processing pads available in the office and put a reorder level system before the cheque leaf or other payment processing documents run out completely.
- Organize with the Support Service team in the office and ensure that the room where the safe box is located is adequately protected and secure enough.
- Ensure that the currency notes we are receiving from any legitimate source, which includes staff travel or operational advance returns are not fake. In the event this happens, alert the Field Finance officer immediately.
- Ensure that staff are counting the cash they collect over the counter and no further complaints are made about the count made outside the Finance Assistant (cashier office) office.
- Ensure that on all payments made, we are withholding the relevant government withholding tax for the payments where this is applicable by law.
- Ensure that all Mercy Corps policies and procedures are adhered to in terms of cash hours, weekly cash count, and monthly cash count procedures.
- Ensure that all the cash transactions are entered into the Navigator system daily and ensure the cash balance based on the system information matches the physical cash count in the safe box.
- Print the GL register from Navigator and ensure it is filed with the original vouchers.
- Liaise with the logistics team (Support Service officer) that any missing or insufficient supporting documents are immediately delivered and if this is not delivered, hold the final release of the cheque, and discuss with the Field Finance officer for further action.
- Perform the routine cash payment based on the complete and authorized documents.
- Perform the routine cheque payment based on the complete and authorized documents.
- Ensure the safety and security of cash handling as well as cheque handling between the move from/to the office and bank.
- Based on Mercy Corps internal procedures, ensure the limits set on the mode of cash or cheque payment are by no means overridden
- In addition to the financial review done by the Field finance officer, perform sensibility checking that all the supporting documents attached to the voucher meet the internal control standards of Mercy Corps, and are duly signed by the authorized staff members in the office.
- Query any altered document presented for payment. Ensure that all altered documents for whatsoever reason and submitted for payment have the signature of the authorized personnel in the office against the place where the alteration has been made.
- Ensure that all completed documents and presented for cheque preparation or cash payment are done immediately or within a maximum of five working hours.
- Ensure that clients or staff members who are expecting to collect the cheque or cash payment are not lining up unnecessarily and they receive adequate and timely service. Inform the clients or external parties who expect the cheque payment that the payment is ready for collection.
- Depending on the need, maintain a log sheet that will reveal the processing time and the actual time the payment is made.
- On exceptional circumstances and the possible delay of the payment process, provide ahead feedback to the staff members (mainly the Support team) as well as external parties on the possibility of delay in payment and inform the possible rescheduled time to deliver the cheque.
- Provide professional and polite responses to all external parties as well as staff members for any queries that they may raise in connection with the expectation of payments.
- Generally, be courteous to all external parties or staff members who may require support on the payment service.
Position in Organization:
- Position Title: Finance Assistant
- Duty Station: Mekelle, Ethiopia
- Open Position: 1
- Deadline: 11/04/2024
Minimum Requirement:
Education:
- Diploma/First Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or related discipline. Compensating Education + Experience can be considered.
- Demonstrated competency with computerized general ledger software.
Experience:
- Three years and more progressive experience in the non-profit organization and mainly experience gained in the INGO is required.
- Experience working with WFP and USAID/DFID grants for at least two years.
Language Requirement:
- Excellent oral and written English skills.
How to Apply Mercy Corps Finance Assistant Jobs 2024
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/MER1024MERCY/JobBoard/7de55979-49d4-4f59-b61b-9c7d0e38d500/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=7f54869e-61d2-40b2-998a-8c1cc6df77c5
The Closing Date: 11th April, 2024.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Click To View |
| Official Website | www.mercycorps.org |
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