Job Description

Finance Assistant- Volunteer
Local NGO: Mutare
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Full-time
Job Description
Deadline: 15 January 2024
A nonprofit organization in the disability sector is seeking to recruit a Finance Assistant- Volunteer

Duties and Responsibilities

Job Description
• Implement financial strategies, in full compliance of the organization’s rules, regulations, policies, and recording and reporting systems
• Perform duties in full compliance with the organization’s financial regulations and rules, policies and standard operating procedures, including internal controls;
• Review and verify financial transactions, activities, and documentation; taking corrective actions as needed and reporting any unusual activities;
• Monitor financial exceptions reports for unusual activities or transaction, investigate anomalies and report to the supervisor conclusions and/or present recommendations for actions/decisions;
• Draft reports on financial status, procedures, exchange rates, costs and expenditures;
• Follow-up on audit recommendations to monitor implementation of corrective actions;
• Collect, verify and present information and data for use in the planning of financial resources and the formulation of the organization’s programme work plans, budgets, proposals on implementation arrangements and execution modalities;
• Provide assistance in Annual Work Plan entry in Results Management System (RMS) as required.
• Provide advice and recommend solutions to a wide range of financial issues;
• Monitor the proper functioning of the financial resources management system for office and programmatic budgets and resources;
• Implement cost saving and reduction strategies;
• Prepare VAT reimbursements with adequate documentation support;
• Track the appropriate and timely use of financial resources;
Maintain internal expenditure control system;
• Manage petty cash fund, cash impress level
• Provide finance support to the Programme and Operations team
• Monitor each month over-expenditure of budgets and follow up with Budget Owner;
• Monitor regularly transactions posted to projects ensuring actual expenditure has been recorded against correct budget category and activity, take timely corrective actions as required;
• Monitor proper follow up of advances to implementing partners, review their financial reports together with project managers;
• Provide inputs and take necessary actions to facilitate timely financial project closure;
Provide administrative support to Resource Mobilization
• Facilitate knowledge building and knowledge sharing
• Conduct training and/or helping organize training events and activities; as well as participate in trainings;
• Collect and compile lessons learned and best practices in financial management and services. Disseminate to clients and stakeholders as appropriate to build capacity and knowledge;
• Contribute to financial business operational practices and management innovations.

Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications
• Degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent,
• Minimum 2 years working experience in Finance/Accounting or related field.
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
• Problem identification and resolution skills.
• Written and verbal communication skills

How to Apply

Those who meet the above criteria are invited to submit their applications together with a cover letter and detailed Curriculum Vitae that includes names and email addresses of three traceable references. Applications should be clearly marked with the position applied for, i.e., “Finance Assistant- Volunteer” in the email subject line.
Please submit your applications by Monday, 15 January 2024, to the following email address: [email protected]
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Women and persons with disability are encouraged to apply