Senior Finance Officer (Re Announced) (Re Announced)
Country Afghanistan Province Kabul,
Categories Finance, Type Full Time
Post Date 2022-02-01 Close Date 2022-02-04
Vacancy No 152 Gender Female
No Of Jobs 1 Contract Duration one year with possibility of extension ,but the probation period is 3 month
Education Bachelor degree in Finance and accounting and or ACCA is required. Experience Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in financial management of donor funded projects. Previous experience in writing financial reports is mandatory.
Organization Opportunities for you Salary Base on Budget

About Company

About COAR: Citizen Organization for Advocacy and Resilience, COAR (formally Coordination of Afghan Relief) CoAR is an Afghan, independent, non-political, non-sectarian, and non-for profit organization established in 1989 and registered formally with the ministry of Economy. COAR actively bridging between donors of humanitarian aid and rural Afghan communities severely affected by almost four decades of wars, internal conflicts, natural and manmade disasters, and complexities. COAR endeavors to reach the unreached and embark on strengthening local coping mechanisms to enable communities to find durable local solutions to their local problems and encourage self-reliance and sustainability. COAR works with communities to proactively utilize their own scarce and limited resource the most efficient and effective way and discourage a culture of aid dependency, except in times of disasters and extreme poverty. COAR has maintained the access of beneficiaries to basic services with strict observation of humanitarian principles of Independence, Neutrality and Impartiality in practice.

Job Description

The Sr. Finance Officer will be based in Kabul, which is the main body of COAR and will work under the overall supervision of Finance Manager with close coordination with Financial Controller and projects coordinators. The incumbent responsibilities include but not limited to the followings:

Duties & Responsibilities:

-Process monthly payroll and reconcile those with paying agent on monthly basis
-Verify and send invoices (both contractual and non-contractual) for payment to paying agent;
-Prepare petty cash requests;
-Check completeness and accuracy of procurement documents prepared by administration team;
-Perform monthly cash and expenditure reconciliation with paying agent;

-To feed QuickBooks with daily head office transaction and that of field offices as well

-Ensure compliance with local regulations in respect of financial matters(Taxation, IAS and other).

-Perform clearance with Administration team for all advances;
-Keep records of taxes paid by all staff during their employment with COAR.
-Maintain HQ cashbook and perform weekly petty cash reconciliation;
-Assist Finance Manager in preparation of forecasts and budget;
-Regularly update finance share folder;
-Prepare and review monthly Expenditure Reports and budget versus actual reports;
-Keep Record of all suppliers’ payments;
-Follow up with paying agent on timely payment of suppliers’ invoices;
-Prepare Suppliers invoices for grant disbursements.
-Process, record and track all EDPs grant payment invoices and follow up with paying agent for grants payments;
-Verify suppliers and grantee invoices to ensure all expenses are backed by proper supporting documents and are within the allocated budget;
-Manage grantees account and prepare account reconciliations when required;
-Process invoices from grantee account
-Undertake any additional tasks and responsibilities that may be assigned by the Corporate Finance Manager.

Job Requirement

-Bachelor degree in Finance and accounting and or ACCA is required.
-Preference will given to candidates with a Master degree
-Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in the financial management of donor-funded projects. Previous experience in writing financial reports is mandatory.
Skills:
-Must be fluent in Dari, Pashto, and English.
-Strong team orientation and staff development skills;
-Performance management and improvement skills;
-Good written and oral communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills;
-Knowledge of accounting software is mandatory, preferably QuickBooks and advanced excel.
-Note: Only applicants who meet the above requirements will be considered.

Submission Guideline

  • Qualified candidates may send their CV’s include Cover letter to CoAR Human resource department to this email address:cv.coar123@gmail.com
  • The Candidates Cv’s must be received by 10-10-2021
  • CV’s received after the closing date will not be considered
  • The subject line of the email must be (Senior Finance Officer VN 152) otherwise your CVs may not be considered
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the Written test and Interview
  • CoAR is an equal opportunity to the employer all ethnic groups and both genders are urged to apply

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