The Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church Development Commission/EKHCDC/ is a registered local nongovernmental organization which has been operating long term community development and humanitarian aid and rehabilitation interventions in all regions of Ethiopia since 1974. EKHCDC seeks a WASH and FSL project coordinator for the project planned to be implemented at Medega-Tollaa District of East Hararge Zone in Oromia Regional State in order to address the needs of the communities affected by the recurrent drought.

Job Overview

The project accountant is responsible accounting works including book keeping, financial management, arranging and facilitating authorized payments and controlling financial flowand settlement, developing financial progress and terminal reports.

Job duties and Responsibilities

• Recording of financial documents of the project
• Controlling and follow up of expenses as per their allocations in the approved project document and budget transfer notes
• Preparing check for authorized expenses
• Preparing cash registration book and sequential expense record
• Checking reasonable expense breakdowns before suspense is processed
• Checking the fulfillment of supporting documents before suspense settlements,
• Follow up of bank balance and statement
• Alerting the project signatories about the current balance at bank
• Preparing monthly staff salary payroll
• Arranging all reasonable and authorized payments (staff salary, taxes and pension, service charges, procurements and others)
• Setting properly/filing financial documents
• Preparing financial report and submitting to project coordinator
• Submitting project expense documents to head office finance department for transfer settlements,
• Carrying out other duties assigned by project coordinator and management

Officer Reports to: Project Coordinator

Duty Position: Yabello or Taltale town with field visit to project intervention Kebeles

Term of Employment: contract in project period

Job Requirements

Education background and experience

• BA degree from recognized Colleges/universities in accounting with three year related work experiences or diploma with six-year experience
• Experience in financial management
• Fluent communication in multiple local languages and understanding English
• Faithful and loyal to organizational regulations
• Skills in teamwork and patient
• Bank reconciliation skills
• Setting legal payments with legal deductions
• Setting financial statements
• Suspense settlements