MARKET VALUE:

$18,740 – $33,728 yearly i.e., equivalent to FSN – 10. In accordance
with AIDAR Appendix J and the Local Compensation Plan of USAID/Ethiopia. Final
compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value. Salary will be paid in local
currency at the exchange rate in effect when the payroll is processed.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

Five (5) years. The services provided under this contract
are expected to be of a continuing nature through a series of sequential contracts, subject to
continued need, satisfactory performance, and the availability of funds.
The expected period of performance will be from: 01/04/2023-01/03/2028

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

US Embassy, Entoto Road, Addis Ababa, with possible
travel as stated in the Statement of Duties.

ELIGIBLE OFFERORS:

Cooperating Country Nationals (CCNs). “Cooperating country
national” means an individual who is a cooperating country citizen, or a non-cooperating
country citizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the cooperating country.

SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Facilities access.

STATEMENT OF DUTIES

General Statement of Purpose of the Contract

USAID/Ethiopia is one of the USAID’s largest missions in the world, implementing
Economic Growth, Health, Education, Democracy and Governance, Relief, Resilience
and Humanitarian Assistance programs. The Mission also provides regional financial
management support, accounting operations and oversight services to USAID/Djibouti,
and USAID/African Union. The Accountant (OE or Project) is responsible for
performing a full range of budget, accounting, and reporting functions with an aggregate
operational year budget (OYB) of approximately $1.2 billion. The incumbent performs
duties under the leadership of the Chief Accountant but ultimately reports the status of all
program or OE funded activities to the Controller, Deputy Controller and Senior
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2. Statement of Duties to be Performed

Accounting (35%)

The Accountant(OE or Project) performs specialized financial management and accounting
operations in support of all OE/ program funded activities for USAID/Ethiopia and its client
missions.

• S/he uses Phoenix as a primary automated accounting system platform to record,
  control and report on all financial activities of USAID/Ethiopia and its client missions.
• Ensures the integrity of the accounting system for all transactions such as budget,
  acquisitions, accounts payable, bills for collection, and accrual subsystems are properly and
  correctly incorporated and accounted for. In addition, s/he works on E2i travel
  authorizations, ILMS/ARIBA Embassy procurement system, GLAAS and e-CART cash reconciliation. S/he coordinates with the Controller, IT team, OAA, EXO, M/CFO and the Embassy/Procurement to ensure appropriate accounting and procurement systems are in place and used. Also, assists the technical teams on GLASS-Phoenix transactions interface and fund cite related issues.
• Provides funds availability clearance/information on activity implementation documents. Prepares and/or reviews commitment and obligation documents and ensures that transactions are accurate, and compliance with the Agency Financial Management Policies and Procedures. Establishes and maintains formal accounting records through Phoenix.
• Provides information and advice to the mission management, technical offices, host country counter parts and concerned USAID/Washington personnel through reports and special studies on all types of accounting transactions on the progress of financial plans, funding requirement, and opportunities/ savings
• Reviews, tracks, maintains records and provides funds availability clearance on all funding documents including Strategic/Development Objective Bilateral Agreements with host governments. Also, prepares and or clears a Modified Acquisition and
• Assistance Request
• Documents (MAARD), journal vouchers, travel authorizations (international and local trips), purchase order, SF1081s, SF1190s, SF182, lease documents, employee contracts, grants, implementation letter, miscellaneous obligation document, and so on.
• Downloads Voucher Activity Detail Report (VADR) from the Charleston website (SHIFT account) on monthly basis; converts the document to a workable format and saves on a shared drive for manual posting in Phoenix. Verifies each VADR transaction before posting for correctness and availability of obligation. Ensures that VADRs aged over 90 days are identified and closely followed-up and recorded in Phoenix. For other Mission (s) transactions, contact the staff and clear them as soon as possible.
• Receives and or sends all Intra-Agency-Payments (IPAC) charges from/to
  Washington/other Missions. Ensures that all outstanding IPACs are properly identified and recorded in Phoenix, and reconciled in the SF-224 Financial Report.
• Coordinates with the EXO and technical offices, and develops accruals for all
  administrative support costs of the Mission and its client missions. Also, advises and
  coordinates with the financial analysts on quarterly accrual activities, including the
  preparation of accrual worksheets. Verifies accrual figures computed by the AORs/CORs and posts in Phoenix on quarterly basis.

Funds Control and Compliance (30%)

• Analysis past and current expenditure rates, current and projected pipelines, and projected burn rates to ensure that adequate funding is always maintained and accurate accruals are prepared.
• In coordination with the financial analysts, conducts financial reviews of prospective grantees to determine the adequacy of their accounting systems, internal controls, and their capability to manage USAID grants.
• Conducts 1311 reviews in accordance with USAID’s Financial Management Policies and  Procedure. Monitors expenditures to ensure that budgets are not exceeded. Tracks, analyzes, adjusts and maintains records of all unliquidated obligations, and ensures that obligations are in compliance with the Congressional notification and other USG regulation requirements.
  Assesses and plans for upward adjustments of obligation, de-obligation of excess funds.  Updates the Mission Management Team on the status of Unliquidated Obligations (ULOs)  and excess/shortage of funding as deemed necessary.
• Reviews all contracts and purchase order closeouts to ensure that all requisite activities are included in the closeout process and that all unliquidated funds are reconciled.
• Advises the contracting officers, EXO, A/CORs and Chief Accountant on the amounts  available for de-obligation and reprogramming. Identifies alternative sources of funds to  cover unexpected payments and recommends on de-obligation of excess funds.

Financial Reporting (20%)

• The incumbent provides the mission management, client missions and customers with accurate and timely financial reports including the status of OE/Project Funded Operational Costs (PFOC), pipeline reports, cost analysis, ICASS workload count and budget analysis report, and so on. Customers include the U.S. Embassies, Africa Bureau, Washington CFO Office, office directors, technical staff, various project managers and team leaders, other Agency officials, implementing partners and host governments. Prepares and submits monthly, quarterly and annual financial and or data call reports to the Mission Management and/or USAID/W personnel. Performs the monthly SF 1221 and SF 224 cash reconciliation with the US Disbursing Offices (USDOs) and the US Treasury respectively.
• Prepares SF1081s for payroll appropriation differences with the USDO and makes sure that all appropriations are reconciled with the U.S. Treasury GWA records.
• Provides subject matter expert accounting advice and assistance to the Payment Section staff and prepares journal vouchers to correct erroneous payment and or collections related transactions.
• In coordination with the Controller, Chief Accountant or Financial Analysts addresses audit findings/issues providing required supporting documents and or explanations.
• Serves as the main Point Of Contact for ICASS related matters which includes reviewing and updating workload counts, conducting budget reviews, reviewing ICASS invoices for accuracy before the Controller and Mission Director’s approval and signature; and providing fund sites for the ICASS bills.
• Prepares the monthly Treasury Account reconciliation file certifications and the annual  certification of completion and maintenance of file documentation supporting the monthly Treasury Account reconciliations for the Controller’s signature.
• Maintains and reports on the quarterly USAID Financial Data Collection Tool, including property plant and equipment (PP & E), operating leases, expendables, vehicles, Unfunded  accrued annual leave balances, and Voluntary FSN Separation Trust Fund . Also prepares an Intra-Agency Transfer Agreement (632B) for IT Cost Recovery, funds and sends the report to M/CIO. Works on the annual validation of PP & E assets.

Budget Formulation, Back-ups, Training and Others (15%)

• The OE accountant is the primary back-up to the Budget Analyst in performing day-to-day  functions and in formulating the Cost of Operations Budget (COB), and preparing quarterly OE funds spend plan for the Mission and its client Missions.
• The Project accountant is the primary back-stop for the Accounting Systems Coordinator for GWA and final SF224 reporting, and an alternative back-stop to the Chief Accountant.
• Prepares and designs training materials on different accounting topics for presentation to the new OFM staff, technical team, mission management and implementing partners.
• Performs additional job responsibilities as assigned by the Chief Accountant, Deputy  Controller or Controller.
  The contractor is eligible for travel to the U.S., or to other locations abroad, for training, for temporary duty, or to participate in the “Foreign Service National” Fellowship Program, in accordance with USAID policy.

Supervisory Relationship

The Chief Accountant is the first line supervisor to the Project Accountant and second line
supervisor to the OE accountant. The Budget Analyst is the supervisor for the OE
Accountant. Supervisors provide on the job training, task specific coaching and other advice and assistance as required. Completed work is reviewed for professional, technical adequacy, compliance with USAID Policies and Procedures, conformance with good accounting practices, and general quality levels. However, the incumbent is expected to perform in a professional manner with considerable independence and responsibility within his/her portfolio(s) of assignment.

Supervisory Controls : This is a non-supervisory position

PHYSICAL DEMANDS : The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or
other related field.

Prior Experience: A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in
professional accounting and financial management.
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Language: Level IV (fluent) in English reading, speaking and writing is required. Level

IV (fluent) in Amharic and or other local languages.

EVALUATION AND SELECTION FACTORS

The Government may award a contract without discussions with candidates in accordance
with FAR 52.215-1. The CO reserves the right at any point in the evaluation process to
establish a competitive range of candidates with whom negotiations will be conducted
pursuant to FAR 15.306(c). In accordance with FAR 52.215-1, if the CO determines that the
number of offers that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at
which an efficient competition can be conducted, the CO may limit the number of candidates in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated offers. The FAR provisions referenced above are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.
Rating factors are used to determine the competitive ranking of qualified candidates in
comparison to other candidates. Candidates must demonstrate the rating factors outlined
below within their resume, as they are evaluated strictly by the information provided. The
rating factors are as follows:

EVALUATION FACTORS

EDUCATION (20 points): Additional points will be given for (1) education above the
minimum level and/or (2) ACCA/CPA Certification and/or (3) specialized training
pertinent to the position.

WORK EXPERIENCE (30 points): Points will be given for (1) experience above the
minimum levels required, (2) specialized experience pertinent to the position, (3)
experience in development organizations that are large and/or international.

KNOWLEDGE (25 points): Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of
professional accounting principles, theories, practices and terminology as well as the
principles and procedures of the host government and business financial accounting,
budgeting and reporting.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES (25 points): Analytical skills and sound judgment. The
incumbent must be able to compile and present detailed financial information in a concise
and professional manner. S/he must have the ability to analyze and develop procedures
and internal controls to ensure the integrity of financial data. S/he must be able to
understand and implement financial management operations required by law or
regulation. The incumbent must possess communication skills to establish and maintain
effective working relationships with various stakeholders. S/he must have word
processing and spreadsheet skills and be proficient in the use of office software, including
Microsoft Word, Excel, and powerpoint.