PURPOSE:

The Senior Projects Accountant shall provide financial and administrative services to the overall OIC-E projects.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead all project finance and operations, including general administrative processes, financial management, procurement, accounting, and logistics;
• Establish and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control procedures;
• Ensure compliance of financial and operations systems with OIC-E policies and procedures, other potential donors’ rules and regulations, and the Government of Ethiopia laws;
• Develop, analyze and monitor program budgets;
• Monitor and track wire transfer requests and expenditures against budgets and support budget realignments as needed;
• Manage project procurement processes in accordance with IFES policies and applicable regulations;
• Liaise between OICE headquarters and its centers on financial, administration and procurement matters;
• Regularly analyze and forecast project expenses;
• Advise senior leadership on Financial and operations-related matters;
• Support preparation of annual and quarterly financial and accrual reports for donors;
• Contribute to the development of high-quality work plans, quarterly and annual reports, financial reports, and any other reports required by government agencies and donors.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors in the review of the organizational and project financial management;
• Supervise and train other project-based administrative, finance, and procurement staff.

 Required Number;

one

 Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in Accounting, Finance, or related required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with local and international NGOs
• Familiarity with CSO rules and regulations on financial management and procurement is required;
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), budgeting and fiscal control principles;
• Ability to maintain and apply strong internal controls for finance and procurements;
• Demonstrated experience with developing and managing budgets;
• Experience training and mentoring finance and operations staff;
• Experience with the financial management of projects that utilize rapid resource mobilization;
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with international, local donor agencies, and government stakeholders;
• Demonstrated leadership qualities, depth, and breadth of financial management expertise;
• Relevant computer software skills and familiarity with accounting software (including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office,
• Relevant Peachtree skill
• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience establishing and maintaining good relationships with a wide variety of professionals and organizations; and

SKILLS and SPECIFICATIONS

• The ability to remain highly organized while handling multiple tasks under tight deadlines
• Ability to complete tasks with limited supervision
• Business awareness and numerical ability
• Must possess solid communication and presentation skills
• Willingness to adhere to all principles of confidentiality
• Must value operating in a collaborative and cooperative environment
• Ability to show initiative, good judgment, and resourcefulness
• Conduct himself/herself with integrity and function ethically
• Ability to manage staff and work with senior management

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Amharic required.