Finance Assistant
PU-AMI
- Ghazni
- Permanent
- Full-time
- S/he is responsible for the safety of cash and receive the cash from subhead of base based on need.
- S/he must reconcile the cash balance with the cash book daily, with physical cash count at the end of the day.
- S/he is responsible for preparing the weekly cash inventory.
- S/he is responsible for coordinating Paktia office for payments above authorization limit.
- S/he makes sure that there is a positive balance in bank accounts before proceeding to payment.
- During the monthly accounting closure, s/he is responsible for filling in the bank reconciliation sheets.
- S/he records all the expenditures in the cash book and bank book and the cash balance must be reconciled with cash book on a daily basis, with physical cash count.
- S/he liaises with the Bank for all transfers and salary payments document submissions only, withdrawal of cash to office safe, and receiving cheque books.
- S/he must reconcile the Bank statement with a bank book record at the end of the month.
- The cash situation should be reported on a daily basis to the line manager.
- Any discrepancy in cash must be immediately reported to the line manager.
- S/he makes sure that all the purchase files and payment forms are correctly filled out and signed as per PUAMI thresholds before payment.
- S/he is responsible for the good financial codes on all order forms.
- S/he is responsible for making all the wire transfers to the suppliers, payrolls, partners and administrations.
- S/he makes sure that all expenses whatsoever are made are priorly authorized and validated by the person responsible as per PUAMI standard formats before payment.
- S/he keeps a clear and ordered record of all advances paid and make sure no unauthorized person receives a cash advance.
- S/he makes sure the advanced settlement by providing the proper payment documents after a period of one month from the day the advance was taken. In case of delay, the Supervisor should be immediately informed and corrective measures enforced.
- S/he marks all invoices on a paid stamp on the day of payment and files all relevant payments files at the office according to the numbers set by Saga software.
- S/he is responsible for the monthly accountancy of the base and shares the monthly accounting pack with the regional office.
- She/he will respond, in time, to any query received in the monthly accounting pack from the Coordination office.
- Ensure that all soft and hard copies of accounting files are properly archived and shared with the Coordination office on a timely manner.
- S/he assists Regional and Coordination finance department in case of audit of projects.
- S/he is responsible for the monthly tax report of the base and shares the monthly tax report with the Coordination office in coordination with the regional finance manager.
- S/he will respond, in time, to any query received on the monthly tax report from Kabul office.
- Ensure that all soft and hard copies of accounting files are properly archived and shared with the coordination office in a timely manner.
- S/he gathers monthly hard accountancy documents as per the deadline, makes required double check and corrections and gives feedback to the concerned people.
- S/he prints all the vouchers from SAGA and attached them to payment files, on a monthly basis.
- S/he should ensure that all soft and hard copies of accounting files are properly archived, filed and shared with the Coordination office in a timely manner.
- She/he is responsible to send scanned archives every month to Coordination and hard archive upon 1st movement availability to Kabul after completion of scan.
- Education Degree: University degree in Business Administration/ Commerce/Economics/ or Accounting Qualifications such as ACCA/CA or CPA Afghanistan.
- Work experience: at least 2 years' experience in a similar position and relevant finance & accounting experience with NGOs
- Knowledge and Skills: Knowledge in SAGA will be a real asset for the applicant, accounting procedure in NGO, good reporting skills (MoE and MoF and etc)
- Language: Fluent in English, Dari and Pashto.
- Computer Skill: Expert with MS office
- Detailed oriented.
- Excellent communication skills