Job Description

TITLE:  Accountant

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Finance

LOCATION: Mogadishu

GRADE: 5

CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 Months  

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Lavel-3-The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The role of the accountant is to implement key and important financial steps in the overall financial management of the organization at the Mogadishu office and more specifically will ensure the financial procedures and processes are adhered to.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE

Reports to Finance Officer

Staff reporting to this post: none

Role Dimensions Save the Children operates across all zones in Somalia and currently has three main area offices and additional 11 field offices. Programmatically Somalia is a large Country Office with more than $110million annual budget and staff over 650 staff

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

·         Receipt and review of office petty cash requests from the different departments, ensure proper coding has been maintained and submit duly reviewed documents to the cashier for payment.

·         Receive payment documentation for regular bulk payments including incentivized staff payments, transportation allowances of training participants and other staff payments including travel advances and reimbursements, ensure proper documentation and coding has been maintained for this and submit for approvals.   

·         Ensure timely and accurate payments schedules are submitted to mobile money services provides for the payments of regular bulk payments including incentives and training participants.

·         Prepare offline spreadsheets for the recording of all transactions outside the accounts payable (AP) module of Agresso and ensure accurate coding and latest validation is maintained

·         Generate the transaction listing of all the months expenses by the first day of the next month and share with all budget holders for review and analysis

·         Make all adjusting entries requested by the budget holders through the review of the transaction listing within the SOFT Close 

·         Actively participate in the month end processes and all listed activities in the financial diaries are completed within the month’s cycle.

·         Ensure all payments posted into the financial system are accurately recorded and SCI’s coding parameters are correctly used and maintained for every transaction.

·         Support both internal and external audits as may be assigned by the finance coordinator and ensure ensure all payment documents have a compete audit trail

·         Support the Area monthly delivery by regularly updating the monthly delivery plan progress monitoring tracker and submitting to the area Finance manager

·         Maintain and update the payment request and invoices tracker on daily basis for every month

·         Be a proactive member of the Area Finance team and ensure teamwork and collective achievement of set objectives

·         Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities, and other relevant policies.

·         Ensure the effective and efficient use of all SC resources to keep costs low and ensure the security of staff and other resources.

·         Perform any other related duties as required.

COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Applying Technical and Professional Expertise

·         Makes decisions based on professional expertise and experience without deferring unnecessarily to others

·         Shares knowledge and best practice on technical solutions so that others can make best use of that expertise

·         Actively seeks new ways to develop the application of technical and professional standards within the team

Delivering Results

• Delivers timely and appropriate results using available resources

• Takes responsibility for their work and its impact on others

• Plans, prioritizes and performs tasks well without needing direct supervision

• Understands the link between their work and the organization’s objectives

Working effectively with others

• Actively listens to new and different perspectives and experiences of those they work with

• Proactively supports team members and trusts their capabilities

• Demonstrates understanding of their skills and how they complement those of others within diverse teams and groups

·         Clarifies their role and responsibilities within the team to maximize impact

Skills and Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

¨       Minimum 2 years proven work experience within a busy working environment with Humanitarian organizations in a similar or related role

¨       Computer skills especially in Ms Excel, spread sheets and Ms Word

¨       High level of integrity and ability to work as part of a professional team

¨       Ability to work under high pressure to meet tight deadlines.

¨       Good communication and interpersonal skills

¨       Commitment and willingness to deliver results

Desirable requirements

¨       Working knowledge of Agresso accounting package

¨       Previous work experience with INGOs

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Equal Opportunities

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

• We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Adult Safeguarding.

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy, all employees are also expected to carry out their duties in accordance with SCI protection from sexual exploitation abuse.

How to apply

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.

Application procedures:

All interested and qualified candidate can apply the position through the below link :

https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=220006RP&lang=en

with clear subject heading for the position.

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

application closing date is on 14-Sep-2022