Finance Receptionist

GIZ-Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #207/2019

GIZ- Office

 As a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and international education work, GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – is dedicated to building a future worth living around the world.

 We have over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including rural and economic development, education and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security. Together with our partners, we work to deliver flexible, effective and cost-effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions. Of our 18,260 employees in some 120 countries, almost 70 per cent are national personnel working in the field.

 As a public-benefit German federal enterprise, we are committed to meeting our clients’ high standards with regard to transparency and accountability. German and European values are central to our work. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is our main commissioning party. European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector and national governments benefit from our services, too.

 In Ethiopia GIZ has been implementing development programmes on behalf of the German government for over 40 years jointly with our national partners. The focus of our work in the country is on vocational education, sustainable use of natural resources, land management and food security, biodiversity and forestry. Further programmes enhance the development of a sustainable textile sector and renewable energies. GIZ- Office is looking to recruit a Finance Receptionist as per the detail below

Overall Responsibilities:

• Ensure smooth transaction flow between Finance Department and Projects or other departments or external third parties.  
  

Tasks:

• Receives payment requests, check contents if they Comply with GIZ Process and Rules and the GIZ Ethiopia domestic policy.
• Check different kinds of documents submitted to Finance against the appropriate “Checklists”.
• If documents submitted lack certain facts or proper supporting document, explain to the sender and send back for amendment.
• If document submitted is complete, place the “Received Date’’ and the “Accounting Stamp” on the document.
• For complete documents, sign on “Received by” line in the Accounting Stamp, register in Document Delivery Excel file and submit to the responsible person.
• Receive customers and direct them to the proper officer, in case discussion and further explanation is required.
• Support the Finance Team in invalidating processed vouchers to prevent invoices from being re-used. This includes writing Voucher Numbers on all supporting documents.
• Perform any other duty as may be required.   
  

Required Educational qualifications, professional experience and competency

Qualifications

•  Completion of College Education or similar

Professional experience

• Minimum of 3-5 years of work experience

Other knowledge, additional competencies

• Knowledge of fluent English language both in speaking and writing
• Computer literacy: familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Word

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via zionjob or Email: [email protected]

Note: -

 Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.

 Applications from qualified women are encouraged