Urgent External Vacancy Announcement

Women Empowerment-Action (WE-Action) is an indigenous non-political, non- religious, non-profit, humanitarian and development-oriented civil society organization working in Ethiopia to the improvement of the social, economic, and physical well-being of the poor women in particular and the community in general. Currently the organization is operating in three regions SNNPR Amhara National Regional States and Oromia National Regional State.

WE-Action envisions “Ethiopian women empowered”.

Currently, WE-Action is seeking to hire competent, qualified and interested female candidate for the position of Finance Officer who is responsible to for financial management of WE-Action projects under operation.

General Duties and responsibilities

• Maintain and control the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, expense reports and payroll.
• Reconcile and follow up of financial statements and bank reconciliations monthly.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports.
• Review and implement financial policies.
• Support the project coordinator in budget planning, modification and forecasting – so that every team member understands the budget resources available.
• Provide technical financial management support to all the head office and field office experts in the contract so that they can manage the budget for their offices in a transparent and accountable manner;
• Ensure that the program expenditure figures reconcile with those held by the contract partners. In addition, ensure that the expenditure reported are reconciled with your accounting record
• Ensure that the financial reports have the required documentation before sharing these reports;
• Prepare periodical financial reports based on the operational manual and submit as per the agreed time frame;
• Disseminate the approved quarterly financial report to the partners together with the verification memo;
• Facilitate internal and external Project audits as per the contract requirements;
• Facilitate project administration matters, such as procurement and close-out;

Description of the Position

Duty Station: Addis Ababa, WE-Action head office

Reports to: Finance Manager

Number of positions: 1 (One)

Duration: for one year with possibility of extension based on performance evaluation and availability of budget

Job Requirements

Educational Qualification and Experience

• BA degree in Accounting, Finance and Economics with 4 years financial management experience of projects.
• Experience with facilitation of external audits
• Strong financial reporting skills – excellent recording of financial transactions
• Proven skills with computer based financial reporting is a must
• Experience in handling SA Project financial management has a bonus
• Willingness to travel field offices as required
• Proven experience in establishing and maintaining healthy partnership with funding partners, government partners and other NGOs working in partnership

Required Skills:

• Peachtree software application skill is mandatory
• Good knowledge of Excel application skill is mandatory
• Strong communication skills.
• Training on IPSAS is added value.

Priority

• Only reserved for Female applicants. 

How to Apply

Interested applicants can submit their application letter and updated CV only to WE-Action via: abrham.b@we-actionethiopia.org within the specified time frame.

NB: Educational and work experience documents will be requested after short listing.