Job Overview

The Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church Development Commission/EKHCDC is a registered local organization which has been operating long term community development and humanitarian aid and rehabilitation interventions in all regions of Ethiopia since 1974. EKHCDC seeks a WASH and FSL project accountant for the project planned to be implemented at Medega-Tollaa District of East Hararge Zone in Oromia Regional State in order to address the needs of the communities affected by the recurrent drought.

The project accountant is responsible accounting works including book keeping, financial management, arranging and facilitating authorized payments and controlling financial flow and settlement, developing financial progress and terminal reports.

Job duties and Responsibilities

• Recording of financial documents of the project

• Controlling and follow up of expenses as per their allocations in the approved project document and budget transfer notes

• Preparing check for authorized expenses

• Preparing cash registration book and sequential expense record

• Follow up staff suspense settlements and make it in place

• Checking reasonable expense breakdowns before suspense is processed

• Checking the fulfillment of supporting documents before suspense settlements,

• Follow up of bank balance and statement

• Alerting the project signatories about the current balance at bank

• Preparing monthly staff salary payroll 

• Arranging all reasonable and authorized payments (staff salary, taxes and pension, service charges, procurements and others)

• Setting properly/filing financial documents

• Bank reconciliation

• Setting legal payments with legal deductions

• Setting financial statements

• Preparing financial report and submitting to project coordinator

• Submitting project expense documents to head office finance department for transfer settlements,

• Carrying out other duties assigned by project coordinator and management

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Duty Position and Employment

Duty Position:  Harar town with field visit to Medega-Tolla project intervention Kebeles

No. Position: 1 (one)

Sex: Female/Male

Term of Employment: contract

Closing Date: 10 (ten) days from the date of announcement

Job Requirements

Education background and experience

• BA Degree from recognized Colleges/universities in accounting three-year experience in accounting works/financial management

• Careful, faithful and loyal to organizational regulations

Skills

• Fluent communication in multiple local languages and understanding English

• Skills in teamwork and patient  

How to Apply

Submit your application letters, copies of education documents with updated CV and relevant work experiences in person at Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church Development Commission Office, HR and Operation Management Department or through post P.O.Box 11097 For more information contact Tel. +251115539993