Senior Program Accountant  

Career Level:  Senior Level (5+ years experience)

Salary: Birr 28,798.00 (ETB twenty eight thousand seven hundred ninety eight)

 Job Description

The Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) was founded in 1970 through the initiative of the Norwegian and Swedish Save the Children organizations seconded by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. The Institute got its name from the Norwegian physician, Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who first described the leprosy bacillus (Mycobacterium leprae). AHRI is a biomedical research institute that works in developing tools for prevention, control and treatment of mycobacterium and other diseases of public healthy importance through applied and basic biomedical research and training.

 AHRI receives annual budget from Ethiopian Government and the Core Funders of the institute are Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. Currently we have competitive grants from USAID, European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), UK and  other many more.

 Ahri would like to hire qualified, experienced candidate who is energetic and skillful for the position of Senior Program Accountant for six months to cover the post of whom are on maternity leave.

The major responsibility of the job position holder is to prepare action plan aligning with program activities and to follow up cash, budgets, grants and expenditure of grants in result base management system /RBM/.

 Key Duties and Responsibilities:

·         To contribute to the effective running of the progress, implementing financial and administrative activities under the direction and guidance of the finance Team Leader

·         Verify payment requests and prepare payment orders, cheques, transfer letters and others

·         For payments of procurement activities, verify the process of the procurement and prepare payment orders

·         Preparation of perdiem payments for local and abroad travels

·         Verify documents presented for settlement and settle

·         Conduct bank reconciliation

·         Preparation of periodic and annual financial reports  

·         Performs other related tasks assigned by the Finance Team Leader  

  Job Requirement

 ·         MA Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Studies and minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience;

 OR

·         BA Degree in Accounting/Finance And minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience.

  Other Competencies:

·         English Language proficiency both written and spoken;

·         Advanced skills: in Microsoft Excel, and Word,

·         Finance Software: IFMIS, ERP and other financial software

·         Strong financial skills encompassing proposal budgeting, income tracking, budget monitoring and financial reporting.

How to Apply   

Interested applicants who fulfilled the above requirements should send the following through THIS LINK        A CV/resume  (not more than 3 pages)

 -          A cover letter (not more than one page)

 -          A one page table summarizing your educational background, work experience, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process. -         

 References:  Please provide three references including their e-mail address. -         

Terms of Employment:  One year contract period with full time employment basis with possible extension based on performance and budget availability. -         

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