Reach The Needy – Ethiopia (RTN-Ethiopia)  is a child focused community based, not for profit, non-religious and discrimination free indigenous humanitarian national organization that exists to help the Deprived, Excluded and Vulnerable children  become productive, confident and responsible citizens, parents and leaders of tomorrow that directly involve and contribute for the development of the country. RTN has been working Child Sponsorship, development & humanitarian programs in partnership with ChildFund, CARE Ethiopia, PLAN Ethiopia and UNICEF. 

Therefore, we would like to invite interested and qualified applicants for the following post. 

Position: Accountant

Number of Position:  One

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the finance & Admin head that all project expenditures are in line with approved Budget, Donor Guidelines, financial and procurement policies and procedures of the organization

• Process all financial vouchers by attaching relevant documents like invoice, receipts, application letters, and payment requests.

• Verifies primary financial documents assigned for accuracy, completeness and ensures that payment requests are approved by authorized person;

• Codes, posts, and analyzes financial transactions;

• Supervise the cashier and control the petty cash balance and cash receipt vouchers

• Maintain the stock records at finance and reconcile with bin card regularly.

• Reconciles monthly the organization’s books of accounts with bank and report regularly

• Ensures that all unused official documents/vouchers of the organization are properly registered and are available in sufficient quantity;

• Participate in the annual budget preparation and Area Strategic Plan development.

• Collect all relevant information and data about personnel and maintains an up-to-date list of personnel in the payroll by making timely entries of new employees and deleting those who have left the organization upon receiving authorization;

• Computes and prepares monthly payroll for all staff according to policies and procedures of the organization and applicable laws of the country;

• Ensures collected taxes (WHT, Income Tax, Pension etc) are remitted to the Inland Revenue Tax Authorities at the end of every month;

• Recording of all programme  financial transactions into the organization financial recording and meeting all submission dates and reporting requirements as required by the organization

• Follow-up and control payable and receivable accounts. 

Terms of employment: One year Contract with the possibility of extension based on availability of fund and work performance.

Language ability: Good communication skill in Amharic & English. Knowledge of the local language of the working area is advantageous

Salary: As per the organization scale.

Place of work: RTN Coordination office in Dilla town, Gedeo Zone, SNNPR 

Job Requirements:

• Ability to manage grants and multi donor funds

• Computer literate (Financial software, Excel, Word, and outlook), good understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Accounting standards, financial reporting, budgeting and taxes.

• Reasonable experience in community-based programming

• Knowledge and experience of IPSAS

• Knowledge of environment and current effective practice and policy on Early Childhood care and Development 

• Good knowledge of donor grant and contract regulations

• Demonstrable abilities in planning, budget and reporting 

• Excellent communication skills, both in written English and in face- to - face presentations.

Education Qualification:

• BA Degree in Accounting, Accounting & Finance + 3 years of experience

How To Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit ONLY their application letter enclosed with detail CV written in English in person or  via our e-mail address rtnrecruitment2021@gmail.com , within 10(Ten) Calendar days starting from the date of this vacancy announcement is made in EthioJobs.Net. Referring the position title and Vacancy number in the subject line of your email. No photocopies of educational/training certificates are required at this stage; applicant who doesn't follow the required application procedure will automatically be disqualified from the competition.

Qualified and competent women are highly encouraged to apply. Only short listed applicants will be contacted. 

N.B. During the selection processes any informal phone call and personal contact from the applicant’s side is strictly forbidden except waiting for the official notification from RTN