Camfed is international recognized as a leader in education for girls for its child protection policy and practice and as a voice for girl’s education and women’s empowerment at the highest level. Founded in 1993 camfed supports young women through their primary and secondary schools years into ecomonic training and further education and onto leadership as role model activities and philanthropists. Camfed Tanzania is looking for the finance to fill the vacant position
JOB; finance manager
Salary: competitive
Start date: ASAP
Location DSM
JOB PURPOSE
Under the direction of finance or such other person as Camfed shall from time to time direct. Finance officer is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and smooth running of an accurate and up-to-date accounting systems provide management timely and accurate financial reports supports districts and other partners in financial management and records keeping
SPECIFIC ACCOUTABILITIES
• Donor reports preparations support, including co-funds accounting
• Preparation overhead costs analysis including donor recoveries
• Support in preparation of financial reporting packs and annual accounts
• Ensuring that financial records including documentation are properly filed and safely stored
• Managing records on gift in kind from community partners to the camfed projects
• Reconciling all intercompany balance and preparation of clearing journals
• Spending tracking against planned activities and donor budget
• Review of the day to day program and administration payment requisition
• Performing weekly petty cash spot checking
• Review as second eye on the daily financial journals prepared by the team
• Managing accrual preparations and postings
• Managing monthly balance sheet schedule reconciliations
• Managing Camfed Tanzania KIVA Loans to beneficiaries
• Administration of field advanced and petty cash
Other activities
- Initiation of payments via check and online banking platform
- Managing staff and stakeholder retirements to the funds sent for various activities
- Bank and cash reconciliation on monthly basis
- Supporting finance delivers as defined from time to time
PERSON SPECIFICATIONS
ESSENTIL
- A degree in accounting and finance
- Registered with NBAA – (CPA)
- Skills in Excel, Salesforce, database and other accounting packages as well as MS Office
- Honesty and integrity
- An eye for details, strong quantitative skills and flexible, proactive and problems –solving approach at work
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to keep to deadlines
DESIRABLE
- Experience in auditing and preparing year-end-financial
- statement
- relevant accountancy experience gained from working for an international NGO
Applications details
To apply for this position please send your CV covering letter to tanzania@camfed.org on before 27th November 2017