Finance Assistant- Temporary at PATH

Responsibilities

• Perform accurate data entry in the ERP in accordance with GAAP and PATH policy.
• Check and validate all payment requests ensuring appropriate supporting documentation for audit trail.
• Review, validate and prepare vendor payments.
• Review, validate and prepare workshop Beneficiaries mobile payments.
• Review validate and prepare staff travel advances Perform assigned bank roles in alignment with PATH policy.
• Reconcile all suppliers’ statements with ERP ledger balance records and close any discrepancies.
• Review and validate staff travel expenditure reconciliations.
• Perform monthly reconciliation of the Accounts Payable ledger and staff advances ledger.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations.
• Perform month end tasks as per schedule of responsibilities provided by the Finance Manager.
• Support with document retrieval for audits

Required Skills and Experience

• Professional accountancy qualification (Certified Public Accountants - CPA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - ACCA, or equivalent membership of a recognized professional accountancy organization in good standing).
• 2-3 years of relevant work experience as an accountant in the NGO sector.
• Demonstrated experience with Enterprise Resource Planning software. Hands-on experience in Business World software will be an added advantage.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Professional level of oral and written fluency in English