Finance Officer – Payables Will At Sustainet Group

Job Summary
Requirements
The ideal and successful candidate should meet the following profile:
Applicant must have a Bachelors degree in Business Administration or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance or Accounting specialization) with strong academic credentials.
Applicant must have at least 5 years of relevant working experience
Possession of a master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics or other relevant fields is an added advantage
CPA/ACCA qualification
Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in a responsible way
Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications
Ability to work as part of a team
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent administrative and organizational skills
Effective communication skills

Responsibilities
The finance officer will be responsible for the following:
Providing budgetary input from assigned projects for the main annual budget compilation;
Responsible for preparing cashflow projections for assigned accounts;
Responsible for preparing/maintaining/updating financial monitoring tools for assigned accounts;
Responsible for controlling budget utilization for assigned accounts;
Responsible for 1st signing/approving all payment vouchers, LPOs, WOs etc that relate to assigned accounts;
Responsible for ensuring the files & records under assigned accounts are in order;
Contribution to the development of policies, procedures, accounting templates and systems during departmental meetings;
Responsible for overseeing overall financial management of donor funded projects as per agreement/contracts;
Responsible for review of donor funded financial reports and direct submission to the respective donors as per the timelines stipulated in the contracts/agreement; Responsible for customization/calibration/setting up the financial system for any assigned new project in the accounting system with the approval of the manager;
Responsible for preparation of donor required/demanded financial reports for the assigned projects as per contract/agreement terms;
Responsible for posting assigned projects transactions into the accounting systems; Responsible for timely invoicing of partners/donors as per the agreement terms;
Responsible for processing all approved payments;
Responsible for bank reconciliations;
Responsible for account receivables and account payables;
Responsible for 1st signing/approval of requisitions related to assigned projects;
Responsible for processing petty cash replenishment