Sightsavers
Title: Finance and Support Services Assistant
Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
Contract: 6 month fixed term contract (ending May 2023)
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply
About the role
As the Finance and Support Services Assistant you will support the financial management and office administration of Sightsavers Zimbabwe office. You will facilitate financial transactions, maintain accounting ledgers, process payroll, and conduct general office administration.
The Finance and Support Services Assistant key duties and accountabilities include:
- Timely preparation of payment vouchers and writing and dispatching cheques
- Regularly maintain and update the excel cash book
- Processing of vouchers in Sun system and availing them to FSSO for posting within 5 working days from the Transaction date and filing of the same.
- Managing the office petty cash, both local and foreign
- Receipting cash and cheques from staff for private mileage, telephone and travel advance returns and subsequent banking within 24 hours
- Handle regular payroll administrative issues such as ensuring payroll is delivered to the bank once prepared and the necessary statutory cheque payments delivered in a timely manner as required in the Income Tax Act & filing with respective authorities the annual PAYE & NSSA returns.
- Assist in preparing schedules and providing documents and information to Internal & External Auditors.
- Coordinate renewal of motor vehicle licences and insurances.
- Review of procurement of office stationery.
- Ensure effective maintenance and repair of furniture, fittings and other office equipment
- Maintaining fixed assets registers that meets the accounting and insurance standards and ensuring all the new and existing insurable equipment are appropriately and adequately insured.
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
About you
As the successful candidate you will possess a relevant accounting qualification, degree in Finance/Accounting, or have relevant working experience. You will also have previous INGO employment, excellent communication skills, and experience in inancial management, including programme/project management and administration.
Jobholder Requirements
Essential:
- Relevant professional accounting qualification, degree in Finance/Accounting, or similar work experience
- Previous experience working for an INGO/NGO
- Project financial management, budget and data analysis skills
Desirable:
- Experience of audit and government organisations
Closing date: 23 October 2022
Next Step
We anticipate that interviews will take place from 31 October onwards and the evaluation process will include a task and an oral interview, held on the same day.
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.