The FINANCE ASSISTANT, in collaboration with the SCP Finance Unit, provides support to the Team Leader of Sustaining Education Reform Gains Project (SERG) and the entire SERG Project team.

• Provides financial and administrative support to the SERG Team and field focal persons for timely processing, liquidation and/or reimbursements of project-related financial transactions.
• Assists in coordinating with DepEd counterparts for the retrieval and archiving of liquidation supporting documents for SCP Finance Unit.
• Prepares deposit slips for the payment of allowances and/or honoraria to the project staff and partners.
• Scans and emails documents such as proof of payment for communication allowance and honoraria to the DepEd partners for documentation purposes.
• Assists Finance Unit in processing of reimbursements and advances.
• Monitors the inventory of supplies, materials and equipment of the SERG Project, in accordance with the policy of SCP and DFAT.
• Manages the archiving of SERG’s financial documents such as activity proposals, receipts, attendance sheets, acknowledgement receipts, procurement documents, etc. for future reference.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in accountancy or related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in any related function
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively with various teams
• Excellent people skills at all levels
• Ability to work well in a multi-cultural disciplinary work environment
• Experience and working knowledge of accounting systems (Agresso Systems) and MS Office programs
• Excellent organizational skills, detail oriented and respectful of confidential information
• Ability to work independently and proactively