Finance Intern

Job Title: Finance Intern

Sector: Finance

Employment Category: Fixed Term

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Background

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery, and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.

Position Overview

The finance Intern has the overall responsibility of assisting a smooth implementation of day to day accounting transactions and ensuring implementation of donors’ rules and regulations and IRC finance polices & procedure.

Major Key Responsibilities

• Support Cash room activity by Preparing check and effect payments after approval from the designated official.
• Responsible to maintain files of financial records, agreements and other documents.
• Keeping all used and unused finance vouchers in a safe place. Support Audit by pulling out and provide the document for the Auditor
• Make sure each month Addis financial document scan and upload on box
• Prepare Government invoice report at Addis level and compile for all fields and report monthly bases.
• Assist the Finance Assistant in preparation of the reports.
• Will Settle all taxes Income tax, withholding tax & Pension monthly bases.
• Keep filing systems in which documents could be readily available and easily traced.
• Give attention to detailed accuracy and neatness in documentation.
• Perform financial duties in line with IRC Program, Personnel & Finance Regulations.
• Make sure that all finance documents are stamped with IRC Ethiopia Paid or Received stamp
• Prepare any finance related outgoing letters to bank and collecting bank slip.
• Do all tasks assigned by the Finance team

Key working relations

The Finance Intern will directly report to the Finance Assistant with additional oversight from the Finance Officer and Finance Manager.

Qualifications

• BA Degree in accounting a minimum zero year / Accounting Diploma minimum one year experience.
• Able to communicate in English
• Operating MS office applications
• Operating excel, Word and Access is required. Knowledge of Sun Accounting system and/or other accounting software is advantageous
• Strong organizational and social skills
• Positive and professional personality, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work, under pressure, able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail
• Experience working in hardship areas and Ability to work under pressure and stressful situations.

Applications will not be returned. IRC discourages phone calls or personal visits.

Only applicants meeting the minimum qualification will be short listed and contacted.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Your application letter/cover letter must include the following information.

• Name of the position you have applied for
• Date of application
• Summary of your qualifications and experience
• Motivation/objective of why you have applied for the job
• Permanent Address and present address (if different from permanent) and telephone number, if possible, also email address
• Disclose any family relationships with existing IRC employees.

IRC is an equal employment opportunity employer.IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

Professional Standards : The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols, and other supportive benefits and allowances

Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.