American University of Afghanistan
Position Title: Finance & Reporting Officer
Reports To: Senior Finance Manager
Department: Finance
Location: Remote
No of positions: One
Vacancy No: AF-N-03-2023
Vacancy close date: 23/02/2023
Position Summary
The Finance Officer’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, facilitating agreement payments, ensuring quality reporting, facilitation of Agreement budget, opening and closeout processes, and maintaining agreement related information and files. S/he will support the Senior Finance Officer and Senior Finance Manager to managing reporting deadlines, produce quality financial reports and donor updates.
S/he will also support ad-hoc deliverables for the Finance department and any other task assigned by the supervisor. S/he will work in coordination with the Senior Finance Officer and Senior Finance Manager.
Key outcomes include:
- Manage routine tasks as directed by finance policies and the line manager.
- Fulfil the designated goal set by the finance office.
Responsibilities:
- Support the facilitation of contracts/agreements in terms of payments, Budget to Actual Reporting, and Agreement Compliance with Senior Finance Officer and Senior Finance Manager.
- Keep track of reporting schedules according to the relevant department framework and its strict follow-up with the focal points.
- Managing records and receipts for every customers and keep tracking of receivables on daily basis and report to the Senior Finance officers and executives.
- Reconciling monthly and yearly transactions especially for the receivables and reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, or Senior Finance officer
- Participating in Financial Audits and providing the relevant requirement documentations for reviewing to Senior Finance Manager and assist with auditing purposes.
- Entering the financial data to internal accounting system.
- Ensure timely collection of monthly, quarterly & annual draft reports from different units on a timely basis.
- Edit and review collected reports and refer to relevant reporting focal points for missing information, clarification of inconsistencies, and correction of inaccuracies.
- Faciliate agreement payments and perform routine finance tasks as requested.
- Maintain a backup file of various issues and reports produced and submitted.
- Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor
Required Qualification, Experience and Skills
- The position requires the incumbent to reside in Afghanistan
- Bachelor of Business Administration, or Finance or any related field with four years of experience in the related field is required.
- Prior experience in Power Campus and Dynamics 365 is an advantage
- Customer orientated attitude and must have a great knowledge of dealing with students
- High level of consistency and a great team player
- Proficiency in Dari, Pashto, and English
Other Skills
- Excellent Excel skills
- Good Communication and customer service skills
- Excellent decision-making skills
- Have good knowledge of the accounting cycle
- Good computer & Microsoft Office skills
- Strong math skills with an ability to spot numerical errors
- Ability to handle confidential information
- Work under pressure, late hour and weekends as required
- Customer orientated, positive and team player
How to apply
To apply for this position, please send as a single PDF document which includes: a cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV), and contact information for three references to [email protected]. Please include AF-N-03-2023- Finance & Reporting Officer in the subject line of the e-mail. Applications in languages other than English will not be reviewed. Please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If hired, the successful applicant is expected to provide official proof of academic degrees. AUAF does not charge recruitment fees to applicants. AUAF is an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. AUAF follows a strict non-discriminatory policy in its selection and employment practices. All applicants will receive equal consideration, and applicants from all ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds are encouraged to apply.