Specific Responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

• Management of accounts payable, ensuring complete, accurate and timely posting of vendor transactions in procurify
• Ensures that accounts payables are operating effectively and efficiently and are in line with financial policy, procedures, and guidelines
• Monitor program expenses and ensure that all grant related costs are appropriately stated in the general ledger
• Ensuring all disbursements are accurately coded and documented.
• Ensures that adequate accounting records are maintained in order to timely record of all financial transactions
• Participation in the development and implementation of risk management, financial policies and procedures
• Ensuring compliance with internal controls and processes, and ZRA requirements.
• Preparation for annual external audit
• Monthly reconciliation and analysis of balance sheet items
• Assist the finance manager in preparation of financial reports
• Provide financial analysis to support key internal stakeholders

Qualification:

• Grade 12 certificate with a minimum of 5 credits
• A bachelors in accounting with full professional qualification such as CIMA/ACCA/CA
• Paid up member of Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)
• Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting and financial management.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting standards
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Honest, reliable, and able to work under pressure

Other skills / Success factors:

• Demonstrate commitment to FLMZ mission, vision, and values.
• Demonstrates high level of confidentiality
• Team player
• Share knowledge and experience.
• Actively work towards continuing personal learning and development and apply newly acquired skills.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and positive constructive attitude.
• Remains calm, in control and good humoured even under pressure.
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
• Responds positively to critical feedback and offering points of view.
• Solicits feedback from co-workers about the impact of his/her behavior.
• Ability to network and be relational.
• Ability to work as a team and be accountable for any decisions made.
• Adhere to deadlines
• Experience in NGO Accounting