KINERJA Project

KINERJA Project, a local governance program funded by USAID focusing on providing service delivery in the areas education, health and economic services is currently looking for Senior Accountant according to the scope of work below. 
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications to dsiregar@kinerja.or.iddsiregar@kinerja.or.id

> not later than 10 March 2015 indicating the reference subject. All candidates are requested to specify their availability date in the application letter. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Duration of Project: Anticipated dates—March (immediate) to July 31, 2015.
Position:  Senior Accountant
Duty Station:  Jakarta

General Description of Position:

 

The Senior Accountant is responsible for managing all financial and accounting functions for the project ensuring that RTI financial policies are properly implemented and all transactions are properly processed, recorded and reported on time.  The Accountant is required to maintain the accuracy of these transaction records to ensure USAID compliance. This position reports to Finance Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform routine accounting and finance transactions, including petty cash.
• Manage the filing of financial and accounting records and regularly review the organization of these records.
• Prepare and submit a monthly report to the Finance Manager, summarizing the activities completed during the month and anticipated activities for the coming month.
• Assist the Finance Manager in preparing the final financial report.
• Makes accounting entries in Quick-Books in compliance with RTI policies and procedures and reviews Quick-Books expense reports prepared by provincial offices
• Issues advances for traveling project staff, sub-recipients and grantees; reconciles advances against     submitted travel reports and invoices
• Initiates wire transfers to pay project expenses, prepares bank vouchers for financial transactions and routes them for approval signatures
• Responds to inquiries from Jakarta staff and provincial offices regarding monthly expense reports
• Provides technical assistance of accounting and Kinerja-USAID financial procedures and compliance for regional Finance and Grant Officers
• Compiles and verify monthly field office financial reports and address any financial discrepancies.  Ensure the accuracy and quality of all expense report supporting documentation
• Reviews and ensures adherence to KINERJA and USAID administrative/financial compliance procedures for all expenditures.
• As a key person on QuickBooks implementation in Kinerja by providing technical expertise to resolve errors
• Prepares annual VAT report
• Within the scope of works, performs other duties as required.
• Conducts periodic market surveys and unit cost checks to insure reasonableness of unit costs for grantees and sub-awardees.

   Qualifications required: 

    ·         Bachelor Degree in Accounting

    ·         Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in the field of accounting and finance

    ·         Able to work under tight deadlines and managing priorities

    ·         High degree of adaptability to varied working environments and good interpersonal and teamwork skills

    ·         High standard of personal and professional integrity

    ·         Experience in administering USAID and RTI financial regulations, systems and procedures is desirable 

    ·         Proficient in MS Excel and working knowledge of QuickBooks accounting software is preferable

    ·         Able to communicate in both native language and English (written and spoken)

 

For more detail info about us, please visit www.kinerja.or.id<http://www.kinerja.or.id>