Finance & Administration Assistant Avencion Limited

Position Title: Finance & Admin Assistant (1 Position)

Reporting: Director Finance & Administration and The Finance Manager

Location: Lusaka

Specific Tasks

• Vendor engagement and assist in the procurement process
• Prepare documentation for payment transactions
• Coding of all approved payment requests
• Booking of approved payments in the accounting package.
• Petty cash management
• Coding all monthly statutory payroll-related payments
• Reviewing and processing staff travel advance requests and expense reports within stipulated timeframe;
• Maintain the filing system to ensure all vouchers are in order, and properly completed.
• Reviewing and scanning all accounting records monthly;
• Preparation of bank reconciliation statements to keep track of the finances.
• Assisting in the preparation of payrolls.
• Must have knowledge on best practices on generally accepted accounting principles of USAID/DONOR funding rules and regulations
• Perform other general accounting, finance and administration duties as needed and other duties as may be assigned;

Minimum Education Qualifications, Experience and Competencies:

• Must be a holder of an Accountancy profession, or any Finance related field;
• Bachelor of Accountancy would be an added advantage;
• 2 years of demonstrated experience and success;
• Must be a paid member of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA);
• Demonstrated knowledge and work experience of USAID financial and management systems, rules, regulations and reporting requirements;
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills;
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity;
• Fluency in English is required.