Finance Assistant

Job Summary:

The purpose of this position is to maintain day to day cash or bank payment processing and to keep proper track of the payments. Data entry of the day to day transactions, maintain proper filing system and generate basic utilization report to the department and unit managers.

Duties & Responsibilities:

•Scrutinize all the supporting documents and process payments through bank check or transfer letter.
•Prepare Bank payment voucher, prepare cheque or transfer letters and present it to the signatories for signing.
•Timely submission of the transfer letter to bank as well as timely disbursement of the check to the supplier or third party and ensure acknowledgement receipts for that.
•Regular contact with bank and withdraw cash as and when required by the organisation.
•Aware about the budget and ensure booking of expenditure in the correct budget heads.
•Entering daily transactions data into the accounting system (SUN) and update the Bank balances within the day.
•Prepare and process international staff individual monthly payment by 25th of the month as per their contract.
•Processing of transfer order of national staff salary between 22 to 25th of the month and ensure transfer letter are submitted to the bank by 25th of each month.
•Prepare monthly Bank reconciliation statement by 4th of the subsequent month.
•Prepare department or unit’s monthly utilization report of country office and send it to the concern managers by 12th of the subsequent month.
•Provide any information timely and updated manner as and when required basis by the line manager.
•Any other task as required by line manager

Job Requirement:

•At least high school graduate (12 classes), bachelor degree or any other further educational qualification is preferred.
•A bit self motivated, swift in nature and can complete her task within the day or in the assigned time.
•Two years or more working experience in the finance function with any national or international organization.
•Good working practice in the spread sheet program (Excel). Understanding of accounting software is advantage.
•Fluency in written and Spoken English as well as fluency in any of the local language Dari or Pashto.
•Aware about her own work and able to meet the deadline.
•A bit analytical and systematic
•Willingness to travel to other Provincial offices or for training outside Kabul if require sometime.

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