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• Provide
  grants and financial technical support to the response/grants program
  staff including on-the-job training in order to maintain accurate and
  reliable financial information.
• Prepare
  and file supporting documents for all accounting transactions in
  compliance with WVU & WVI financial policies and guidelines.
• Manage
  staff travel and business advances by ensuring accuracy, authenticity,
  completeness and timely retirement of advances and monthly Account
  Allocation in SUN,
• Assist
  the Senior Finance Officer (SFO) with monthly report highlighting the
  status of advances within the response.
• Prepare
  payment vouchers (using Voucher Interface) and allocate various response
  and grants expenses to different cost centers/grants in compliance with WV
  Cost Allocation Methodologies and donor requirements.
• Manage
  response petty cash in compliance with the WVI Finance Manual.
• Coordinate
  banking issues relating to response transactions
• Actively
  participate in the audit processes of the projects, particularly
  facilitating audit team members’ easy access to the project financial
  records.
• Code
  and monitor budgets, record all expenses in line with the approved budget
  in order to ensure that correct expenditures are correctly charged to
  grants and that grants are not overspent.
• Verify
  vendor claims, advances and other receivables to ensure that suppliers are
  paid in a timely manner, per contracts and in conformance with donors/WVI
  policies.

• The
  ideal candidate for the World Vision Assistant Accountant job opportunity
  should hold a university degree, with a major in
  Accounting/Finance/Auditing or a full professional qualification in ACCA,
  CPA, CMA or equivalent.
• One
  year of post qualification experience in grants accounting.
• Extensive
  Computer knowledge in Microsoft Excel, Vision Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SUN
  Accounting and Access is required.
• Must
  have proven knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and
  Internal Control Procedures.
• Excellent
  written and oral communication skills are essential, and the incumbent
  must be a team player, who is able to work successfully in a multicultural
  environment.
• A
  high level of integrity is required.

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