Project Accountant Job at Zambia Open Community Schools - Career Opportunity in Zambia

Vacancy title:
Project Accountant

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Education, and Training , Category: Accounting & Finance ]

Jobs at:

Zambia Open Community Schools

Deadline of this Job:
03 July 2020  

Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka , South - Central Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 26, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Zambia Open Community Schools (ZOCS) exists to enable the Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Zambia, especially the girl child and children with special educational needs, to access quality education. ZOCS hopes to achieve this through Advocacy, Capacity Building and support to community schools through Service Delivery, mainstreaming the cross cutting issues of gender, HIV and AIDS and disability, as well as learning-based monitoring and evaluation of its interventions. ZOCS seeks to recruit a qualified candidate who is motivated and result oriented to fill the following position:
1. PROJECT ACCOUNTANT (1) – LUSAKA
A. Job Title: Project Accountant
B. Location: Lusaka
C. Reporting: Finance Manager
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
The role of Project Accountant involves budgeting, planning, quality control and reporting. and ensuring Effective Financial Management by capturing all accounting transactions and providing monthly reports. The incumbent is also responsible for the recording and capturing of all financial transactions and disbursements to ensure that all funds utilized by the Project are accounted for. .

Key areas of responsibility include:
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations to ensure that bank balances are in line with cash book balances.
• Check Funds requests by Project team and ensure these are in accordance with the Organizations’ policies and within the set budget limits
• File all payment vouchers, journals and receipts sequentially.
• Capture all data in the General Ledger Accounting Package for all entries.
• Support preparations of monthly financial reports for various projects on a monthly basis
• Prepare appropriate tax returns and any other information.
• Review and verify invoices for the purchase of goods and services for the program.
• Ensure that all financial transactions are up to date in the accounting system.
• Prepare and maintain updated information for audits.
• Perform- other duties as assigned by the Project Accountant or Finance Manager.


Job Skills: Not Specified


Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or ACCA stage 2 or other related discipline.
• Minimum three (5) years of NGO experience in accounting or related field
• Strong organizing skills and ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Attention to detail and the capabilities to work well individually and within a team.
• Flexibility and high capacity to adapt to change.


Job Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting


Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified


Work Hours: 8

 

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Job application procedure
To apply, kindly send through your application letter and CV, clearly stating the job title of interest to :
  ZOCS2008@gmail.com 
or
The Deputy Executive Director
Zambia Open Community Schools
P.O Box 50429
No. 20 Tito Road
Rhodespark
Lusaka
Kindly note that only candidates who meet the above specifications and competencies should apply enclosing their CVs, and photocopies of their relevant academic qualifications. Day time telephone and/or mobile contacts should be clearly indicated. Applications should reach the undersigned not later than Friday 3rd July, 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ZOCS provides equal employment opportunities to qualified and experienced women and men.


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Job Info
Job Category: Accounting/ Finance jobs in Zambia
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job:  03 July 2020
Duty Station: Lusaka
Posted: 26-06-2020
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 26-06-2020
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 26-06-2065
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