Banja La Mtsogolo,Finance Officer Jobs in Malawi

Finance Officer – BLM – Zomba

Posts all items into SUN to facilitate the production of
management accounts, Timely reviews of the cash books in order to meet
reporting deadlines, Prepares monthly allocations of costs to donor funded
programmes, Prepares donor reports in line with donor requirements, Carrie

s out
monthly reconciliations of partner advances, donor fund balances and any other
assigned balance sheet items, Ensures that monthly bank reconciliations as
assigned by the project or such other person acting on behalf of the project
accountant are properly and timely prepared for verification and checking by
the project accountant, Ensures that there is proper follow up on all long
outstanding reconciling items, Ensures that unusual and suspicious items and
transactions are reported to Financial Controller for action, Ay other duties
assigned from time to time by the Project Accountant, Carries out on the job
mentoring to strengthen the financial capacity of BLM partner organisations,
Provides feedback to management in identifying areas where follow up is
required in the area of further capacity building for partners and
project staff, Works closely with Project Managers, project team leaders and
partners to ensure the partners and project budgets are properly incorporated
in the BLM operational budget, Reviews partner’s advance payment requests and
expenditure reports to ensure timely and accurate liquidation of partner’s
grants, Communicates with partners about any inconsistencies in the financial
reports or delay in submission of the reports, Continuously engages with
partners to ensure that their financial systems/controls meet BLM/USAID
expectations, Regularly conducts a review of financial rating of partners,
Undertake internal audit checks on the training and meeting expenses provided
to attendees and on the distributions of inputs to beneficiaries, Produces
journals and adjustments each month relating to programme costs and other areas
of responsibility

Public
Accountants Examination Council (PAEC) Technical Diploma/ACCA Technician, 3 yrs
practical experience in the financial management, Practical experience in
training/capacity building of local NGO partner staff will be an advantage

Good written
and oral communication, Integrity and high degree of honesty, Proactive with
good time management skills, Ability to exercise independent judgement and work
without direction, Ability to multi task and work within deadlines, Basic
analytical and statistical skills, Good knowledge of accounting practices,
policies and procedures, Practical experience with accounting packages and
report writing packages

This
position has the responsibility to ensure that the project and their partners
follow proper financial policies, procedures and systems to enable reporting to
deadlines and effective utilisation of funds, In addition the Finance Officer
will be responsible for reconciliations of bank accounts assigned to him/her by
the financial Accountant, Project Manager and Project team

If you are interested and you meet the above requirements, please
send your CV and cover letter including names and contact details of 3
traceable refs one of whom should be your current or former employer to Human
Resource Manager, Banja La Mtsogolo, P O Box 1854, Lilongwe, or email recruitment@banja.org.mw to reach
him not later than 18th March, BLM is an equal opportunities
employer, No canvassing of any kind allowed.