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Position Title: Project Accountant
Reports to: Afya Hatua Project Finance Manager Position
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Interested applicants should send their application cover letter one page maximum and CV four pages maximum to recruitment@thps.or.tz by Feb 29, 2024 with a subject line of ‘Position’ example “Project Accountant”. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Please do not attach any certificates at this stage.
THPS is an equal opportunity employer; women, people living with HIV/AIDS and people living with disability are encouraged to apply
Reports to: Afya Hatua Project Finance Manager Position
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Key Specific responsibilities:
- Ensure maintenance of accurate bookkeeping records. Receiving reviewing, scrutinizing, processing invoices and ensure timely and accurate payment of those invoices.
- Processing staff advances and reviewing travel expense report (TER) before approval Support preparation of monthly advances reconciliation and ageing report.
- Reinforce Staff advance accountability in accordance with THPS Policies and Procedures
- Ensure verification of the accuracy and correct billing of expenditures to the multiple project’s allocation
- Prepare and post transactions into paper-based and computerized accounting systems.
- Maintain accounts payable modules
- Maintain control account for expenses with many transactions a month, such as air tickets to avoid double payments
- Make arrangement for upcountry office payments, such as fund transfer to up country staff.
- Ensure adherence to THPS policies and procedures and donor financial management requirements.
- Maintain a separate memorandum of payments made to ensure we have enough cash flow in both account every month.
- Work as part of the team to achieve departmental objectives.
- Timely preparation of financial reports and meet reporting compliance
- Facilitate and support internal review and external Audits, comply with reviewer requirements and liaise with their recommendations
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications, experience & skills required
- The candidate must hold Advanced Diploma in Accountancy, or Bachelor degree in Finance or Accounting, Business Administration, or Corporate Management with accounting professional qualifications CPA or ACCA.
- Minimum of three years working experience in finance or accounting position.
- Knowledge of donor funded project preferably USG financial policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting and cost control.
- Skills in analyzing financial data and prepare financial reports.
- Strong analytical skills in applying accounting principles and ensure that best practices are observed.
- Knowledge of automated financial and accounting reporting systems preferable SAGE 300 ERP.
- Knowledge of federal and state financial regulations.
Interested applicants should send their application cover letter one page maximum and CV four pages maximum to recruitment@thps.or.tz by Feb 29, 2024 with a subject line of ‘Position’ example “Project Accountant”. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Please do not attach any certificates at this stage.
THPS is an equal opportunity employer; women, people living with HIV/AIDS and people living with disability are encouraged to apply
