Finance officer/ Senior Accountant

                                                                                       Department: Finance and Administration

Reports To: Finance Manager

Location: Addis Ababa / Jimma/ Project Locations

Position Summary

The Finance officer is responsible for supporting the day-to-day accounting and financial operations of the Company by maintaining accurate financial records, processing financial transactions, preparing accounting reports, and ensuring compliance with Ethiopian accounting standards, tax regulations, and company financial policies. The incumbent assists in financial reporting, payroll processing, tax administration, inventory accounting, and audit preparation while maintaining proper documentation and internal controls.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Record daily financial transactions in the accounting system.
• Maintain the general ledger and subsidiary ledgers.
• Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Verify supplier invoices and supporting documents.
• Prepare payment vouchers.
• Process supplier payments.
• Prepare customer invoices.
• Record customer payments.
• Prepare daily cash reports.
• Maintain petty cash records.
• Perform bank reconciliations.
• Assist in payroll preparation.
• Verify attendance and payroll data.
• Calculate statutory deductions.
• Assist in preparing and filing Value Added Tax (VAT),Withholding Tax, Payroll Income Tax,
• Pension contributions
• Ensure timely submission of tax documents.
• Record inventory transactions.
• Assist in stock reconciliation.
• Assist in preparing monthly financial reports, trial balance, income statement & statement of financial position
• Prepare schedules for internal and external auditors.
• Ensure compliance with company financial policies.
• Support implementation of internal controls.
• Maintain financial filing systems.
• Prepare financial correspondence.
• Support procurement documentation.
• Assist during financial inspections and regulatory reviews.