HEKS Finance Officer f/m (full time)

HEKS Finance oFFCER fOR Yei, South Sudan

Organisation
HEKS (Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz) is the aid organisation of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland) and has its headquarters in Zurich/Switzerland.

HEKS gives humanitarian and emergency aid and fights the causes of hunger, injustice and social deprivation. HEKS has its own coordination offices in 20 key countries and 200 projects worldwide.

Position: HEKS Finance Officer f/m (full time)

Reporting to:Country Director
Location:HEKS Coordination Office in Yei, South Sudan with frequent travel within Central Equatoria
Start:March 2014
Duration: Open Background information on the HEKS South Sudan program

HEKS implements through its five local partner organisations (PO) seven development projects in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan (WASH, agriculture, fishery, skills development, informal education, access to land).

Tasks & expected outcomes

Responsible for all administrative, financial and logistic tasks;
Cash management including closing balance sheet P & L (profit and loss statement);
Book keeping and budget monitoring;
Conduct on-site financial monitoring of POs on a quarterly basis, analyze the information and produce financial monitoring reports;
Provide ongoing technical assistance to the POs in the development of effective and reliable financial management systems;
Review POs’ proposals (including checking against price index) and financial reports;
Organization, coordination and supervision of audits; and
Provision of support in contract tendering processes

Competencies

BCom degree or its equivalent, Option Accounting, MA is an added advantage;
Professional accountancy qualifications – CPA , ACCA;
Several years of work experience in the development/recovery context , possibly in South Sudan;
High levels of integrity, flexibility, patience, cross-cultural adaptability and sensitivity;
Very good IT user skills (MS Office); and
Very good written and oral skills in English

Regional African applicants and especially qualified women are encouraged to apply

Application process
If you feel you fit the required profile, please let us know how your qualifications, experience and career ambitions match the requirements of this position.

Send your application latest by COB 05.01.2014 to jobs.nairobi@caritas.ch indicating ‘HEKS Finance Officer, Yei’ in the subject line.

Please provide a Curriculum Vitae (CV) that contains details of your qualifications, experience, present position, current remuneration, earliest date of availability, names and telephone contacts of three referees.

The office of Caritas Switzerland in Nairobi supports HEKS in this recruitment process.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Website in English: www.heks.ch/en/