Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Accountant Duties and Responsibilities of Accountant• Under close supervision of the Regional Project Manager and Programme Manager and Senior Accountant at HQ, the Accountant will be responsible for overall accounting and transactions of the regional project office.Specific duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:• Conduct detail financial account of Project office• File and store financial documents properly;• Close the accounts annually and have it audited;• Prepare monthly financial report and reconciliation of bank account• Ensure that the government taxes are collected properly and timely and deposit them as per the schedule of the government;• Ensure that the pension fund contributions are collected both from the employee and the employer and deposited without delay;• Ensure that the insurance of the employees are paid timely;• Handle petty cash;• Advise Regional Project Manager on financial matters;• Follow timely utilization & settlement of Project funds transferred to regional sector officers, Woreda Sector offices, and Watershed Technicians;• Carefully check the financial report from region and Woreda sector offices and watershed technicians as per the guidance given by HQ;• Follow timely settlement of advances taken by project staff;• Manage office pity cash as per the regulation of the center,• Execute minor procurements as per the guide line and approval of WLRC HQ,• Execute payments when approved by the Regional Project Manager• Processing refunds and exchanges, resolving complaints.• Settle financial expenditures and produce regular financial report linked to payment made by yourself including pity cash advances.• Execute other finance related tasks from the Regional Project manager and HQ authorities.- Duty station is Bahir Dar Town (and/or Kunzila Town) with occasional travel to project sites and HQ at Addis Ababa.- Contract will be one year with possible extension upon performance. - Salary will be as per the project scale

Bachelor's

Job Requirement:
• The Accountant shall have BA degree or above in Accounting, BA +10 years and above or MA +5 years and above experience, working experience with projects, international organizations and NGOs is an advantage

Required additional skills:
• Fluency on computer application in Accounting software (QuickBooks, Peachtree and others), MS Excel and Word, Amharic and others office software - both managing and speed writing
• Fluency to speak and write English and Amharic clearly and accurately

10-15 years

• Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above criteria for the different jobs can make online registration by visiting http://wlrc-eth.org/vacancy site and upload all necessary documents including their CV as per the specification in the website before June 20, 2020. For clarification, the applicant can ask by telephone: +251 918 350 939 or send an e-mail to tekeba.t@wlrc-eth.org• Any application that is outside the specified criteria will be disqualified. Those eligible for exam will be notified by e-mail and list will be released through the above website. Cost of application and exam will be covered by the applicants themselves, WLRC will not be responsible for this.