Overview

Action Aid Tanzania is an anti-poverty agency working to end poverty and injustice. Women candidates are highly encouraged to apply for the position

ActionAid Tanzania (AATZ) envisions seeing Tanzania without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys his/her right to a life of dignity. Currently, the organization is looking for a qualified, experienced and self-motivated person to fill in the following vacant post:

Job Title: Accountant

Workstation: HQ – Dar es Salaam.

Reports to: Head of Finance Department: Finance

Job Role:

Process accounting transactions in accordance with AATZ accounting and procedures and perform financial management tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintenance and custody of accounts records & file documents in the defined area of work for ease of reference and retrieval
• Facilitate online instructions/cheques are accompanied by relevant persons and approval of documents before signoff
• Compile payroll deductions ie Pay As You Earn and Pension contributions with support from HR and process payments.
• Carry out bank transactions, submission of bank authority letters, the collection of bank statements, depositing receipts, and other functions
• Generate reports on relevant codes and share with staff and line manager
• Maintain foreign exchange rates movements on a regular basis and support in track, update and ensure other funds remitted/transferred in favor of the Country Program are duly documented and posted in the ledger.
• Participate in departmental planning and budget sessions
• Facilitate capacity development processes to Local Rights Programs/partners/staff on financial system and procedures

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or Business Administration or Financial Management with accounting option from a recognized institution or other related areas
• Professional qualification / Membership of a reputable Professional Accountancy body such as Local Accountancy body, ACCA, CPA is an added advantage
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in mainstream finance in recognized institution preferably in the NGO sector

To apply

Submit your updated curriculum vitae, a motivation letter and state your gross monthly salary expectation and send to the Head of Human Resource Organizational Development & Support Service, through E-mail: jobs.tanzania@actionaid.org;

Closing date: 04th September 2018 at 14.00hrs. Please clearly indicate “Application for ActionAid Tanzania Accountant” in your email subject. NB: Whilst all applications received will be assessed strictly on their individual merits, we regret that we can only respond to shortlisted candidates.