Position Title: Finance Assistant – Mobile Payment (2 positions)

Reports to: Finance Officer 

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Location: Dar es Salaam

Travel: Not required

Overall Job Function:

The Finance Assistant - Mobile Payments is responsible to ensure all received mobile payments are processed within a day and confirmation of payments is timely communicated to the field teams to inform participants on the status of their payments.

Specific Responsibilities and Duties:

• Work with admin team to receive and validate all mobile payments received and process for authorization.
• Ensure all the payments prior to authorization are also entered into QB and payment voucher with reference is generated.
• Work with Accountant - Banking to ensure the MPESA platform has enough cash balance to cater for payment needs and arrange the transfer in advance to avoid any disruption in operations.
• Assist in providing timely and accurate financial information for monthly management reporting.
• Assist to ensure finance reporting diary internally and externally is observed.
• Work with Senior Finance Manager in adding new Vodacom MPESA users or deletion or any exit from the platform.
• Train all staff in the central office and field office on proper use of MPESA.
• Point of contact for field offices, finance support and link with other finance staff on issues related to MPESA.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills:

• Required Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting or finance
• Required Work Experience: Minimum 2 years’ accounting experience
• Preferred: CPA (T) certification (completed or in progress)
• Excellent knowledge of QuickBooks Working knowledge of tax laws and GAAP.
• Strong financial analysis skills.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong organizational and stress management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly with Excel