ACCOUNTANT
Position:
Organization: Medecins Sans Frontieres Switzerland
Not Specified
Job Requirements
Education: Essential Diploma or professional qualification in Accounting / Finance / Business Administration.
Experience: Minimum 1 year experience in administration and accountability.
Job Competencies
• Results and Quality Orientation
• Team work and Cooperation
• Behavioral Flexibility
• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Stress Management
Language
English as a Mission language and local language essential.
Essential computer literacy (word, excel)
Duties and Responsibilities
Controlling the daily cash/check management, supporting the project accounting staff, overseeing and preparing the projects books in accordance with the Finance Manager's instructions and MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to provide accurate, reliable and updated financial information.
Controlling the daily cash and check management and ensuring that all receipts and documentation meet MSF requirements (procedures, deadlines, information, signatures ...). Tracking bills/vouchers, invoices and other running costs and analyzing the related information (costs, service contracts ...) in order to give reliable and updated information.
Controlling cash advances and cashbook movements for each petty cash box, recording all IN and Out transactions, ensuring that cashbox balances always reflect the actual amount of money kept in the cashboxes and investigating any discrepancy. Ensuring strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox / currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory and reconciliations)
Performing currency exchange operations in accordance with the country's exchange rate policy
Ensuring a monthly accounts report in accordance with MSF procedures, checking individual entries and preparing the necessary administrative documents (originals) as a basis for justification and explanation of payments and receipts made.
Preparing the timely payment of taxes .
Being responsible for the processing of accounting software peripheral accounting (project and capital) including checking the quality of the mission accounting allocations and their conformity (correct encoding of salaries, following up and matching of internal transfers and advances in the mission, checking invoices and their allocations, preparing payment order documents to be sent to HQ). Analyzing the problems of the cash box discrepancies and giving technical help to find solutions.
Being responsible for filing accounting documents and their annexes, preparing documents for audits, organizing the scanning of documents and archiving mission financial documents
Informing supervisors of any issues / problems that may arise in their job performance.
Ensure all payments are executed primarily through . mobile money, Banking transfer and internet Banking, limiting cash transactions
Prepare process, and verify payement via mobile payements plattforms (telebirr or other approved providers) and internet banking systems.
Ensure correct setup and manintenance of beneficiary detals ( vendors, Staff, service providers) in Mobile and Bank payments platforms
Monitor transanction status, followup on faillied or delaiyed digital payments an resolve discrepancies with Bank or mobiles service provider.
Maintain secure acces, confidentiality and segregation of duties related to digital banking tools
Ensure Ethipian Tax and financial regulations
Actively support the « less cash strategy » by promoting electrinic payments for salaries, allowance, suppliers and services providers.
How To Apply
Interested applicants can submit their CV and application letter including photocopies of all supporting documents via www.ethiojobs.net.
Job Requirements Diploma in or in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field of study with relevant work experience. How to Apply Click on the apply button belowDeadline: Apr 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
Location: , Addis Ababa
Amount: 1
