VdE | Assistente Financeiro / Contabilista Júnior (Beira) | Abt Associates
Organization Overview
The International Development Division focuses on improving the lives and economic well-being of people in lower and middle-income countries. We command technical expertise in health, agriculture, climate change, food security and governance€”as well as in international evaluation. Our multi-layered health portfolio includes policy, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. In partnership with government clients and local experts, our high-quality programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East are known for impact and innovation.
Job Summary
Efficiencies for Clinical HIV Outcomes (ECHO) is a $209 million project to support the Government of Mozambique’s achievement of HIV/AIDS epidemic control and establishing a sustainable, government-led HIV response by 2023 in provinces where USAID is the primary clinical support partner. The objectives of the project include strengthening the essential public health services for HIV epidemic control at national, provincial, and district level to ensure long-term sustainability of the HIV response, reaching and maintaining 95% HIV treatment coverage and viral suppression in designated geographic regions, ensuring that Mozambique is utilizing the latest evidence for rapid scale up and maintenance of effective HIV interventions, and providing the Government of Mozambique with data, measured findings and recommendations necessary to make key service delivery decisions.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Responsible for ensure all supporting documentation are in place and passing on to Finance Officer for posting in Quicken.
- Responsible for recording expenditures, income, and any other related transactions, in the books of accounts while Finance Officer is out on field trip and ensuring the monthly ROV is transferred to the F & A Director.
- Responsible for monthly balance update of provident fund.
- Prepares payment vouchers and correspoonding checks.
- Prepares payroll and other regular payments with due consideration to deductions (for advances, loans, taxes, etc).
- Prepares monthly bank reconciliations.
- Follows up on monthly wire transfers and responsible for transfer of advances to regional offices as per monthly cash requests and confirmation from F & A Director
- Checks petty cash payments and periodically reconciles petty cash balances.
- Ensures that the books of accounts are up to date at all times, orderly, well kept, and readily available for reference and audit, when required.
- Prepares monthly cash requests, and promptly advises action required to cover estimated costs.
- Liaise with Abt Associates International Accounting Department on all aspects of financial procedures and any issues that may arise.
- Ensures that government taxes are paid on time.
- Ensures that periodic inventory of the fixed assets (property) of the company is conducted.
- Assists the Finance & Administration Director in the implementation of the internal control system and financial procedures manual of the company.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Two years of professional experience in financial and contractual aspects of international development projects.
- USAID experience and knowledge of FARs and AIDARs is highly desirable.
- A self-starter that is able to perform under pressure.
- Fluency in Portuguese required; English language proficiency is preferred.
Minimum Qualifications
- (2+) years of experience and high school diploma OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.
Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.
