Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is an international, non-profitable, non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in Birmingham, UK. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. Islamic Relief has been working in Afghanistan for more than 23 years, providing emergency relief and implementing life-changing development projects for some of the most vulnerable people in the country. Islamic Relief set up our first Afghanistan office in 1999. Since then, IRA continued providing assistances in emergency relief, food security, livelihood, education, health, nutrition, shelter, orphan sponsorship, Ramadan and Qurbani programmes.

Job Summary

Job Summary

Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Area Finance Officer, the incumbent undertakes the following duties:

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining cash book and reconciling cash on daily basis.
• Ensuring that IR Afghanistan adheres to local income tax regulations.
• Maintaining and developing controls over all advances paid to staff.
• Participate in direct and indirect cash distributions for beneficiaries with close coordination with program MEAL and security departments.
• Maintaining a fixed asset for IR Afghanistan in accounting system in coordination with Project field staff
• Preparing accounting vouchers and cross checking against budgets, investigating, and reporting to Area Finance Officer on any variations in projections and working to resolve.
• Ensure financial understanding and ensure the accurateness and completeness of data entered.
• Prepare weekly / monthly financial reports.
• Record project wise income and expenditure transactions on daily basis
• Reviewing monthly utilization reports and making sure that all expenditure is charges to the related budget line.
• To make sure all the invoices with supporting documents are filed and presented in an understandable manner to the Area Office.
• Record transactions in AX Accounting System and updating trackers on a daily basis.
• Arrange cash flow for the projects.
• Ensure Cash & Bank reconciliations are done on a monthly basis.
• Any other reasonable duties assigned by your line Supervisor.

Job Requirements

Qualifications required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Commerce, Economy, with a Certificate in Accounting with a through practical understanding of management accounting principles and techniques.

Experience and Skills Required:

• 2 -3 years’ work experience in the relevant field with NGOs.

Language Requirement:

• Fluency in Pashto, Dari, and English is required.
• Computer Skills:
• Good working knowledge of computer applications (MS Office, ERP-Accounting, outlook, internet etc.) 

Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV by clicking (Apply Now) option at the top of this page.

The closing date for accepting applications is 30 November 2023

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