Project Accountant

Position in the Organization
Title	Project Accountant
Reports and Coordination	Finance and Accountancy Manager and Working closely together with Field Coordinator ,Logistic/Supply, HR in Project and Finanance Coordinator Assistant in Coordination office
Location	Labuan -Banten Province  ( Relocation cost not covered)

 

 

Background

MSF is Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international independent humanitarian medical organization which aims to deliver emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare, offering assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation and whose actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality as stated out in the MSF Charter. Médecins Sans Frontières is  now seeking for its Banten Project a highly qualified candidate to fill in the position of Accountant based in Labuan

 

 

Main Purpose

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

 

Accountabilities

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) 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 Project  accounting allocations and their conformity (correct encoding of salaries, following up and matching of internal transfers and advances in the project , checking invoices and their allocations, preparing payment order documents to be sent to Coordination office ). 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 |

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Requirements
Education	Degree in accounting, finance or business administration.
Experience	Minimum 3 years previous experience in similar relevant position jobs.
Languages	Fluency in spoken and written English and Bahasa Indonesia
Knowledge Priority	Essential Indonesian taxes ; computer literacy ( Excel ,Word internet, programmer data) Preferably domiciled around Banten
Competencies	Results and Quality Orientation Team work and Cooperation Behavioural Flexibility Commitment to MSF Principles Stress Management
How to apply
Please send your application : Cover Letter, Updated Curriculum Vitae including name, addresses, email address & phone number of 3 (three) referents to Human Resource - MSF Indonesia via email : msf-jakarta-recruitment@msf.org and should indicate “ACCT PROJECT” on the email subject. Applications will be considered until 16 July, 2018 Please note that only short-listed applicants meeting the above requirements will be contacted.

MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association.
Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF.