WE ARE RECRUITING AN INTERN ACCOUNTANT

SOS Children’s Villages International is a global organization established in 1949 that works to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of orphaned and vulnerable children. SOS Children’s Villages International works through member associations in 136 countries and territories worldwide.

SOS Children’s Villages Liberia has been active in the field of children’s rights and committed to children’s need and concerns in Liberia since 1981. We focus our work on children without parental care and children at risk of losing parental care and their communities. The organization has a wide range of programmes in Monrovia and Buchanan, which include children’s villages, a youth facility, kindergartens and schools, a medical center and family strengthening programmes.

Job Title: Intern Accountant for SOS Children’s Villages Liberia

HE/SHE reports: Finance & Controlling Manager

Period: 3 Months (June 1-September 1, 2023)

Position summary

• To coordinate & provide needed support to all program finance activities and provide a technical support role to all assigned project / program accountants.
• S/he is responsible for exhibiting professional & ethical manners of handling all financial matters relating to NO/Functions and programs/ project business e.g. fees, revenues, petty cash, bills etc.
• Responsible for collecting checking, entering/documenting, recording, and reconciling all monies in the appropriate books.
• Support the preparation and implementation of budgets in liaison with the Project Head. Mission of the position
• A highly experienced and competent accountant with excellent mathematical accounting, bookkeeping and computing software skills.
• Computer literacy to use SOS Global Accounting software.
• Excellent organizational and communicative skills.
• Honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, and ability to treat all information in the outmost confidence.
• A strong firm approach dealing with difficult personnel e.g. staff and parents/guardians.
• Is directly responsible to the Finance and Controlling Manager.
• Liaises with the Project Head in all project’s financial matters.

Principal Responsibilities

• To ensure that the project operates within its budget.
• Monitor & supervise /recommend relevant actions for quality financial management and accountability.
• To check the monthly running cost has been transferred.
• To pay revenues into the appropriate SOS Liberia account.
• To be responsible for the petty cash and to balance at the end of each day. • To prepare and issue cheques, with cheque payment vouchers / valid receipts showing discount.
• To prepare petty cash payment and Petty Cash Payment Vouchers / valid receipts showing discount.
• To enter all revenues & payments into Revenue, Cash & Bank Registers and balance them daily.
• To prepare all necessary adjustments required by using the Extra Journal and submit them to the Finance and Controlling Manager for approval.
• To post into SOS Global all transaction booked in the registers & Extra Journal by using the correct account code monthly.
• To prepare Bank reconciliation at the end of each month.
• To prepare the monthly financial statement and budget comparison.
• To be responsible for the safe key.
• To be responsible for paying monies to the appropriate SOS Liberia project revenue accounts c/o National Office and to keep in contact with the bank as necessary. Child Protection & Child Safeguarding
• Protect children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination.
• Report any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately: IF IN DOUBT, SPEAK OUT!
• Act without delay: Failure to act may place the child in further danger.
• Involve the right people at the right time: CS reports should be made to the CS team at programme level and/or to the respective line manager

Qualifications/Competencies required:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• Minimum of 3 years’ relevant work experience in the field of accounting and petty cash.
• Good analytical skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent command of the English language and highly developed communication skills both written and spoken.
• Positive and professional approach: highly organized, deadline conscious, able to work independently, using initiative, keeping commitments, and leading a team. • Good knowledge of children’s rights.
• Very developed computer skills especially MS Office and Excell.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply, submit online a Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter of interest addressed to recruitment.hr@sosliberia.org with copy to mouhamadou.sylla@sosliberia.org and subject line: ACCTLib2023. The closing date for submission of applications is 12 May 2023. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

What We Stand For:

SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a caring and protective environment, which promotes its core values, and prevents and addresses child abuse and exploitation. We strongly condemn all forms of child abuse and exploitation, be it within or outside of our organization, and always respond to any case of proven, alleged, or attempted abuse within our sphere of influence according to its nature. Efforts ensure that mechanisms are in place to raise awareness, aid prevention, encourage reporting and ease response. They range from human resource development actions such as training and counselling to measures such as suspension, dismissal, and legal action.