Job Vacancies at Médecins Sans Frontières in Tanzania

Job Title: Accountant

Employer: Médecins Sans Frontières

Location: Dar es Salaam

Salary: 1,451,250/=

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is currently seeking to employ a qualified candidate for the following position:

Function:  ACCOUNTANT

Duties:

Maintain and update cashbook movements for each petty cash box, record all IN and Out transactions, ensure that cashbox balances always reflect the actual amount of money kept in the cashboxes and, investigate any discrepancy.
Perform currency exchange operations in accordance with the country’s exchange rate policy.
Ensure strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox / currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory, reconciliation with SAGA together with the manager, to ensure reliable and updated financial information.
Monitor cash advances by ensuring that MSF rules and protocols are followed and the amounts advanced will be duly refunded.
Keep track of bills/vouchers and other running costs and analyze the related information (costs, service contracts …) to give reliable information about the mission functioning
Ensure all receipts meet MSF requirements (deadlines, information, signatures …).
Ensure 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.
Check the quality of the receipts for check payments
Inform supervisors of any issues / problems that may arise in their job performance.
Prepare the payment of taxes within legal datelines.
Is the responsible for the processing of SAGA peripheral accounting (project and capital):
checks and validates the accounting of all SAGA peropheral accounts (spot check);
checks the quality of the accounting allocations; check the conformity of all the invoices and other vouchers and ensures they are approved;
under the responsibility of the Accounting manager, analyses the problems of cashbox discrepancies and gives technical help to find solutions
Quality check on mission accounting:


Education: diploma or professional qualification in accounting / finance / business administration.

Experience:  Experience In administration and accountability (minimum 1 year).

How to Apply:
All interested applicants should submit a CV, cover letter, supporting documents (copies of diplomas…) and phone number:

To: MSF Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Masaki, Kahama court
Please deposit CVs at MSF Offices, Dar es Salaam, Masaki, Kahama court.