Established in 1951, World Education, Inc. is a US-based non-profit organization aimed at improving the lives of marginalized people through education (formal and non-formal) and training, institutional development, and targeted technical assistance.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Accounting Assistant \u2013 Job Number: 63010<\/strong><\/p>\n Application Deadline: June 29, 20018 Description The Accounting Assistant will report to the Finance and Operations Manager and is responsible for day to day accounting transactions, record keeping and budget tracking.<\/p>\n Responsibilities<\/p>\n Handling day-to-day accounting transactions Minimum<\/p>\n Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or other relevant academic background Experience planning and facilitating meetings If you are an individual with a disability, or a disabled veteran and unable to apply online for an available position, you may submit your request for reasonable accommodation by calling Human Resources at +1 617-482-9485.<\/p>\n WEI is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer committed to workplace diversity. How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n To apply submit a covering letter and curriculum vitae to\u00a0world.education.gh@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n Please include the job number in the email subject line<\/p>\n Closing Date<\/strong>\u00a0: June 22, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Established in 1951, World Education, Inc. is a US-based non-profit organization aimed at improving the lives of marginalized people through education (formal and non-formal) and training, institutional development, and targeted…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-83p","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPosition Type: Full-time
\nCompany\/Division: WEI\/Africa
\nLocations: Accra, Ghana
\nSalary: Commensurate with experience<\/p>\n
\nWorld Education, Inc. seeks a local candidate for an Accounting Assistant based in Accra, Ghana pending award from DFID\/Girls\u2019 Education Challenge\/Leave No Girl Behind. The programme aims to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of highly marginalized out-of-school girls and transition them into formal school or employment. This programme seeks to decrease key barriers to access quality education and opportunities for employment and improve the safety of highly marginalized girls in schools and their communities, while also increasing girls\u2019 knowledge and adoption of positive behaviours and empowering them to become leaders and role models within their communities.<\/p>\n
\nMaintains project financial files, ensuring documentation is complete and audit ready.
\nReviews financial documentation for compliance and audit readiness
\nRegularly communicates with Finance and Operations Manager to review outstanding issues and questions.
\nAssists staff in the project budgeting and planning process
\nProvides data input and general office support
\nAssume other financial responsibilities as assigned
\nRequired Skills or Experience<\/p>\n
\nMinimum of 5 years of work post-degree experience in the development field
\nExperience in grants management and financial reviews for major development agencies
\nAbility to present complex financial information in a succinct and compelling manner
\nSolid experience in management of budgets
\nSolid experience in financial reporting to various donors
\nWorking knowledge of QuickBooks
\nStrong computer skills with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
\nExperience working with DFID funding preferred
\nPreferred<\/p>\n
\nDemonstrated training experience
\nDemonstrated experience building partnerships and networks between multiple programmatic partners
\nStrong analytical and reporting skills
\nStrong English written and spoken communication skills
\nHow To Apply<\/p>\n
\nWe are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, gender, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual preference, genetic information, political affiliation, or military status (special disabled veterans or veteran status) in any employment decisions. M\/F\/V\/D<\/p>\n