The Office of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Accra invites applications from suitable candidates to fill the vacancy below.<\/p>\n
Job Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Finance Assistant<\/strong> JOB PURPOSE:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 To support effective delivery of finance services in order to facilitate transparent and efficient utilization of financial resources.<\/p>\n MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n Under the direct supervision of the Head of Finance, the Finance Assistant will be responsible for the following duties.<\/p>\n \u2022 Assist in providing the procedural and technical support to staff within the areas of finance and budget, to ensure compliance with WFP financial policies, rules and regulations. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Minimum Academic Qualifications Guide<\/p>\n \u2022 University Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or other related fields corresponding to advertisement. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area with additional seven (7) years of experience is an added advantage.<\/p>\n Desired Experiences for entry into the role:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in Finance\/Accounting.<\/p>\n Language:<\/strong>\u00a0Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station. Fluency in French will be an added advantage. Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your application, click on the link below and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Office of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Accra invites applications from suitable candidates to fill the vacancy below. Job Title:\u00a0Finance Assistant Duration:\u00a01 Year Renewable Post Grade:\u00a0G5 Duty Station:\u00a0Accra…..<\/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":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-n8j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88927"}],"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=88927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDuration:\u00a01 Year Renewable<\/strong>
\nPost Grade:<\/strong>\u00a0G5
\nDuty Station:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Monitor monthly expenditure forecasts and provide expenditure reports in order to facilitate informed decision-making.
\n\u2022 Monitor the sub-imprest bank and petty cash accounts regularly, to ensure that adequate funds are available and appropriately disbursed.
\n\u2022 Verify vendor claims, advances and other receivables and observe appropriate procurement procedures, to ensure that suppliers are paid in a timely manner and in conformance with WFP finance rules and regulations.
\n\u2022 Assist in compiling information from various sources in order to prepare reports relating to budgets, accounting, finance and statistics.
\n\u2022 Retrieve, format and validate information obtained from various financial information systems and bring any discrepancy or inaccuracy to the attention of the supervisor and follow up corrective actions.
\n\u2022 Maintain the web-based register for all invoices and payment transfers and record paperwork, to ensure that all documents are maintained and filed in compliance with WFP standards and guidelines.
\n\u2022 Monitor and record all expenses in line with the approved budget in order to ensure that correct expenditure costs are charged and payments to external suppliers, cash grants and other supplier invoices are processed in a timely manner.
\n\u2022 Provide guidance and on-the-job training to other support staff, to ensure services are delivered consistently and to the required standards.<\/p>\n
\nLanguage:<\/strong>\u00a0Fluency in English language is essential<\/p>\n