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• Company: Impact Hub Lusaka
• Location: Zambia
• State: Lusaka
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: Accounting Jobs in Zambia

Job Description

IMPACT HUB LUSAKA

Impact Hub Lusaka (IHL) is part of the world’s largest network focused on building entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale. It is home to the innovators, the dreamers, and the entrepreneurs who are creating tangible solutions to the world’s most pressing issues. IHL through the support of its partners are embarking on a Financial Literacy 3-year program targeting youths in TEVET Institutions called Financial Education for Economic Transformation (FEET)- Out of School TEVET Youths. This program, therefore, seeks to conduct financial education among youths in Zambia through the provision of literacy and easy access. It aims at imparting knowledge to enable financial planning, inculcate saving habits and improve the understanding of financial products leading to effective use of financial services by the common youth.

JOB DESCRIPTION

1.0 JOB IDENTIFICATION

1.1 Job Title: Project Accountant

1.2 Reports to: Executive Director

1.3 Subordinates: Administrative Assistant

2.0 PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To manage financial resources for the Project in order to ensure prudent utilization and accountability of funds and facilitate the attainment of objectives.

3.0 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages periodically the development and review of financial policies in order to provide guidelines for financial management.
• Coordinates effectively the preparation of Institutional Budget in order to facilitate the acquisition of resources and implementation of programmes.
• Manages effectively the preparation of financial and management reports in order to comply with statutory requirements and provide information for decision making.
• Manages efficiently the processing of the payroll in order to ensure accurate payment of statutory and contractual obligations.
• Supervises effectively the maintenance of books of accounts in order to facilitate efficient storage, retrieval of information and decision making.
• Supervises and undertakes reconciliations in order to ensure completeness and accuracy of accounting records.
• Undertakes effectively preparation of responses to audit queries in order to facilitate decision making.
• Supervises effectively the preparation of monthly expenditure statements in order to monitor levels of expenditure and implement control measures.

4.0 QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Fully qualified Accountant holding qualifications such as CA Zambia, ACCA, or CIMA
• Must be a member of ZICA
• Proficiency in Pastel Evolution
• At least 5 years’ relevant work experience

5.0 KEY ATTRIBUTES

• Analytical skills
• Leadership skills
• Computational skills
• Budgeting and monitoring
• Knowledge of accounting packages
• Integrity
• Interpersonal skills
• Managerial skills
• Innovativeness

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