Tunisia: Senior Accountant

SCOPE OF WORK

Libya Local Governance and Civil Society Activity

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Project Background:

The Local Governance and Civil Society (LGCS) Activity will support the foundation of a more unified Libyan state by prioritizing local-level activities that foster stability and accountable governance while reinforcing positive linkages among the national government, subnational government administration, and citizens. LGCS works to increase the Libyan Government’s ability to deliver essential services and promote stability. It seeks to help citizens engage in public dialogue, prioritize resources, and develop initiatives to hold government accountable. To achieve these goals, LGCS will center its activities around four objectives:

1. Strengthen the capacity of targeted municipal institutions to deliver services and be more responsive to citizen needs

2. Empower Libyan citizens, civil society organizations, private sector, and other stakeholders with the skills and capability to advocate for government institutions to deliver on their mandates.

3. Encourage coherence of national and subnational government policy, systems, and coordination through pilots advancing targeted policy reform. Strengthen national and subnational decentralization policies, systems, and, and coordination

4. Inform Programming through a robust learning and analysis agenda

Purpose:

The Senior Accountant will work closely with the project finance team and play a pivotal role in assuring adherence to financial policies, project policies and procedures, regulations, controls, and reporting systems. The Accountant will provide accounting and financial analysis support to the project offices and will ensure submission of financial reports based on internal deadlines. This position will ensure compliance of all accounting and financial reporting functions.

Responsibilities and Key Tasks:

• Prepares vendor and payroll tax forms and ensures these are submitted in a timely manner
• Prepares and submits monthly reconciliation reports for review
• Monitors and reports on partner/vendor payment schedules and obligations
• Assists in preparing information for any contractual financial reporting requirements (if applicable)
• Conducts daily reviews of backup documentation to ensure completeness, accuracy, and full compliance with DAI’s regulations
• Ensures backup documentation is uploaded to relevant system according to set deadlines
• Ensures that accounting policies and practices are carried out in accordance with the relevant tax codes and project internal controls are established and implemented in accordance with DAI policies.
• Initiates wire requests for field project implementation by submitting weekly expense projections.
• Verifies vendor invoices for accuracy.
• Verifies accuracy of expenses, and project accounting codes.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of invoices, advances and reimbursements, checks, and wire transfer payments.
• Performs monthly bank reconciliations and routinely monitors bank account balances.
• Compiles backup documentation for all project related transactions, ensures completeness and appropriate review and approvals are documented, marks payment requests as “paid,” and uploads the backup documents in DAI archiving systems.
• Responsible for maintaining file management systems for soft and hard copy documentation.
• Responsible for supervising and mentoring Finance & Administration Assistant.

Qualifications:

• At least 7 years of relevant professional experience. Progressively responsible experience in finance and accounting preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.

• Previous supervisory experience preferred.

• Experience with international donor-funded projects or international organizations preferred.

• Experience with enterprise accounting software, and Microsoft office suite

• Demonstrated knowledge of internal controls and audit processes (e.g. procurement, local subcontract agreements, etc.)

• Strong written and spoken English required.

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