Job Description:

Job Summary:

The DOPASI Foundation is seeking a skilled and proactive Finance Officer to join our team. The Finance Officer will be instrumental in managing the financial health and integrity of our organization. This role entails various responsibilities including financial reporting, budgeting, auditing, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a solid understanding of financial principles. The Finance Officer will collaborate closely with the Finance Manager to support strategic financial decision-making and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support to review accounting and supporting documents and transactions to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance as per policies and procedures.
• Maintenance of accounts records and documentation in soft and hard form.
• Accountable to deal with all the accounts of the organization and settling all matters relating to banks.
• Accountable to maintain ledger books for regional office and head office.
• Verification of all the accounts, records and financial transactions are recorded before the auditory process and audit commencement. Providing auditors with all records, documents, and files about TAX returns, TAX settlements, and transactional data.
• Ensure cordial relation with the line department and audit department of the donor agency.
• Responsible to submit the financial report to the finance manager for compilation, review, and onward submission to the donor.
• Develop budgets, forecasts future cash flows, and support in providing periodic financial analysis. Monitoring of the budget performance and expenditure control.
• Submission of monthly report for review.
• Preparing various monthly reports to analyze business financial health, general ledger entries, goods received notes, and goods issued notes.
• Prepare petty cash vouchers as and when needed.
• Working closely with other departments as per requirement.
• Any other work assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Proven three (03) plus years’ work experience in a development sector as a Finance Officer or similar role.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting.
• Professional qualification as an ACCA/CA is considered a plus.
• Solid knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.
• Must be proficient in Quick Books and other accounting software.
• Advanced MS Excel skills.
• Knowledge of financial regulations.
• Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data.