Project Accountant

Workplace Circumstances

• Environment: Office
• Languages: English, Khmer
• Location: Phnom Penh

Position Summary

Report To: Finance Manager

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The Project Accountant is responsible for monitoring financial expenditure of project activities, assisting the Finance Manager in financial management and Project Manager/Program Coordinator in budgeting. This includes support Project Accountant at Province Office to proper run daily accounting transaction and support document.

Working Environment / Conditions:

Extensive travel required; must be willing to travel and work for periods of time to field project sites, including rural sites with few amenities.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare payment/deposit vouchers which occur in head office and consolidate from project office for all donors with proper supporting document and proper filing all supporting document.
• Proper financial management through the regular updating of the books of accounts and maintaining daily transactions when received report from provincial office and from petty in Phnom Penh.
• Check and translate voucher, invoice and supporting document and scan all voucher in Phnom Penh ,monthly basic .
• Periodic monthly field visit to monitor financial expenditure and provide technical skills to Project Accountant at Provincial. and report to Finance Manager CC to Program Coordinator and Project Manager
• Prepare Payment Voucher and record in system when received report from the provincial office and expenditure in Phnom Penh.
• Review invoice list and invoice in hard copy as well as the scan invoice and payment voucher
• Post payment and deposit voucher in to system (write check ).
• Process bank transfer to province office.
• Check financial report from project to ensure proper report.
• Conduct field visit to project sit to support technical and monitoring to improve the project account both supporting document and system to make comply with WP and Donors guideline.
• Liaison with project staff, and stakeholder

Benefits

• Salary $ 500 $ 550 (exclude other benefits)

Languages

• Khmer - Good is required
• English is required

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or accounting is required

Work History

• Relevant field work with NGOs for 2 years as a minimum

General & Technical Skills

• Good knowledge of spoken and written Khmer and English, Computer literate (MS Word, Excel, Internet and Email) and.
• Know in Peachtree Accounting System
• Fluency in local languages and English is preferred.

Soft Skills

• Leadership qualities, personnel, team management and communication skills (including mediation and conflict resolution).
• Interpersonal skill, honesty, and be able work under pressure and patient in work performance.