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Date Announced: 2009-10-19
Closing Date: 2009-10-24

Background:
Mercy Corps is a non-profit organization that exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps operates in more than 35 countries reaching more than 7 million people worldwide. Mercy Corps has worked in Afghanistan since 1986 on more than 50 projects related to humanitarian relief, health, agriculture, animal health, infrastructure rehabilitation and microfinance

Duties & Responsibilities:
The Incumbent is required provide financial services to the Mercy Corps office in Lashkargah. The incumbent is required to check the invoices, prepare vouchers and disburse cash to customers based on approved vouchers. The incumbent is required post the paid vouchers in the journal and send all the financial documents and journal to the finance department.

Specific Administrative Responsibilities:

• Check all invoices for its accuracy, calculations and availability of funds and prepare payment vouchers for all financial transactions.

• Check and review the supporting documents for all financial transactions and ensure that sufficient documents to support the transactions are available.

• Ensure that all financial transactions are coded properly according to the approved budget.

• Record transactions in the cash journal on daily basis and report the cash balance to his supervisor. Ensure that codes indicated in vouchers are reflected in the journal.

• Maintain ledgers and record of all advances

• Ensure proper filling of the finance documents.

• Prepare training plan for self development and improve self identified weaknesses

• Participate finance workshops and upgrade his/her skills and abilities

• Payment performance or conducting of cash payment.

• Safe responsibilities (conducting of cashier and paymaster dutie.

• Support and help Finance officer in all his daily finance works.

• Responsible to finance officer for all his finance duties.

Qualifications required:
Degree in a relevant business field is desired. Minimum high school education or

equivalent. Attentiveness to detail. Good recording capabilities. 2-3 years of experience in large scale Finance operation; Strong organizational skills; ability to interact effectively with international and national personnel. Excellent oral and written English skills. High computer skills on MS Office programs. A demonstrated ability to multi-task and process information into action as to not delay program activities. A clear understanding of procurement, logistic and financial policies and donor compliance is essential. A willingness to travel to other MC offices for business.

Submission Guideline:
Interested candidates should submit their Application in writing and clearly indicating the position you applied for, to:

Mercy Corps Office
Address: House # 39, Street # 2, Qala e Fatullah, Kabul, Afghanistan