Closing on: 2023-06-05

About The Organization:

Bright Future & Welfare Organization (BFWO) is a Kabul based non-government (NGO), not-for-profit (NPO), independent, civil society organization (CSO) founded by a group of dedicated public health, curative medicine, education, and management experts. It is registered with the Ministry of Economy of Afghanistan under license number 5379, which follows the NGO and other applicable laws of the country, the approved Article of Association (AoA), and donors guidelines. BFWO is an Afghan NGO that operates in the health and education sectors to serve community health promotion, managing and responding to the emerging health crises, public health safety, literacy, and education across Afghanistan. The NGO also works for the development and relief of marginalized communities to achieve social and economic prosperity and improve humanitarian and social capital through delivering health & social, educational & livelihood services, especially to the vulnerable and marginalized societies and communities of Afghanistan.

Objective:
The position holder will ensure safe and accurate external and internal payments according to the organization s rules, regulations, and policies. She/he will maintain all cash handling in the office, the assigned record-keeping, and other clerical duties within the Finance Department.

Major Responsibilities:

• Strictly Follow BFWO policies, procedures, compliance, and documentation requirements.
• Provide the Finance Department with the required cash information.
• Be responsible for payment upon approval of bills and invoices by cash after the receipts are thoroughly checked by Finance Officer.
• Check thereceipts for accounting codes, budget, and donors and auditors requirements in the absence of the Finance Officer.
• Stamp (Paid) and calculate all the receipts and make sure that all the receipts are acknowledged by the recipient.
• Be responsiblefor the payment of monthly salaries to all management and proejct staff in the main office.
• Be responsiblefor the follow-up of all imprest cash, advances, receivables, and liabilities of all project staff.
• Reconcile the cash book of different currencies with the petty cash in the safe on the regular basis.
• Inform the Finance officer of the daily cash balance.
• Enforce the implementation of BFWO financial regulation and procedure in the project activities (while processing documents).
• Keep the office cash safe, safe keys, cash, and other assets in a secure and protected place.
• Keep a record of all cash, bank, and advances on an Excel worksheet, keep them updated, and reconcile them on daily and monthly basis.
• Do cash counts on the weekly basis and whenever needed by Finance Officer, Finance Director, and official auditors, after cosulting with the Finance Direcotr.
• Print all payment vouchers and match them with the documents and files.
• Ensure all required documents are attached; calculations are correct, and appropriate approvals and reviews are made before payment of any cash or bank payments.
• Enter all transactions to the accounting software under the supervision of the Finance Department whenever required.
• Code all expenditures following the organization’s standard chart of accounts, and budget codes. When required, he/she will be responsible to record the transactons into the accounting software on daily basis and ensure weekly review.
• Match invoices/receipts with payment vouchers, GRN, and other required documents.
• Ensure all taxes are withheld and paid to ARD.
• Keep all the documents (related to the Finance Departmet) and reports are properly filed, labeled, and stored in a clear and easily accessible manner.
• Be adaptable and flexible to take on new tasks and new assignments as requested from time to time.
• Any other task assigned by the line supervisor or the Finance Director.

Background/Qualifications:

• Bachelor s Degree in Busincess Administration, Economics, Finance and Accounting, Diploma in Accounting, or Diploma in Business Administrations. The higher degree will be prefered.

Required Expereince and Skills:

• At least 1 years of progressive experience in accounting, cashiering, or in the similar field.
• Fluency in English language both spoken and written.
• Fluency in local language, Pashto and Dari (spoken & written).
• Advanced Computer Skills (MS. Word, Excel, and Outlook), use of internet, and other accounting softwares.
• Reasonable communication and reporting skills is prefered.
• Accounting skills and in general ledger, journal entries, processing payroll, cash management, cash book management, cash count and cash reconciliation.
• Willingness to travel to BFWO offices and take temporary assignments
• Ability to coordinate with other departments within the organization (Technical and Operations Departments).

 

Submission Guidelines:

Interested and qualified candidates should send the following documents before the closing date (2023-06-05, 12:00 am):

1. Cover letter as body text.
2. CV and Education documents (only school, university, and/or institutes “diploma” graduation document) in one file (pdf or doc) that should not exceed more than 3MB as an attachment.
3. Please do not send/attach your courses certificates and other documents, except the requested ones mentioned above in point 2.