Finance Assistant At Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Mission: ACTED is an international non-profit NGO based in Paris, France with operations in over 35 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. ACTED’s mission is to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to those in need while generating long-term opportunities for sustainable growth. ACTED operates in contexts of natural disaster, armed conflict and socio-economic crisis. For more information: www.acted.org

Functions

Finance:

• Ensure cash management, preparation of payment vouchers, administration of the cash book, execution of cash audits, physical and digital archiving of documentation.
• Banking transaction management to manage
• Ensure management of bank accounts: monitoring of transactions (internet portal), reconciliation of balances, management of authorized signatures.
• Monthly update of internal accounting tracking tools
• Preparation of Financial Sheets Acted when required
• Knowledge of Colombian tax and accounting processes
• Support the finance department in any other activities.
• Carry out any other activity related to the objective of the contract, as well as any other functions that are assigned to you due to the inherent characteristics of your position and conditions.

Transparency and Compliance – Document Management.

• Digitization, compilation and review of payment support documentation to be shared with donors
• Prepare and review documentation for each externally or internally audited project in compliance with Acted procedures.
• Ensure that documents can be easily accessed during audits
• Provide technical support for the process of processing financial archive documents.
• Receive, send, register, distribute, archive, and maintain physical and digital archival documents in the conservation and installation units in accordance with Acted procedures.
• To be the Finance focal point for updating and delivering files to the Transparency Department.

Requirements

Mandatory:

• Professional and/or recent graduate student in administration, finance, accounting or related fields.
• Excel Mastery
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of Colombian tax and accounting processes
• Experience in an international cooperation organization
• Logic
• Dynamism
• Teamwork
• Autonomy
• Responsibility
• Communication
• Results-oriented
• High adaptability
• Flexibility

Desirable (not mandatory):

• Previous experience with SAGA accounting software – Desirable
• Fluency in English

Conditions

• Fixed-term employment contract for 6 months (extendable based on performance and financing)
• Workplace: Acted office in Bogotá
• Salary of $3,131,448 COP defined based on the Acted Colombia salary table
• Work – in person.

Start date: Immediate.