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JOB DESCRIPTION : 

Médecins Sans Frontières is looking for an Accountant to be responsible for the daily cash/ check management, supporting the project accounting staff, overseeing and pre-paring the projects books in accordance with the Finance and HR Coordinator's instructions and MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to provide accurate, reliable and updated financial information. The incumbent will not have to deal with the Armenian Accounting.

RESPONSIBILITIES : 

- Control the daily cash and check management and ensure that all receipts and documentation meet MSF requirements (procedures, deadlines, information, signatures, etc.). Track bills/ vouchers, invoices and other running costs and analyse the related information (costs, service contracts, etc.) in order to give reliable and updated information;
- Control cash advances and cashbook movements for each petty cash box, record all IN and Out transactions, ensure that cashbox balances always reflect the actual amount of money kept in the cashboxes and investigate any discrepancy. Ensure strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox/ currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory and reconciliations);
- Ensure a monthly account’s report in accordance with MSF procedures, check individual entries and prepare the necessary administrative documents (originals) as a basis for justification and explanation of payments and receipts made;
- Support the preparation of the timely payment of taxes;
- Responsible for the processing of accounting software peripheral accounting (project and capital) including checking the quality of the mission accounting allocations and their conformity (correct encoding of salaries, following up and matching of internal transfers and advances in the mission, checking invoices and their allocations, preparing payment order documents to be sent to HQ). Analyse the problems of the cash box discrepancies and give technical help to find solutions;
- Responsible for filing accounting documents and their annexes, prepare documents for audits, organize the scanning of documents and archive mission financial documents;
- Inform supervisors of any issues/ problems that may arise in their job performance.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS : 

- Diploma or professional qualification in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration;
- At least 1 year of experience in administration and accountability;
- Knowledge of Armenian language; good level of English language;
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel);
- Competencies: results and quality orientation, team work and cooperation, behavioural flexibility, commitment to MSF principles, stress management;
- Required candidate level: Mid-level (position is level 6 out of 15 levels).

APPLICATION PROCEDURES : 

Interested candidates are welcome to apply by submitting the following documents:
- Cover letter (in English language);
- CV (in English language);
- Contacts of 3 references (including the supervisor in the most recent work assignment, if relevant).
The above-mentioned should be sent to: msfch-armenia-finhrco@geneva.msf.org with a subject heading "MSF Accountant January 2022". Incomplete applications will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted to set-up a test and/ or an interview. The recruitment process will be in English language.

Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of this job opportunity through Career Center and mention the URL of its website - www.careercenter.am, Thanks.

REMUNERATION/ SALARY : 

505,036 AMD/ month (Gross - prior to deduction of income tax, social security and army tax)

ADDITIONAL NOTES : 

A few short stays in Stepanakert are possible.