General Ledger Accountant

Required Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting, or related field, or equivalent, or a combination of education and experience that yields the required competencies
  
• 3 years’ professional finance and accounting experience.
  
• Accounting Principles and Practices: Advanced knowledge of and ability to apply accounting principles, standards, guidelines, and practices. Advanced knowledge of FAR and GAAP.
  
• Reconciliation: Proven ability to reconcile accounts.
  
• Consolidation Process: Proven ability to manage the consolidation process.
  
• Reporting: Foundational knowledge of the financial reporting process.
  
• Accounting Systems and Tools: Advanced knowledge of accounting systems, data, and spreadsheets.
  
• Audit Process: Foundational knowledge of the audit process, standards, and guidelines.
  
• Job-Specific Software Applications: Advanced knowledge of accounting software applications to include accounting systems, data, and spreadsheets.
  

Preferred Competence and Work Experience:

• Work experience with a multinational organization.
  
• Work experience in international Finance and Accounting
  
• Work experience with Serenic financial systems
  
• Work experience with government grants and contracts
  
• Analysis and Sound Judgement: Advanced analytical and trouble shooting skills. Ability to make sound judgments. Ability to improve processes, promote excellence and demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness.
  
• Software Applications: Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
  
• Languages: Proven ability to write and speak using local language and English language
  
• Communication: Advanced oral and written communication skills using different forms of media.
  
• Ability to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers.
  
• Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Services: Foundational knowledge of family planning and reproductive health principles, practices, and services of assigned program, including program strategies and indicators
  
• Passion for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Demonstrated commitment to family planning, reproductive health services, gender, maternal, child health services, and eradication of harmful traditional practices
  
• Influencing and Customer Service Skills: Proven ability to influence using diplomacy skills with key stakeholders. Demonstrated customer service skills.
  
• Organization, Planning and Multi-tasking: Advanced organizational and planning skills, project planning and management skills. Proven ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and multi-task with minimal supervision. Proven ability to coordinate activities.
  
• Self-Management and Teamwork: Ability to work independently or as a member of the team, ability to be detailed-oriented and consistently accurate, ability to manage stress effectively in a fast-paced environment, and ability to quickly learn new systems, processes and procedures and adapt local practices to global standards.
  
• Matrix Management: Ability to thrive in a matrixed organization.
  
• Confidentiality: Proven ability to maintain confidentiality on work-related issues
  

Technology to be Used:

• Uses cellular and office phone, laptop, or desktop computer.
  

Required Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting, or related field, or equivalent, or a combination of education and experience that yields the required competencies
  
• 3 years’ professional finance and accounting experience.
  
• Accounting Principles and Practices: Advanced knowledge of and ability to apply accounting principles, standards, guidelines, and practices. Advanced knowledge of FAR and GAAP.
  
• Reconciliation: Proven ability to reconcile accounts.
  
• Consolidation Process: Proven ability to manage the consolidation process.
  
• Reporting: Foundational knowledge of the financial reporting process.
  
• Accounting Systems and Tools: Advanced knowledge of accounting systems, data, and spreadsheets.
  
• Audit Process: Foundational knowledge of the audit process, standards, and guidelines.
  
• Job-Specific Software Applications: Advanced knowledge of accounting software applications to include accounting systems, data, and spreadsheets.
  

Preferred Competence and Work Experience:

• Work experience with a multinational organization.
  
• Work experience in international Finance and Accounting
  
• Work experience with Serenic financial systems
  
• Work experience with government grants and contracts
  
• Analysis and Sound Judgement: Advanced analytical and trouble shooting skills. Ability to make sound judgments. Ability to improve processes, promote excellence and demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness.
  
• Software Applications: Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
  
• Languages: Proven ability to write and speak using local language and English language
  
• Communication: Advanced oral and written communication skills using different forms of media.
  
• Ability to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers.
  
• Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Services: Foundational knowledge of family planning and reproductive health principles, practices, and services of assigned program, including program strategies and indicators
  
• Passion for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Demonstrated commitment to family planning, reproductive health services, gender, maternal, child health services, and eradication of harmful traditional practices
  
• Influencing and Customer Service Skills: Proven ability to influence using diplomacy skills with key stakeholders. Demonstrated customer service skills.
  
• Organization, Planning and Multi-tasking: Advanced organizational and planning skills, project planning and management skills. Proven ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and multi-task with minimal supervision. Proven ability to coordinate activities.
  
• Self-Management and Teamwork: Ability to work independently or as a member of the team, ability to be detailed-oriented and consistently accurate, ability to manage stress effectively in a fast-paced environment, and ability to quickly learn new systems, processes and procedures and adapt local practices to global standards.
  
• Matrix Management: Ability to thrive in a matrixed organization.
  
• Confidentiality: Proven ability to maintain confidentiality on work-related issues
  

Technology to be Used:

• Uses cellular and office phone, laptop, or desktop computer.
  

• Assists Global office to complete the financial closing process and ensure timely reconciliation of accounts.
  
• Analyzes and prepares certain financial reports, optimizes workflow, and harmonizes processes to ensure the accurate and timely close.
  
• Coordinates and documents accounting processes based on different ERP systems. 
  
• Manages the monthly preparation, review and analysis of global operating results, and reconciliation of assigned balance sheet accounts.
  

Key Responsibilities

Reconciliation: 

• Records and reconciles balance sheet accounts including cash, intercompany, prepaids and accruals.
  

Foreign Denominated Accounts:

• Prepares monthly revaluations of foreign denominated accounts. Maintains foreign exchange rates in the accounting system.
  

Country Cash Requests:

• Reviews and processes country cash funding requests for accuracy.
  

Compliance:

• Reviews field transactions to verify compliance with Pathfinder and donor policies and regulations.
  

Audit Preparation: 

• Assists with annual audits in preparing audit schedule and review documents
  

Accounting Processes:

• Works to identify ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of financial reporting and assists in initiatives to implement improvements financial statements in accordance with US GAAP requirements.
  
• Optimizes workflow and harmonizes processes. Coordinates and documents accounting processes based on different ERP systems
  

Government Surveys: 

• Prepares data and documentation for government surveys within set time constraints.