# Finance Assistant

**Company**: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
**Location**: Kisangani
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

We are seeking a Finance Assistant to join our team in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. As a Finance Assistant, you will play a critical role in supporting the financial operations of our organization.

**Job Summary** The Finance Assistant will provide administrative and financial support to the finance team, including data entry, financial reporting, and budget management.

**Responsibilities**

- Extract and input data from various sources in financial or accounting systems

- Respond to accounting, budget or financial queries regarding data from staff in the unit and elsewhere

- Assist in the preparation of the payroll by executing validity checks on monthly payroll results

- Review all types of payments starting from purchase to payment requests verifying that they are duly authorized, and all the supporting documents are attached therewith

- Create new Vendor Accounts in the system

- Verify vendor requests for accuracy and conformance with IOM finance policies and instructions

- Perform claim verifications against documentation to ensure that purchases/services are properly authorized and that the goods have been received or services rendered

- Prepare necessary receipt and journal vouchers

- Assist in the preparation of budget, accounting, financial, statistical reports and other reports as required

- Provide assistance to all staff services such as travel, expense claims, document retrieval, etc.

- Ensure proper and systematic filling of all posted payments and other accounting documents according to the established standards

- Responsible for the Petty Cash of the office

- Perform such other relevant duties as maybe required

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finances, or related fields with two years of relevant professional experience; or,

- High School diploma with four years of relevant experience

- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, E-mail, Outlook; previous experience in SAP is a distinct advantage;

- Attention to detail, ability to organize paperwork in a methodical way;

- Discreet, details and clients-oriented, patient and willingness to learn new things; and,

- Prior work experience with international humanitarian organizations, non-government or government institutions/organization in a multi-cultural setting is an advantage.

- Fluency in French is required (oral and written).

**Benefits** IOM offers a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, health insurance, and other benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office
- SAP
- Accounting
- Budgeting
- Financial Reporting
- French

### Nice to have
- previous experience in SAP

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