Finance Officer – (Cover) – Mary’s Meals Zambia

Job Description

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 2.4 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals. We are a values-driven organisation, we believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, Mary’s Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding.

Mary’s Meals is a national school feeding programme and we work closely with schools and community volunteers who help prepare and serve the nutritious meals every school day. We are currently looking to recruit for the position of:

Job title: Finance Officer (Temporal – maternity cover)
Reports to: Finance Manager
Location: Chipata

Job purpose

The purpose of the position is to support the finance function of Mary’s Meals Zambia. This will include systematic recording and filing of various records relating to the functions of finance.

Key responsibilities

Finance and Accounting

• Reviewing payment requests by checking the accuracy, validity and completeness ensuring they have authorization by relevant officers.
• Remittance of employee statutory deductions to the respective authorities before deadlines.
• Preparing payments, receipts and being the organization’s bank agent.
• Ensuring that cashbooks are updated daily into the accounting system.
• Act as the organization’s petty cash custodian who ensures that all petty cash payments are made following laid down procedures.
• Preparing the project advances register and ensures it reconciles to the general ledger.
• Reconciliation of the fixed register to the general ledger.
• Carries out periodic asset verification.
• Reconciliation of all trial balance accounts.
• Preparation of Bank Reconciliations.
• Supporting the Finance Manager in preparing for audits and year end procedures.
• Any other ad hoc duties as required.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• ACCA II, CIMA II, CA II or Equivalent.
• At least 2 years practical experience in accounting.
• Membership of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA).
• At least one year experience with sage accounting software system.
• Ability to work independently while managing workload with minimum supervision.
• Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of professionals.
• Attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Good communication skills in English and local languages
• Excellent numeracy skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Good computer literacy especially the use of MS Office.

If you would like to join our global family and would relish the chance to make a difference to the lives of thousands of children across the world, we’d love to hear from you.

We are a values-driven organisation, we believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, we are fully committed to a culture of safeguarding, we are committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary’s Meals family to share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve. Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement. Our selection process includes rigorous background checks to ensure our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

• Applications should be e-mailed to jobs.zambia@marysmeals.org indicating the position title and applicant’s name in the subject line.
• Applications should include a copy of your CV.
• Kindly state your salary expectations in your application and provide contacts for three professional referees.
• All attached files should be saved under the applicant’s name.
• Deadline for receipt of applications is 6th September 2024.
• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Mary’s Meals never asks candidate to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.