Finance Officer

Job Description

Position: Finance Officer

Department: Finance 

Reports to: Senior Accountant 

Based: Freetown- Sierra Leone

Who we are?

With nearly 50 years of experience working in over 60 countries, Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. PSI is reimagining healthcare by putting the consumer at the center and, wherever possible, bringing care to the front door. We are working to fix market failures, shape future health markets, and shift policy and funding to better support consumer powered healthcare.

There are over 8,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds and experience – from the medical industry to the music business – all with unique skills that we bring to the job.

Background

Project-EpiC Sierra Leone

Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) is a five-year global project funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).  EpiC receives COVID-19 funding to bolster health systems necessary to address COVID-19 and reduce cases of reemergence.

Currently, EpiC and its consortium members implement COVID-19 activities in more than 45 countries worldwide.  The project delivers high-quality technical assistance at the community, facility, district, regional and national levels and builds relationships with relevant partners working to address COVID-19.  

In Sierra Leone, EpiC works hand in hand with Sierra Leone’s Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to identify and address gaps that are not currently covered by other partners throughout the country but more especially in the 7 districts that have the lowest COVID-19 vaccine uptake. 

Finance Officer.

PSI Sierra Leone is seeking for an individual to fulfill the experience required to work in future. For qualified, motivated applicants, this position offers exposure to learning and coaching.

Because of this, PSI Sierra Leone is seeking an energetic, dynamic, and highly organized applicant for the USAID/PMI Impact Malaria and EpiC-funded projects, advancing progress service delivery. 

The Finance Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Senior Accountant

Skills and Specifications 

• Work along with the Senior Accountant and the Director of Admin and Finance to support the financial system and ensure efficiency and accountability is maintained.
• Enter all financial transactions in Quick Books (QBE) accounting software on time.
• Assist the accountant to prepare and close monthly field accounts for submission as per deadline.
• Process all accounts payable and receivable on a timely basis.
• Monitor and reconcile invoices and partial payments.
• Assist in monitoring and analyzing employee advance accounts.
• Provide updates to vendors on progress on transactions.
• Ensure all financial files are adequately collected, maintained, and filed.
• Verify vendor invoices with supporting documentation.
• Review travel authorizations and expenses report forms submitted by staff to ensure accuracy.
• Assist in payment of field operational costs ensuring they comply with PSI guidelines.
• Assist the accountant in making monthly tax and NASSIT deduction and onward payment to the relevant institutions: (NRA and NASSIT)
• Prepare payment approval coversheet ensuring correctness invoices and tax calculations.
• Write checks and prepare remittance sheet based on approved payment/cover sheet.
• Monitor petty cash and bank balances to ensure sufficient funds are always available depending on program needs.
• Supporting program workshops/trainings logistics.
• Reconcile orange money accounts and ensure adequate and timely replenishment.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in finance & accounting with 5yrs relevant experience, or master’s in accounting and finance and any related field of study, from a recognized university.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, be highly organized, and comfortably work on multiple activities at once.
• Experience in similar job advert.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• References will be required.
• Fluency in reading and writing in English.  

Interested candidates should submit CV and cover letters indicating the position they are applying for and submit online to the email recruitment@psi-sl.org on/before the 15th December 2023.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you are not contacted five(5) working days after advert closes , that means you were not shortlisted.