ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER , Mwanza, Tanzania

With a mission to restore health and healing to those most in need, IMA World Health is a non-profit, faith-based organization that offers extensive expertise in health systems strengthening as well as neglected tropical diseases, malaria, HIV, non-communicable diseases, and sexual and gender based violence programs in some of the most challenging and post-conflict settings throughout Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.

IMA World Health and consortium partners, Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania (PANITA), Development Media International (DMI) and Cornell University’s Division of Nutritional Sciences will be implementing a five year program (from 2015 to 2020) for addressing Stunting in Tanzania Early (ASTUTE), to improve early childhood development and reduce the prevalence of stunting (low height for age) among Tanzanian children under 5 years old with focus on the first 1000 days of life from conception.

The anticipated DFID-funded project in Tanzania will be implemented in 5 regions of Kagera, Mwanza, Shinyanga, Geita and Kigoma in collaboration with Local Government Authorities and other multi sectoral stakeholders to support the National nutrition Strategy and will look, specifically to 1) support interventions to build knowledge, change attitudes, strengthen practice and expand services 2) retrain health facility and community level resource persons to ensure community engagement 3) deliver overall nutrition components and build the capacity of DNuOs and District trainers 4) build capacity for planning, programming, budgeting and financial management to sustainably address stunting.

We are seeking an Assistant Finance Officer located in Mwanza will support the Finance Officer in recording and retrieving financial details of the ASTUTE project, including maintaining financial records, processing payments and cash handling.

Responsibilities:

• Process staff travel advance requests and review/ process employee expense reports
• Assist in the preparation of monthly and annual analysis reports
• Assist the Finance Officer to ensure smooth operation of all finance matters
• Support the Finance Officer by inputting into purchase ledgers from source documents
• Reconcile invoices from vendor before processing their payments
• Input accounting data into the accounting system with accuracy
• Preparation of bank reconciliations
• Manage Petty cash, and prepare its reconciliation
• Assist in the production of financial statements report, and applications, preparation of spreadsheets, reports and correspondence as required
• Resolution of finance related queries
• Assist with quarterly and end of year preparation and procedures
• Provide financial support to team members
• Any other duties that may be deemed appropriate to this role by Finance Officer

 Qualifications:

• Degree in Accounting/Finance
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience or advanced Diploma with at least 5 years’ experience
• Experience working in NGOs
• Experience with accounting packages e.g QuickBook, SAGE, Cost Point will be an added advantage

FT position with excellent benefits. EOE.  Please apply online through the IMA Careers Page of our website:  www.imaworldhealth.org by 24 March 2016.