Officer, Finance and Accounting

As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH support the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. We work in a variety of fields and support our cooperation partners in designing strategies and meeting their policy goals. GIZ has been working in Viet Nam for more than 20 years. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ provides advisory services to the Government of Viet Nam and is currently engaged in three priority areas: 1) Vocational training; 2) Environmental policy and sustainable natural resource use; 3) Energy

GIZ office is looking for a qualified local professional for the position of:

Officer, Finance and Accounting

Duty station: Hanoi

Main responsibilities: The Finance and Accounting Officer is responsible for ensuring that financial administration functions well in accordance with GIZ standard procedures:

Financial services:

• Monitoring income, costs, expenditure, bank reconciliation;
• Processing letters of credit, vouchers, payments in cash and by the bank transfer;
• Monitoring payable, receivable accounts and regular reports;
• Assisting office and projects on annual budget planning and monitoring

Internal control:

• Advising on financial aspects for projects;
• Carrying out internal control in accordance GIZ’s manual
• General services for GIZ projects and programme:
• Carrying out accounting tasks using WINPACCS accounting software and prepare monthly reports;
• Preparing quarterly/ annually analyses of expenditure;
• Processing fund transfer, travel claims, PIT declaration and VAT refund

Other:

• Reporting, filling;
• Other duties upon the request of management

Requirements:

• University degree in finance, accounting, economic or similar area;
• At least 3 years of professional experience in a comparable position;
• In-depth knowledge of accounting software;
• Ability to work both independently and in teams;
• Good communication and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent coordination skills;
• Excellent advisory skills;
• Fluent in English (written and spoken), German an asset;
• Competence in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint;
• Dynamic, reliable, self-motivated, service-oriented and able to work under pressure;
• Willingness to upgrade skills as required by the tasks to be performed  

Successful candidates will enjoy good working conditions with a friendly and creative working environment, open corporate culture, competitive benefits and compensation and good policies of training and development.

Interested qualified candidates are invited to send the application in English, including copies of relevant certificates and references, either by email (to [email protected]) or by post (to GIZ Office Hanoi, 6th Floor Hanoi Towers, 49 Hai Ba Trung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam), before 20 July 2014.

Note: Please state “Application for the Officer, Finance & Accounting – GIZ Office” in the subject line or on the envelope. The short-listed candidates will be contacted within 4 weeks after the deadline. Telephone contact is not encouraged.

GIZ – YOUR PARTNER FOR A BETTER FUTURE

(For further information please visit our website: www.giz.de)