Assistant Accountant — Anticipatory Action (AA) Project

World Vision is a Christian, relief, development, and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families, and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.

We work through our main sectors — education, health and nutrition, water and sanitation, economic development, and child protection — serving all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Our work is always a child-focused, participatory and community-driven.
World Vision and has been in Sri Lanka since 1977 and currently serves in 28 locations in 13 Districts across the country through development programs. In 2021 we directly impacted the lives of over 100,000 most vulnerable children and their families.

Job Profile

• The position is responsible for high-quality, accurate, and consistent financial support for the project.
• He/she will also support the financial procurement to achieve its optimal usage and eventual reporting to World Vision Lanka (WVL) management and stakeholders.

Major Responsibilities

• Train and/ or upgrade the knowledge and skills of the project staff on the grant requirement and relevant World Vision accounting policies, procedures, methodologies, and systems.
• Verify each transaction to ensure they are budgeted, allowable and within the grant requirement, before being processed,
• Actively contribute as a member of the purchasing committee and ensure that the grant requirements are complied with for all purchases.
• Prepare and submit donor-specified reports as per the Donor compliance requirements.
• Prepare an Annual Budget Implementation Plan for field activities in accordance with the donor-specified template.
• Update the project team on project spending status with analysis during the team discussion.
• Monthly Ledger verification and necessary corrections are done within the month before monthly accounts finalization.
• Support the operational staff at the field office in preparing the Annual Procurement Plan.

Required qualifications, experience & competencies

• Minimum of three (3) years of accounting experience in a similar capacity.
• Knowledge and understanding of handling Grant/ donor funding under the required regulatory environment.
• Part qualification from a recognized accounting body (CA Sri Lanka, CIMA) or a University Degree in Finance.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and demands.
• Perform work with less supervision.
• Ability to read, write and speak in English and Tamil.