FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Project & Process Support
- Process vendor invoices, staff claims, and payment vouchers accurately and on a timely basis.
- Verify completeness of supporting documents and ensure proper approvals in accordance with financial policies.
- Match invoices against purchase orders, contracts, and delivery confirmations where applicable.
- Prepare and process payments (GIRO, bank transfers, cheques).
- Monitor project or programme expenditure to ensure payments are charged to the correct cost centres and funding sources.
- Assist in tracking project budgets and highlight any discrepancies or over-utilisation.
- Maintain proper filing (physical and electronic) of all payment records for audit and reporting purposes.
- Support month-end closing activities, including accounts payable reconciliation.
Administration Support
- Maintain and update vendor master records in the accounting system.
- Liaise with vendors and internal departments to resolve invoice discrepancies or payment queries.
- Assist in coordinating documentation required for internal and external audits.
- Provide administrative support to the Finance team, including document collation and data entry.
- Support implementation of system enhancements or digitalisation initiatives related to finance processes.
- Assist in preparing routine finance reports when required.
Compliance & Finance Support
- Ensure adherence to the organisation’s Financial Policies and Procedures.
- Ensure segregation of duties is observed in payment processing.
- Verify that expenditures comply with grant, donor, or regulatory requirements (where applicable).
- Check budget availability prior to processing payments.
- Ensure proper documentation and audit trail for all transactions.
- Support periodic financial reconciliation and review processes.
- Assist in maintaining internal control discipline and identify areas for process improvement.
- Support preparation of documents required for statutory audit and regulatory submissions.
ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- To participate actively in the fund-raising events as well as any other commitments that Boys’ Town undertakes.
- To work in close collaboration with other staff, departments and components of Boys’ Town.
- The Executive Director and or his/her representative may assign you any other duties that are within reason for the operational needs of Boys’ Town.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Accountability and reliability.
- Willingness to learn.
- Organisational skills.
- Teamwork and communication.
- Integrity and confidentiality awareness.