Senior Financial Control Assistant

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Job Description

As a Senior Financial Control Assistant, you will coordinate external auditor relationship in relation to audit of various financial statements of the Bank and undertake a variety of accounting duties such as maintaining and updating accounting records; maintaining sound accounting/internal controls; preparing accounting and other reports; contributing towards the preparation of financial statements.
You will:

Contribute to the preparation of financial statements and prepare various accounting schedules to support the financial reports.
Maintain and ensure appropriate, adequate, and timely controls in the preparation of accounting data. Review and verify the accuracy, consistency, and propriety of supporting documents in compliance with accounting practices, established procedures and guidelines.
Provide assistance in the reconciliation and resolution of assigned accounts.
Ensure the maintenance and update of records/reports relating to ADB policies in connection to accounting procedures and guidelines and establish an existing framework for easy retrieval.
Participate in the implementation of new systems or enhancements of existing systems; ensure the accuracy and reliability of systems; provide suggestions for enhancements/simplifications for effective and efficient operation; propose changes to existing systems and coordinate the needs of the work area with the Information Technology Department (ITD) through the supervisor or International Staff in charge.
Coordinate and obtain/provide required information in accordance with established procedures in a tactful manner.
Support key activities of External Audit Coordination including but not limited to:
procurement;
arrangement of external audits of ADB’s financial statements;
coordinate process for obtaining the external auditor’s comfort letters for ADB bond issuance; and
arranging annual knowledge sharing seminars by the external auditor.
Prepare draft memoranda and external correspondence for supervisors.
Perform any other assignments as required and reflected in the incumbent’s workplan.

Qualifications:
You will need:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or Finance; with Certified Public Accountant qualification.
At least 5 years of accounting or auditing experience, working with computerized accounting systems in a large organization.
Good understanding of accounting policies and accounting standards, practices, and systems, as well as general policies, procedures, guidelines, and reporting requirements prevalent in multilateral institutions, and the application thereof.
Proficient with office suite software, particularly MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and large accounting software (e.g. Oracle ERP, SAP) and in use of computer databases to input and extract information, and to generate standard and ad hoc financial and analytical reports.
Good understanding of the interactions between different work areas and relevant workflows and their purpose, as well as business knowledge of relevant areas.
Good understanding of accounting and disbursement policies, practices, guidelines, and reporting requirements for financial instruments.
Good understanding of internal control concepts and business processes and how they apply to financial and accounting processes, to assist in the maintaining of sound internal controls and assessing risks related to financial reporting and related business processes.
Analytical and systematic, with strong numerical skills and attention to detail.
Ability to liaise and work effectively with staff within own work location.
Ability to work collaboratively with teams as a constructive team member.
Written and verbal proficiency in English.
Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for Administrative Staff level AS5

Source: https://www.adb.org/careers/240167

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