Voucher Examiner

US Embassy is recruiting a Voucher Examiner, to be based in Maputo.

Duties

• Under the supervision of the Voucher Unit Supervisor, the Incumbent examines all kinds of vouchers and ensures their conformity with contracts, purchase orders, leases, awards, grants, authorized personnel entitlements and other legitimate claims, including payments in third country currency, after having verified that funds have been previously obligated and are adequately recorded in the correct data basis
• Examines vouchers to ensure they have supporting documentation such as receiving reports, authorizations and approval signatures, competitive quotes, etc. that are required by regulations

Requisites

• Completion of high school is required
• Two years of voucher examining, bookkeeping, and/or clerical accounting work experience is required
• Level III (good working knowledge) English is required. Level III (good working knowledge) Portuguese is required
• A good knowledge of the basic requirements of voucher examining, bookkeeping, and accounting procedures, an understanding of the use and purpose of accounting documents and an understanding of the methodology for reconciling accounting records in the accounting system is required. A good working knowledge of accounting terminology and codes necessary to classify transactions is required
• Proficiency in Excel and Word applications is required. Ability to operate an adding machine, to use e-mail and to draft cables is required. Ability to analyze average to moderately difficult voucher examining cases sufficiently to be able to detect errors and avoid errors is required. Incumbent must be customer friendly and able to provide service and address problems with courtesy and patience

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted