ERCS Senior Accountant Job Vacancy in Ethiopia 2026
Apply Now ERCS Senior Accountant Job Vacancy in Ethiopia 2026 – ERCS is inviting qualified and interested candidates to apply for the position of Senior Accountant. This vacancy is open for applicants who meet the required qualifications and experience. Interested job seekers are encouraged to apply before the deadline.
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) was established in 1935 and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. ERCS provides services to communities affected by natural and manmade disasters through the provision of emergency responses, ambulance and first aid, family reunification, essential drugs, water and sanitation, and other humanitarian services. ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs with the aim of creating resilience households and communities.
ERCS Senior Accountant Job Vacancy
- Job Title: Senior Accountant
- Organization: Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)
- Work Unit: Accounts Division
- Reports to: Accounts Division Manager
- Terms of Employment: Contract
- Job Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Salary: As per the Organization Salary Scale
- Posted Date: February 05, 2026
- Application Deadline: February 11, 2026
- Official Website: redcrosseth.org
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinates the recording, analysis and financial statement preparation activities of core cost and projects in accordance with the Society’s policies and procedures in place;
- Prepares appropriate classification of codes for each transaction for recording;
- Analyzes the recording of transactions and performing posting;
- Prepare financial statements;
- Ensures that the financial reports of branches are properly tracked, recorded and consolidated with that of the National Secretariat, statement of income and expenditure account, cash flow statement, balance Sheet and other financial statements issued timely and properly;
- Follows up the evaluation and analysis of monthly trial balances, quarterly statements of income and expenditure account and of any other financial information and the provision of qualified information for management decision making;
- Checks the agreement of the balances of subsidiary ledgers and that of control accounts in the general ledger and tests the equality of debit and credit totals (trial balance) of the general ledger account balances;
- Closely follow up the timely collection of receivables and payment of payables and make sure that all receivables are payables are fully cleared at the end of every quarter and no balance is carried forward
- Examines and checks all registers for correctness and the register totals for general ledger posting;
- Prepares periodic and end-of-period financial reports and statements resulting from subsidiary and general ledger accounts;
- Extracts account balances from the general ledger and prepares schedule of accounts upon request by management or to complete the accounting cycle;
- Organizes maintenance of books of accounts, journals, ledgers and supporting documents in accordance with standard practices and accounting manual;
- Prepares appropriate classification of codes and postages of all relevant transaction documents on the various control and subsidiary ledger accounts; and proposes additional or new codes if necessary;
- Verifies that closings and auditing of books of accounts are carried out in due course.
- Checks that financial documents, ledgers, journal vouchers and supporting documents are maintained and organized in accordance with the accounting system of the Society;
- Verifies correctness of statement of accounts for receivable and payable accounts as well as bank reconciliation;
- Ensures that all transactions of disbursements and receivables are journalized and posted into respective ledgers timely;
- Make sure that all payables and receivables are cleared on quarterly basis and no outstanding balances of payables and receivables are carried over to the next period;
- Verifies Follows up the entry of financial transactions are in accordance with the accounting system in place of the Society;
- Ensures that the Society’s accounting documents are properly organized;
- Ascertains that account records are maintained in the proper classification of codes per the accounting procedure of the Society;
- Verify the correctness of the calculation of the deductions from the employee salary;
- Provides branch offices with professional assistances in performing accounting activities; follows up the financial reports of the branches;
- Facilitates and follows up the preparation and communication of project financial reports as per commitments made with funding agents and pertinent financial policies and procedures of the Society;
- Ascertains that closings of books of core cost and project accounts of the Society are carried out in due course;
- Follows up and facilitates the timely delivery of reports from branches;
- Arranges and organizes financial documents for auditing by internal and external auditors;
- Ensures that financial documents, ledgers, journal vouchers and supporting documents are maintained and organized in accordance with the accounting system of the Society;
- Conducts pertinent studies on how to improvise the day-to-day activities of the work unit;
- Prepares and submits monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reports on the performance of the work unit;
- Make sure that no receivables and payables are outstanding at the end of the year
- Performs other related duties and responsibilities of the work unit as assigned by the Accounts Manager.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Second/First degree in Accounting/ Accounting & Finance/ & Accounting Software and 6/8 years related work experience, out of which 3/4 years in a senior position(s).
How to Apply
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out online employment application form with the indicated link https://ee.ifrc.org/x/fqTf4qqW before the closing date of this announcement on February 11, 2026. For more details CLICK HERE.
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