Accountant Intern

Oxfam Novib is looking for a qualified candidate who will be taking the Accountant Intern position. The Operation Intern will be responsible for Oxfam in Laos’s internal and external communication and provide support on Operations functions in the Laos Country office as well as all regional projects based in Laos to contribute to high impact performance and success of program implementation. This position will provide direct support to the Senior Account with overall responsibility as mentioned in key responsible like below;

TEAM PURPOSE: To assist Accountant team in Laos to provide support service to programs inclusive regional programs based in Lao.

JOB PURPOSE: To provide support in the Laos Country office as well as all regional projects based in Laos to contribute to high impact performance and success of program implementation. This position will provide direct support to Senior Accountant with overall responsibility as mentioned in key responsible like below

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Assist Accountant to review and ensures that all financial and accounting documents are well documented and archived monthly.
• Support to the team during donor audit, internal audit, external audit and assist to find relevant

supporting documents for the auditor; filling back all the documents after the audit.

• Monitor and ensure petty cash is managed in line with Oxfam financial guidelines.
• Assist in prepare and review office operation expense.
• Assist gathering signatures from the appropriate persons before processing payments
• Assist Senior Accountant on bank related, visiting bank, SSO and Tax if need.
• Assist Senior Accountant as per request.

 Who we're looking for:

• Fresh graduate of bachelor’s degree in business administration or similar empirical knowledge
• Computer literacy especially Ms. Word & Excel
• Good communication and interpersonal skills and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situations.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and aptitude to learn quickly.
• A team player, who works well in a multi-cultural environment, communicates readily and shares learning with colleagues and partners.
• well in a multi-cultural environment, communicates readily and shares learning with colleagues and partners.
• Team player with ability to deal with a range of people from various cultures and different capacities.
• Good communication and willing to learn new things
• Interest in and understanding of development work
• Spoken and written English skills, advanced computer skills
• Compliance to Oxfam’s policy on Confidentiality and Knowledge management

How to apply

Please upload an up to date CV and a covering letter, clearly explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile to https://jobs.oxfamnovib.nl/job-invite/14388/

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted- usually within 2 weeks of the closing date.

About us

Oxfam is an international confederation of 23 organizations networked together in 97 countries. As part of a global movement for change, we are working together to end world poverty and injustice. We work with thousands of partners in countries around the world, and employ staff in a wide variety of posts. We work directly with communities and we work with the powerful to enable the most marginalized to improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.

The Oxfam CLV Cluster is comprised of three countries,  Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Our Vision for the CLV Cluster is to increase our impact on the ground, strengthen our ability to influence policy changes at country and regional levels, raises income and saves costs

All our work is led by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality.

Our commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam International Secretariat also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, if a job applicant has been employed by another member of the scheme, we will request information from that organization about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.