Assistant Accountant (Ref: C3HP/AA/12-21)
Background
Deloitte Tanzania has been awarded a contract to implement a Comprehensive Client-Centered Health
Program HIV/TB LOC (C3HP) in Southern regions in Tanzania. This is a five year project (November 9,
2021 to September 30, 2026) funded by the American People through USAID aiming at supporting the
Government of Tanzania’s (GOT) Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Elderly and Children
(MOHCDGEC) and the President’s Office- Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG) at
the central level and in target Mainland regions to deliver high quality integrated HIV and TB prevention,
care and treatment services that will improve health outcomes, particularly for youth and children. The
program intends to increase the demand for and use of quality integrated HIV and Tuberculosis services in Iringa, Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara, Njombe, and Ruvuma regions by improving access to quality services
in both facilities and the surrounding communities, promoting positive health seeking behaviors among
Tanzania’s population, and enhancing the overall policy environment for HIV & TB service delivery.
Deloitte is therefore seeking for experienced, self-motivated, eight highly competent individuals with
exemplary ethical conduct to join the C3HP program as Assistant Accountants.
Job Purpose
- Summarise, record, reconcile all accounting and finance matters of the program.
- Resolve day-to-day
accounting issues that program staff face.
Key Responsibilities
• Record suppliers’ accounts and prepare for their payments (cheques/banks transfers)
• Reconcile vendors’ payments to ensure all payments are made on time
• Prepare weekly reports showing the status of vendor payments
• Process safari advances for the staff who are assigned to do field work
• Process and record in the system all retirements along with advances taken so that all advances are
used exclusively on program activities
• Prepare the local purchase order (LPO) for the program’s purchases and pass them through the line
of approval
• Prepare the summary for Value Added Tax (VAT) refund filing on a monthly basis
• Process mobile payments for sub grantees
• Process Vendor payments on a monthly basis
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliation and ensure it is duly signed
• Ensure all payments documents are properly filed and marked paid and posted.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• No working experience required
• Attention to details
• Ability to handle high volumes of work.
If you believe you are the right candidate for the job, submit a cover letter including your current and
expected remuneration, detailed CV, copies of your academic certificates and transcripts, and three
referees to C3HP@deloitte.co.tz. For your application to be considered, it MUST quote the job title,
reference number and your preferred region on the email subject line. Submission deadline is 10th
December 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Hard copy applications will NOT be accepted.
This position is on a one-year renewable contract, subject to performance and availability of funding
from the donor. The job offer is conditional to successful vetting, including professional reference
checks and limited lifestyle audit.
