Vacancy title:
Assistant Accountant

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
Caritas Zambia

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, September 26 2025

Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 9 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Job Purpose:

Caritas Zambia, as the secretariat for the Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG), is seeking an Assistant Accountant who will be responsible for day-to-day transactions in the Finance and Administration Department (FAD). H/she is responsible for updating and reconciling all ledger accounts to facilitate the preparation of financial reports. The Assistant Accountant reports to the FAD-Unit Head.

Caritas Zambia is an institution of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) dedicated to promoting the Social Ministry of the Catholic Church. Caritas Zambia is an evidence-based advocacy organization with a mandate of fostering and upholding human dignity by promoting integral human development through research, advocacy, monitoring, and participation in the formulation of economic and social policies. CCMG is an alliance of four faith-based organisations formed to help promote credible elections through non-partisan citizen monitoring. The CCMG partner organisations are the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ), and the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB).

Duties and Responsibilities

Timely processing of requests for payments to meet financial obligations
Prepare financial documents
Update and reconciliation of all ledger accounts to facilitate the preparation of reports
Ensure all financial transactions are posted on time
Handle payments and manage day-to-day transactions of the FAD

Skills and Qualifications:

• Attention to detail
• Strong time management skills,
• Communication skills,
• Ability to work well with others,
• Good organization skills,
• Must be computer literate
• Experience in the Pastel accounting system is an added advantage

Education, Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Accountancy or CA advisory
• ZICA membership
• At least 3 years of work experience

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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