Senior Accountant – SERBIA

Senior Accountant is based at SPARK Belgrade, supports Spark finance team, and reports to Head of Finance.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Record day-to-day financial transactions and complete the posting process for specific SPARK offices.
• Perform closing activities at month-end, quarter-end, and year-end.
• Ensure financial statements are accurate, in line with RJ 650, and compliant with internal policies.
• Manage and conduct regular reconciliations of the balance sheet, including bank reconciliations, accruals, and creditors for all SPARK administrations
• Lead the intercompany reconciliation process between SPARK’s regional administrations.
• Manage income and balance sheet accounts.
• Oversee the general ledger for all SPARK administrations.
• Consolidate SPARK’s accounts and participate in preparing management reports.
• Verify, post, and reconcile staff cost allocations for EU administration.
• Prepare fixed asset depreciation and maintain inventory lists.
• Assist Global Finance Manager and FAOs in bookkeeping and financial management.
• Prepare and coordinate the SPARK’s Annual Account audit and assist in SPARK’s project audits.
• Provide training and share functional knowledge across SPARK’s teams.

Requirements and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business administration
• At least 5 years of experience in accounting, preferably within international environment
• Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices
• MS Excel proficiency
• Knowledge of bookkeeping software
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in maintaining financial records and following procedures
• Able to understand a financial statement
• Good oral and written language skills in English required.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Legally permitted to work in Serbia

SPARK Offers

• A challenging and exciting position in an international environment.
• A one-year contract with the possibility of extension.
• On-the-job training opportunities.

How to apply?

If you are interested, please apply with your motivation letter and your CV (both in English) on https://www.vacancy.spark-online.org/Tab1/LoadProfileFromVacancy/589  until the 3rd December 2024.

Please, with application send to us two references (phone number and email) which we can contact in the selection process.

All applications will be assessed on rolling basis; interviews can, therefore, take place before

the application deadline. However, due to the large volume of applications we receive, we

cannot respond to every applicant. There may be a delay between the deadline and the

moment we contact selected applicants.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

About SPARK

SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship to empower young, ambitious people to lead their fragile and conflict-affected societies into prosperity. SPARK is a dynamic and growing, international not-for-profit development organisation with 100+ staff members, in more than 14 offices around the world. SPARK supports refugees in the Middle-East by providing them with scholarships in universities and higher education institutions in the region. SPARK also supports young entrepreneurs in fragile states, to start or grow their own businesses.