Accountant

Crown Agents is an international development company employing over 600 personnel worldwide with a presence in more than 40 countries, subsidiaries in 12 countries, and permanent staff working on the ground in 22 corporate offices in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crown Agents provides direct assistance, management consulting, and human and institutional development for public and private sector clients in customs and trade facilitation, public financial management, procurement, logistics, and health systems strengthening.
Crown Agents USA (CA-USA), the U.S. incorporated subsidiary of Crown Agents, provides direct technical assistance, capacity development, and procurement services to stimulate economic growth, establish good governance, and improve health and food security outcomes across the developing world. Since its incorporation in the United States in 1998, CA-USA has provided technical assistance services and support to U.S. Government agencies and international organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Department of State (DOS), and the Gates Foundation.

The Guatemala Policy Regulatory Support (PRS) for Economic Growth Program focuses on reducing chronic under-nutrition and rural poverty. The work to be performed under this Task Order derives from the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI, also known as Feed the Future or FTF), and related policy needs in rural development, trade and environment. The contract is for a base period of two years, with an option period through February 27, 2015. The project includes a small grants program of just under $1 million, as well as a Rapid Response Fund.

Role & Responsibilities The accountant position is a local professional position. The project accountant will manage and analyze the financial operations of the project, ensuring standardized corporate documentation procedures are maintained, and that the project is in compliance with USAID regulations.

Specific Responsibilities

Cash Management Practices: • Establish checking account procedures including disbursements and deposits. • Reconcile Peachtree accounting system and the bank statements and utilize Abicus accounting system. • Establish systems to ensure accounts receivables are collected and payables are paid in a timely manner. • Develop internal accounting practices consistent with USAID's practices and policies.

Accounting, Filing, and Record Keeping: • Develop cash management, accounting filing, and record keeping system. • Establish accounting file system to ensure that appropriate supporting documents are in place, particularly approvals and time sheets. • Establish payment systems and written agreement guidelines with local subcontractors to ensure compliance and consistency with USAID practices and policies and project systems.
• In coordination with the home office contracts specialist, develop proper accounts/subaccounts to book and track: subcontracts to local subcontractors, fixed price and cost reimbursable.

Coding and Billing Procedures of Invoices and Vendor Transactions: • Develop procedures for voucher and payment processing. • Ensure that transactions are coded correctly and entered into Peachtree in a timely manner.
• Review the allowances to ensure compliance with AID regulations.

Internal Administrative and Reporting Requirements: • Ensure that required approvals from the mission have been obtained and appropriately filed. • Ensure that contractors have followed source and nationality of goods and services, except where prior approval of the Contracting Officer has been obtained. • Ensure that physical inventories of project items are reported correctly.

Qualifications • Knowledge of the Guatemala Policy Regulatory Support (PRS) for Economic Growth Program strongly preferred. • Knowledge of USAID project implementation strongly preferred. • General working knowledge of Peachtree and Abicus within the framework of USAID funded program strongly preferred. • Minimum one or more years of demonstrated related work history. • General knowledge of best accounting practices desired. • Strong organizational skills including ability to carry out detailed accounting tasks in a timely manner required. • Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs including Excel. • Legal ability to work in Guatemala is required. • Must demonstrate personal attributes such as loyalty and integrity in addition to being determined and thorough, which is inherent in this position. • Fluency in Spanish and English.

How to apply:

To apply to this position, please email your CV, in Spanish, to careers@crownagents.com. Include your name, along with the title of the position you are applying for, in the subject line. Visit our website atwww.crownagentsusa.com for more information about our company. No phone calls, faxes or walk-ins please. Crown Agents USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and affords equal opportunity to all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.

Crown Agents USA will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with qualified disabilities in accordance with the ADA. If you require a reasonable accommodation for our application process, please contact our Recruiting department directly. Requests will be kept confidential and shared strictly on a need-to-know basis only.