Experience Needed : 3 years At least
Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
Contract Length : 10 Month
Location : Gharbia
About Life Makers Foundation
Life Makers Foundation (LMF) is an Egyptian youth-led, voluntary, and non-governmental umbrella organization. It was established in 2011 to foster youth engagement in addressing emerging challenges at the local and global levels. Since its establishment, LMF has worked closely with community-based organizations to build youth capacities and support their efforts to develop their societies and respond to humanitarian needs and disasters. LMF operates in 24 governorates through a non-formal network of partner youth-led organizations and registered offices across Egypt, with a broad portfolio of projects and local initiatives in the sectors of Health, Education, Livelihoods, Humanitarian Assistance, Environment, and Youth Participation.
LMF adopts the core principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence in its operations to ensure the provision of assistance with no discrimination towards differences in ethnicity, religion, race, or any other consideration. LMF provides development and humanitarian interventions for the most vulnerable while preserving their dignity and ensuring their participation.
Life Makers is a voluntary, non-governmental, non-religious, non-political, and non-partisan movement that was launched in 2003 to mobilize the best of the human spirit to alleviate human suffering and protect human life and human rights.
About the Project:
This project, carried out by the Life Makers Foundation in collaboration with Plan International Egypt, aims to reduce child labor in jasmine picking across seven villages in the Gharbia Governorate. The SCREAM methodology focuses on child protection, community engagement, and youth empowerment through creative education, psychosocial support, and vocational training. Activities will take place in safe, local spaces and will involve close coordination with families, schools, and child protection committees.
Job Purpose:
The Project Accountant ensures proper financial management, documentation, and reporting in compliance with donor regulations and organizational policies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage project-related financial transactions and maintain accurate records.
- Prepare monthly financial reports and support budgeting.
- Ensure compliance with internal and external financial procedures.
- Coordinate with procurement and logistics teams to validate financial documentation.
- Support external audits and financial reviews.
· Core Competencies and Skills
Achievement focused:
- Follow Results-based management (RBM) in achieving planned goals and objectives.
Working Smart:
- Achieve more in less time.
- Balances between work life and personal life to ensure the sustainability of high-quality performance.
- Able to contribute and create a participatory, enjoyable, fulfilling, and rewarding work environment.
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable to making decisions and managing resources efficiently.
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for himself/herself (and the team), takes responsibility for self-development and encourages others to do the same
- Widely shares their vision, engages, and motivates others to contribute to the bigger vision of LMF.
- Future orientated and thinks strategically.
- Thinks globally and acts locally.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships with project team, colleagues and external partners.
- Values diversity as a source of competitive strength.
- Approachable, good listener and easy to communicate with.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest and encourages openness and transparency
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
- Minimum 3 years of accounting experience, preferably in NGOs.
- Knowledge of donor compliance (especially ILO or UN agencies) is a plus.
- Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel.