Accountant

Palestine Trade Center (PalTrade) is a nongovernmental organization established in 1998.  PalTrade’s purpose is to lead the development of Palestinian Export as a driving force for sustainable national economic growth. As the National Export Development Organization with membership of more than 200 Palestinian leading businesses, PalTrade advocates a competitive, enabling business environment and is dedicated to improving trade competitiveness through trade promotion and capacity building.

PalTrade is seeking candidates for the position of Accountant who would be Reporting to the Financial Manager at Paltrade's office in Ramallah.

Duties and Responsibilities:

-Assist in maintaining the financial accounts of Paltrade
-Write payment checks to vendors to be approved by the Financial Manager
-Create vouchers for the expenditures/ financial transactions in the accounting software and post them to the proper task /activity /account
-Create and maintain accurate and proper financial documentation as per Paltrade's  Financial Manual
-Follow up on accounts receivable and payable
-General bookkeeping
-Perform other relevant tasks as requested and needed by the Financial Manager


Minimum Qualifications:

-A bachelor degree in accounting or finance
-At least two year experience in accounting preferably working with donor funded programs
-Strong analytical , communication and interpersonal skills
-Excellent English and Arabic language
-Skilled user of MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
-Experience with BISAN Accounting Software is a plus

 

Application: Interested professionals should submit a resume and cover letter by June 12th, 2012. Applications should be addressed to: Human Resources – PalTrade on the following email below, and Accountant in the Subject.

PalTrade attempts to ensure that all applicants, males-females and all races have a fair opportunity in its hiring process, in competing for promotions, and equal access to training/professional development opportunities”