IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International is dedicated to the conservation and protection of gorillas and
their habitat in Africa. We are committed to promoting continued research on threatened ecosystems and
education on their relevance to the world in which we live. In collaboration with government agencies and
other international partners, we also provide assistance to local communities through education, training and
economic development initiatives. We are a separate entity with Atlanta headquarters based at Zoo Atlanta.
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International is seeking a Full Time Staff Accountant to perform a broad
scope of professional accounting activities requiring experience, professional knowledge and application of
accounting principles and practices. The successful candidate will perform a wide range of accounting
functions and will assure day-to-day operations are carried out in accordance with established accounting
principles, policies and objectives. The successful candidate will possess the ability to work independently
and exercise professional judgment and will report directly to the Director of Finance and Administration.
Duties:
• Prepares journal entries, maintains ledgers, prepares cost accounting information, and reconciles
and analyzes reports and ledgers.
• Prepares straightforward or recurring accounting schedules, statements or reports for management
or outside agencies to reflect financial situation; assists Director of Finance with ad hoc
assignments.
• Reviews reports, fund or account statements and bank statements; investigates variances and
reports to Finance Director; makes necessary journal entries as approved.
• Records revenues, disbursements, expenses or other transactions by posting to records or ledgers;
takes trial balances and prepares simple analyses and/or reports.
• Analyzes transactions and documents procedures to ensure compliance with accounting principles.
Insures proper handling of financial transactions; approves transactions within designated limits.
• Analyzes accounting data and makes general interpretations and recommendations.
• Reviews work of clerical staff.
• Provides solutions to problems presented by other staff and recommends changes to accounting
system, methods or procedures to management, utilizing knowledge of accounting principles and
practices.
• Keeps informed by researching and evaluating appropriate professional and related legal literature
as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Skill in performing detailed numerical computations.
• Skill in preparing detailed reports on a timely basis.
• Skill in both verbal and written communication.
• Skill in the use of computer hardware and software.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field and one year of professional
accounting experience; OR, Five years' professional accounting experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of
experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Knowledge of QuickBooks and Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge is a plus. Must be proficient in using Microsoft Office
Suite.
Please send resumes and salary requirements to jobs@gorillafund.org referencing “Staff Accountant” in the
subject line. This posting closes at 5PM on Friday March 4, 2011. ?
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