Job offer: Senior Accountant

Land O'Lakes Venture37 (Venture37) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping communities around the world build economies by strengthening agriculture from farm-to-fork, helping businesses grow, and linking farmers to markets. Since our start in 1981, we have been leveraging nearly 100 years of expertise in crop inputs, agricultural insights, dairy and animal nutrition from our close affiliate, Land O’Lakes, Inc., a farmer-owned agribusiness committed to fulfilling its purpose of feeding human progress. 

Project/Proposal Summary:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress Cambodia HortSafe project is a five-year $15M project funded by the USDA. HortSafe will strengthen Cambodia’s food system and increase productivity in fresh fruit and vegetable value chains in key horticultural production and tourism geographies across the country through the implementation of four key activities:

1. Capacity Building – Government Institutions to strengthen food safety standards and control systems
2. Capacity Building – Enhance Laboratory technical capacity in testing, inspection and certification
3. Training – Improve post-harvest handling and processing
4. Capacity Building – Increase food safety awareness and food compliance

Position Summary:

The individual in this position will be responsible for the administrative and financial procedures, processes, and systems of the program, including, but not limited to:

Duties

• Processing of all cash and wire transfer payments, including payroll and related taxes, NSSF, ACAR.
• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all accounting entries and related documentation, as well as ensuring proper document retention per organizational standards.
• Reconcile all balance sheets every month, including cash accounts.
• Manage employee advances and ensure they are cleared in a timely basis.
• Provide training on accounting processes and procedures on a continuous basis to the Office staff and ensure that all administrative procedures are enforced.
• Monitor project spending and assist the implementation teams prepare and revise budgets.
• Comply with all USDA accounting and financial management regulations.
• Assist the Deputy Chief of Party, Finance and Operations (DCOP) in limiting HortSafe program and Venture37 financial risk.
• Assist the Deputy Chief of Party, Finance and Operations (DCOP) in forecasting and annual budgeting activities.