Company Profile

Lively Minds, an award-winning NGO, is partnering with Ghana Education Services (GES) to roll-out an innovative, early childhood development programme. We are hiring in Ghana to support our exciting plans to scale the programme to 60 districts, in 8 regions. To find out more about our programme, please visit www.livelyminds.org.

Job Description

Lively Minds is looking for Bookkeepers to join our lively, global finance team in July 2021. Bookkeepers support the organisation with general finance and accounting duties. The role is fast-paced and collaborative.

The successful candidate must be energetic, a team-player with a ‘can-do’ attitude and have a keen eye for detail. For a detailed understanding of the role and person criteria, please see the Job Description on our website: www.livelyminds.org/jobs-bookkeepers.

Required Skills or Experience

• Qualifications: HND in Accounting with 2+ years experience, or Diploma in Business Studies (DBS) with 3+ years experience. Higher qualification may compensate for work experience.
• Experience of coding transactions using chart of accounts.
• Ability to work in a diverse, multicultural environment.
• Good time management and willingness to work extra hours when the need arises.
• English language proficiency.
• Literacy in data entry using standard software.

• Experience of using MS Office suite, especially high familiatiry with MS Excel. 
• Familiarity with accounting software such as Xero or Quickbooks.
• Good communication skills and ability to present information in graphs and charts for understanding of non-finance persons.