The Accounting Officer’s duties include:

• (a)to process and evaluate the half-yearly financial reports, audit reports and other financial documents submitted by grantees;
• (b)to liaise with grantees for the handling and processing of financial queries;
• (c)to conduct regular and ad-hoc on-site inspections at grantees’ offices or other locations as designated for examining the financial documents of the funded projects, preparing working papers and completing inspection reports;
• (d)to vet financial documents submitted by the funding applicants;
• (e)to assist the Community Investment and Inclusion Fund (CIIF) Secretariat in monitoring recurrent expenditure and preparing financial reports; and
• (f)to perform any other duties as assigned as and when necessary.

Candidate should have/be:

• (a)
  • (i)a Bachelor's or higher degree in Accountancy from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent; or;
  • (ii)a registered student of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Qualification Programme, or equivalent;
• (b)at least 5 years' post-qualification full-time work experience in the accounting field. Practical experience in audit, internal audit, financial management or financial control in non-governmental organisations, government departments or public bodies would be an advantage [See Note (1)];
• (c)met the language proficiency requirements of Level 2 or above in Chinese Language and English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination or in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), or equivalent [See Note (2)]; and
• (d)good knowledge of computer software applications including MS Word (English and Chinese) and Excel, and use of computer in database management.