Analyst, Treasury

Analyst, Treasury

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Karachi

Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU) is a private, autonomous and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, AKU provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programmes and/or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Job Role / Responsibilities:

Reporting to Manager, Treasury you will be responsible for endowment donations and other reporting related matters including donations received for construction related projects. You will be actively coordinating with the colleagues of the Resource Development, to ensure timely recording and reporting of endowment and other donations.

Specifically, you will be responsible for:

• liaising with AKU Resource Development for donation and endowment related matters
• ensuring timely recording and classification of the donations in the respective heads of endowment and construction related projects
• updating the endowment individual donor gift records on a monthly basis; including calculation of their year-on-year values of gifts received in the endowment
• recording the payments against the annual endowment drawdown budget and ongoing construction projects
• developing and maintaining the endowment’s historical database, such as historical data pertaining to annual returns, annual distributions, quarterly market value of endowment etc
• preparing of Endowment Income Distribution Budget.

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements:

You should have/be:

• a Qualified / Part Qualified CA / ACCA / CIMA / MBA
• a minimum two years of related experience in financial or management reporting
• sound knowledge of overall financial systems
• strong analytical and writing skills
• proficiency in MS Office with advanced skills in Microsoft Excel
• proficiency in use of computer packages specially MS Office
• the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.