Our goal is to create as much good as we can for every dollar we spend. We do that by tackling acute childhood malnutrition – through treatment programs in northeastern Nigeria, and through innovation designed to make treatment available to every child who needs it.
Experience3 years
Location Gombe
Duties and responsibilities:
Financial Data Entry & Management:
- Enter all weekly transactions accurately and efficiently into QuickBooks.
- Check the accuracy of supporting documentation for all financial transactions (e.g., invoices, receipts, bank statements) to ensure completeness and compliance.
- Categorize and document activity codes correctly for all income and expenditure to ensure proper financial analysis and budget tracking.
- Perform regular data entry for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger.
- Maintain organized and accessible (mainly) digital financial records.
Financial Reporting & Analysis:
- Ensure accurate budget tracking by regularly comparing actual expenditures and income against budgeted amounts and reporting variances.
- Prepare monthly reporting statements of our bank transfers, reconciling bank accounts to ensure all transactions are accounted for and discrepancies are resolved promptly.
- Prepare a monthly expense report detailing company expenditures, categorizations based on activity codes, and budget adherence.
- Generate financial reports, including profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, as required.
Reconciliation & Compliance:
- Perform regular bank reconciliations to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies.
- Assist with month-end and year-end closing processes.
- Ensure compliance with relevant financial regulations and company policies.
- Assist with preparing information for audits, if applicable.
Accounts Management:
- Process accounts payable, including verifying invoices, obtaining approvals, and scheduling payments.
- Manage accounts receivable, including generating invoices, tracking payments, and following up on overdue accounts.
Required qualifications and skills
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting and 1 year of experience in bookkeeping, incl. familiarity with accrual accounting
- Or 3+ years of experience in bookkeeping if unrelated academic background
- Experience in working with accounting software, preferably QuickBooks
- You have an eye for detail, are organized and have accurate and efficient data entry skills
- Good command of English
- Preferred qualifications and skills
- Proficiency in working with spreadsheets
- Other professional (accounting) certifications, preferably CB, CPB and/or QuickBooks
- Experience with working in an international organization and/or NGO
- High degree of integrity and discretion when handling confidential financial information
- Ability to work independently and remotely
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Taimaka on docs.google.com to apply
