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- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience: 1 year
- Location: Adamawa
- Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit
Major duties and responsibilities
- Support the Finance Lead in the effective financial management of the project.
- Ensure proper documentation of vouchers and receipts, financial reporting, proper coding of expenses, distribution of payments, tracking petty cash distribution and bank deposits;
- Work closely with the Admin and Logistics unit to ensure timely payments for goods and services rendered to SFCG;
- Support Finance Lead to strengthen financial and accounting systems – identifying gaps, weaknesses, and issues and recommending and implementing solutions;
- Ensure compliance with SFCG and donor accounting requirements.
- Undertake regular reconciliation and other expenditures and income, according to agreed timeframes and standards.
- Ensure timely remittance of PAYE, Pension, WHT, NSITF, and NHF on a monthly basis.
- Collaborate with SFCG finance teams in order to fulfill payments and other project expenditures.
- Ensure that all expenditure is charged to the correct budget line.
- Liaise with the Finance Lead to ensure smooth and proper coordination related to regular payments and purchases
- Ensure overall financial compliance and management across the consortium
- Conduct internal verification within the consortium to ensure costs eligibility and compliance
- Support the reporting process by ensuring all documents supporting transactions are collated, reviewed, and reconciled before submission to the Finance Lead for upload to the system.
- Support the Finance Lead to maintain a tracker of all subcontracts and other activities under grants.
- Review and monitor budget performance by analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
- Manage transactions effectively and efficiently to ensure quality reporting.
- Do a proper archiving of all supporting documents
- Carries out tasks in support of assigned activities, such as photocopying, processing paperwork, and organizing meetings.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting & Finance, Banking and Finance, or Business Administration and Management.
- An ICAN, ANAN, or ACCA Certification or a Master’s Degree in Accounting would be an added advantage.
- 1 year or above of professional experience providing finance, administrative, logistical, and/or operational support
- Experience working in an NGO or civil society is a plus
- Experience working with little or no supervision
Other Relevant Requirements
- Proven interest & commitment to humanitarian and development principles and a demonstrable understanding of conflict/post-conflict development contexts
- Excellent in English (oral and written)
- Ability to plan, organize work, communicate, and reports effectively (both in writing and verbally)
- Proven ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines; team player and effective communicator,
- Strong IT skills (Email, Microsoft Office applications, Google Drive, Google Docs, Sheets, Presentation).
- Good reporting capacity and experience
- Ability to function effectively under stressful conditions such as heavy workloads, and deadlines.
