Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. PUI has been operating in Nigeria since 2016, initially establishing its presence in Borno State with a field office in Maiduguri. Over the years, PUI has expanded its humanitarian response to deep-field locations, including Monguno and Pulka, and more recently to Katsina State in Northwest Nigeria.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Finance Assistant
Location: Katsina
Employment Type: Contract
General Objectives
- The Finance assistant will have to assist Finance Officer/Manager in all the activities related to finance and cash management.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Treasury & Cash Follow-up:
- Manage the cashbox and ensure the safe keeping of cashbox
- Process receipts and invoices for cash payments
- Do daily physical inventory of the cashbox with the Finance Officer
- Ensure the daily worker payments
- Prepare and follow up the pay-outs and cash advances, within established guidelines
- Guarantee security of the cashbox and confidentiality of information
Finance & Accounting Management:
- Check, before recording any entry, that the invoices are compliant with PUI’s regulations and procedures
- Record cash expenses in the excel books on a daily basis, and properly fill in the information needed (date, accounting code, project, budget code, etc.)
- Issue voucher numbers, and properly archive the invoices and Saga vouchers in dedicated files, as per the donors’ rules and regulations
- Assist in the preparation for the external audit visits (donor and coordination visits)
Archiving Finance record:
- Manage the electronic archival of Finance files as per the filing process at the base level and share the scan data with Abuja
- Manage the physical archival of Finance files as per the archiving process at the base level
Properties of the Department:
- Be responsible of all cash payments and relevant protocols related to the base
- Ensure the accountancy hard copies quality
- Scanning of all finance documents
- Ensure that the cash security procedures are implemented and respected.
Application Closing Date
1st November, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note: The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are non-exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs.
