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- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Location: Lagos
- Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit, NGO/Non-Profit
ROLE PURPOSE:
As part of the Finance team, the Finance Assistant will be responsible for supporting effective Financial management and administration processes for the Nigeria CO Programme.
He/she will support Nigeria Finance team in areas of; electronic archiving of financial documents, Accounts reconciliations, and other Finance Administrative duties as per SCI guidelines. He/she will effectively interact with a diverse group of stakeholders, manage expectations and duties according to the agreed timelines. He/she will be required to back stop for field offices whenever the need arises
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job descriptions and be able to vary working hours accordingly
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Financial Transaction Processing:
- Raise cheques approved by relevant budget holders/
- Finance and taking them to approved signatories for signing
- Perform monthly Bank Reconciliation
- Perform bank related activities; picking up monthly bank statements
- Support in the payments of participants and other beneficiaries.
- Requesting and Collection of Finance unit office stationery and consumables from the Admin office for day to day business activities.
- Reconciling and matching of transactions on the system on weekly basis
- Maintain custody of the office petty cash fund and make daily cash payments of approved transactions
- Daily update and maintenance of manual cash book (GLACOS)
- Conduct weekly and month end cash counts
Archiving of Financial Document:
- Ensure all payment and journal vouchers are electronically archived on monthly basis
- Review monthly TL to ensure all vouchers for transaction posted to system are completely filed
- Properly label all files and arrange vouchers in their appropriate folders on the shelf for easy retrieval.
- Produce soft/scanned copies of documents for retention purposes.
- Keep a standard record of document retrieval and return log
- Verify all transactions and ensure that the relevant supporting documents have been filed
- Maintain a filing system for all transactions
- Support in maintaining soft copy archiving system
- S2P/Accounts Payable Role:
Cashier
- Bi-weekly payment run
- Support in the payments of participants and other beneficiaries.
- Processing of partner payments
Other Supports:
- Support during audits to retrieve selected samples a week before the commencement of any audit exercise
- Return all vouchers to their appropriate box files after the conclusion of any audit exercise
- Support in the verification of all assets
- Assist during audit to retrieve all relevant documents for audit exercise
- Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager
Safeguarding
- Provide support in developing a master budget for Child Safeguarding to address gaps in compliance standard
Working Contacts
- Internal: All budget-holders, field offices and other staff members
- External: Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, regulatory agencies
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Essential:
- A HND/BSc in Accounting or any other related course
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work within a multicultural and multi-religious settings
