Public Enlightenment Projects (PEP Nigeria) is a women-led, civil society organization registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) under Incorporated Trustees with Reg. No:12745 committed to strengthening democratic institutions, improving citizens engagement and participation in governance and supporting education, health and safe migration with offices in Abia, Ebonyi and Katsina states.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Finance Officers
Location: Abakaliki, Ebonyi state and Umuahia Abia state
Employment Type: Full-time
Details
- Public Enlightenment Projects, PEP Nigeria, a women-led civil society organization (CSO) is currently implementing a USAID-funded State2State subgrant in seven Local Government Areas in Ebonyi State and is looking for an experienced chartered accountant to work in their Ebonyi state project office as a Finance Officer.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- The Finance Officer will assist with the processing of financial transactions
- Ensure that financial transactions and reconciliations are processed in line with relevant policies and procedures.
- Ensure financial reports are timely provided according to financial guidelines.
- Maintain financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements, and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports.
- Keeping inventory for office consumables civil society organization (CSO)
- Support program activities such as vendors selection processes, quotes, etc
- Assist in signing and collection of program attendance sheet
- Select and enter data from a wide variety of documents, verifying accuracy by checking sources, making necessary calculations, and assuring inclusion of all relevant data.
- Advice and assist staff members on all aspects of travel claims and other financial matters, calculate and paid after authorization of due for claims and services.
- Making photocopies of transaction
- Oversee stationeries usages
- Perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
- Graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher National Diploma in Accounting
- Must possess a minimum of second class upper/upper credit
- Candidates with ICAN or ACCA qualification or its equivalent is preferred
- Additional professional certifications or postgraduate qualification is an added advantage
- 2-3 years experience in finance-related roles
- Proficiencycy in the use of Excel and Quick book accounting software.
- Ability to develop financial budgets for donors
- Strong computer skills.
- Experience in an NGO on a US government-funded project is an added advantage.
Note
- Applicant’s curriculum vitae, copies of academic credentials and cover letter should be in ONLY one attachment (MS Word document) explaining suitability for the position.
- Please indicate the title of the position applied for and Location in the subject line of the email and sent to [email protected].
- Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails/mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as three professional references. Please note that contact functional email addresses and telephone numbers of referees must be included for the application to be treated.
- Application Closing Date
15th January, 2022.
