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We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Finance Officer
Location: Abuja
Summary
- The Finance Officer will together with other finance team members implement efficient finance activities within the office, and responsible for ensuring all BA-Nigeria cost share is captured and adequately documented.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- In addition to the overall technical inputs to the project described above, specific duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Support the DFA to ensure all cost share opportunities are identified, captured and documented on a monthly basis.
- Ensure retroactive identification and capture of all cost share from project inception to date.
- Update BA-Nigeria cost share tracker on a regular basis and ensure proper documentation and filling of all cost share support documentation.
- Liaise with HQ and Field Offices staff in capturing all cost hare opportunities and obtaining necessary support documentation on a regular basis.
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- Assist with the monthly finance QuickBooks report by imputing invoices into the accounting software.
- Ensure PAYE and Withholding Taxes are remitted before the last day of the month to the responsible parties.
- Monitor budget expenditures against approved budgets.
- Assist finance training for new staff on project finance operations;
- Review purchase orders, time and attendance records and prepare necessary reports for the project finance and senior management team;
- Ensures that all supporting documents are available and attached to the payment vouchers
- Withdraws cash from the bank for program activities and makes necessary disbursements after obtaining necessary approvals;
- Ensure travel advances and activity retirements from the field office are retired before they are due;
- In close coordination with relevant finance staff, assist with monthly bank reconciliation
- Prepares Local Purchase Orders using JHU/CCP formats;
- Prepares source documents for both cash and check payments;
- Supervise all field office petty cash transactions;
- Assist with identification and payments to vendors, ensure proper authorization for payments, distribute payments as required; supervise the processing of staff claims and advances;
- Additional duties assigned to by their supervisor.
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Supervisory Responsibilities:
- This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or Higher National Diploma in a relevant field (Accounting or related finance field).
- 5 years’ NGO experience is required.
- Previous experience in capturing cost share and implementing USAID funded projects in Nigeria is an added advantage.
- Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, teamwork, and meeting short deadlines.
Application Closing Date
16th March, 2022.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV in PDF copies to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org using the Job Title and Location (eg: Finance Officer, Abuja) as the subject of the email.
