Job Description
General objective
- The Finance assistant will have to assist Finance Officer/Manager in all the activities related to finance and cash management at the base level.
- Open to: Nigeria Nationals Only (Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply)
Responsibilities and Tasks
Treasury & Cash Follow-up:
- Control the management of the petty cash
- Ensure that the daily physical inventory of the petty cash is accurate, and report any discrepancies to his/her line manager
- Ensure availability of cash at base level and forecast any cash issue
- Follow-up with regular payments
- Guarantee security of the cash and confidentiality of information
Finance & Accounting Management:
- Check, before recording any entry, that the invoices are compliant with PUI’s regulations and procedures
- Record all expenses made through bank in the excel books on a daily basis, and to properly fill in the information needed (date, accounting code, project, budget code, etc.)
- Monitor the voucher process, and the quality of archiving of the invoices, as per the donor’s rules and regulations
- Guarantee the quality of the archiving process at coordination level
- Consolidate and check the accuracy of data of coordination accountancy
- Prepare the monthly accounting closure for Abuja Office
- Participate in the consolidation of budget follow-ups
- Prepare the weekly financial forecast of the Abuja office, compile it, and send it to the Deputy Finance Coordinator for validation
- Collect all invoices exempted from the VAT
- Issue a monthly With Holding Tax report
- Prepare the bank reconciliation at the end of each month
- Prepare the annual closing documents for the coordination
- Support Coordination Office (Maiduguri) to prepare the documents of 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
Administrative Management:
- Prepare all documents related the payment of NHF and PENSION for all national staff and PAYE for Abuja national staff
- Filling of the NHF, PENSION and PAYE at the relevant bodies
- The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are non-exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs. The employee could be requested to perform other tasks as his/her line manager may judge necessary.
Priorities of the Department:
- To follow in a timely manner, the monthly accountancy calendar
- To implement successfully, bank payment to reduce cash payment as much as possible
- To ensure the accountancy hard copies quality
- Scanning of all finance documents
Mandatory Requirements
- Education Degree: University Degree in Finance, Accounting, or another relevant Degree
- Language skills: Fluent in English and Hausa, Kanuri is appreciated
- Work experience: Minimum 1 year of experience in similar field (NGOs/private companies)
- Knowledge and skills: Good analytical and writing skills
- Computer skills: Good knowledge of the MS office software including Word, Outlook. Excellent in Excel
Assets
- Interests
- Strong motivation to help people in need
- Accounting and finance
Transversal Skills:
- Well organized
- Ability to take initiative to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work
- Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organization itself
- Autonomy, neutrality, hard worker
- Team Management
- Able to manage stress and pressure.
Salary
N300,000 - N330,000 monthly.