Job Description
Employment Type: Volunteer
Duration: 6 months (extendable)
Job Description
- The Finance Assistant is in charge of keeping track of an organization’s finances.
- S/he enters data into databases, prepare financial statements, process invoices and support other employees throughout accounting processes.
Responsibilities
- Update financial spreadsheets with daily transactions.
- Prepare balance sheets.
- Track and reconcile bank statements.
- Process Tax payments.
- Records accounts payable and receivable.
- Provide administrative support during budget preparation.
- Participate in quarterly and annual audits.
- Support monthly payroll and keep organized records.
- Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisor.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Degree in Accounting or Finance and other relevant professional qualification.
- Minimum of 3 year programming experience with relevant working experience, desirable in Accounting
- Proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills, calm and a good sense of humor.
- Very good understanding of Accounting policies, strategies and programs.
- Excellent inter-personal, communications and representative skills (written, oral, cross-cultural).
- Strong knowledge of bookkeeping.
- Detail oriented.
- Proficiency in the use of computers (MS Word, Excel, Power Point Presentation).
- Ability to speak English fluently, Hausa and other local languages desirable.