• Application Deadline:
• Position: Project Account Officer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Duties and Responsibilities

Financial Management (90%):

• Develop project budgets, forecasts, and financial plans.


• Monitor project expenditures and ensure adherence to approved budgets.


• Conduct regular financial analysis to identify variances and provide recommendations for corrective actions


• Track project costs, including labor, materials, and overhead expenses.


• Prepare and distribute regular project financial reports to relevant stakeholders.


• Analyze cost trends and highlight potential issues or opportunities for cost savings.


• Ensure compliance with project-related financial regulations, policies, and procedures.


• Collaborate with internal and external auditors to facilitate project-related audits.


• Maintain documentation to support financial transactions and compliance.


• Monitor project cash flows and coordinate with finance to ensure adequate funding.


• Forecast cash needs for upcoming project phases and communicate funding requirements.


• Prepare Periodic Bank and Cash reconciliations


• Assist in the preparation of Quarterly and Annual and periodic Financial Reports


• Post transactions and necessary journals as may be required in collaboration with Accountant


• Assist in the preparation and remittances of statutory payments


• Serve as point of contact on statutory, donor, financial and regulatory compliance issues


• Review documentations to ensure that they meet with minimum audit requirements.

General Responsibilities (10%):

• Successfully implement the above responsibilities and assigned activities in work plans, consistent with PPDC Policies.


• Contribute effectively to planning, monitoring and reporting of PPDC’s work.


• Implement and foster adherence to the established PPDC’s policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures.


• Participate actively in organization-wide learning and other joint activities.


• Undertake any other lawful tasks as may be assigned by the Team Lead.

Qualifications

• B.Sc in Accounting / Finance, Master’s degree will be an advantage.


• Must be a qualified Chartered Accountant or in view ( ICAN, ACCA, CPA)


• Minimum of three (3) years experience performing similar roles in an INGO/NGO.


• Practical knowledge of sound statutory regulatory compliance


• Practical knowledge of the generally accepted accounting principles, standards and fiscal statutes.


• Experience with a USAID-funded or other international organization program funding


• Demonstrate donor reporting standard


• Financial reporting and record-keeping


• Documentation, filing and archiving skills.


• Presentation and report writing skills.


• Expert knowledge of Quickbooks Accounting software.


• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint Microsoft package (Excel, word and PowerPoint).

Personal Qualities:

• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills with the ability to work cooperatively, tactfully, and diplomatically with a culturally diverse group of people.


• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.


• Must be flexible and able to improvise to handle a variety of situations


• Ability to effectively train individuals and teams using participatory methodologies


• Constant face-to-face, electronic and telephone communication with colleagues and the general public


• Willingness and ability to work outside of normal business hours


• Ability to prepare documents in a well-designed and attractive format, with attention to detail


• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates commitment to PPDC’s Mission, Vision and Values


• Displays culture, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning:

• Sharing knowledge and experience.


• Provide helpful feedback and advice to others in the office.


• Leadership and Self-Management:


• Focus on results for the client


• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive construction attitude.


• Remains calm, in control and good-humored even under pressure.


• Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view.


• Willingness to be flexible and prepared to contribute to the organization in other duties as required.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Other Nigerian Languages.