Accounting Officer needed at TechnoServe
Job title : Accounting Officer
Job Location : Abuja
Deadline : May 17, 2024
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Job Summary:
Reporting to the Program Manager and a dotted reporting line to the Senior Finance specialist, TechnoServe Nigeria, the Accounting Officer is a dynamic and agile position that will play a key role in providing accounting support for SAY-WEE project in an efficient and compliant manner and ensuring compliance to TechnoServe, donor and statutory policies, processes and regulations.
Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
Accounts Payable
- Review of procurement requests ensuring compliance with procurement policies, donor policies and country regulatory bodies
- Processing procurement approvals by raising payment vouchers and facilitating wire transfers
- Processing accurate and timely transaction information into TechnoServe’s accounting system. Checks and code expenditure (travel advances, imprest and purchase requisition)
- Maintain financial documents filing system both physical and electronic
- Work with the Country Controller to implement a grant tracking/monitoring system, monitoring grant expenditures in order to identify any irregularities.
Compliance
- Filling the FACE form for request and liquidation.
- Filing of all tax deductions and support obtaining of tax clearance certificate for the organization
- Keep up to date with regulatory changes
- Support audit both organization and project audit
- Work with Country Controller in ensuring compliance with Nigerian tax laws
Others
- Support in preparing schedules for monthly financial close for the SAY-WEE Project
- Review all reconciliations and ensure completeness and compliance for the SAY-WEE Project
- Support GL reconciliation for accuracy and early error detection
- Participate in internal and external audits by providing auditors with accounting documents as requested and provide explanation for audit queries
- Perform other related tasks in respect to achieving the above listed as may be assigned
Basic Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics or related field with minimum of 2 years’ experience, alternatively 4 years’ experience in the field of finance.
- Experience and conversant with UN Face form, expert in forecasting and liquidation.
- Advanced-level knowledge of Microsoft Excel, and basic functional knowledge of field accounting software packages.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with donor funded projects most especially the UN
- Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks with competing deadlines
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong sense of collegiality, integrity, resourcefulness, and accountability for results
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- An ability to think critically and elevate risks to management
- A creative and entrepreneurial approach to resolving problems
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