Population Council Recruits Financial Accountant

Population Council is an international, non-profit, non-governmental institution that seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and help achieve a humane, equitable and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council’s major program areas are FIIV&AIDS. Reproductive Health and Poverty. Gender, and Youth. The Council conducts biomedical, social science and public health research and helps build research capacities in developing countries. The Population Council works in collaboration with a broad range of Nigerian institutions. Due to expansion of its activities, the Council is seeking qualified individuals to fill the vacant position:

Job Title: Financial Accountant - 1 Position

Location: Abuja

Job Description
The successful candidate will provide mid - management level support to Director, Finance & Administration Nigeria, Abuja office.
This includes:

• Financial reporting and monitoring of ongoing projects
• Preparation of draft budgets at different levels;
• Ensure staff partners and vendors’ compliance with financial policies:
• Perform internal auditing checks and suggest accounting controls;
• Ensure the accuracy in the preparation and postings of journal entries and Finance’s files;
• Support the Director of Finance and Administration to ensure that all necessary controls are in place over the Council’s assets;
• Support the Director of Finance and Administration in ensuring that all reports to donors, and head office and internal documents are produced accurately and on a timely basis;
• Ensure effective cash management, internal control, tax and statutory compliance;
• Maintain and update monthly payroll;
• Monitoring the balances on the staff’ and vendors advances on daily basis and ensure complete liquidation;
• Preparation of the monthly national staff benefits report to the Director of Finance and Administration:
• Preparation of the monthly schedules of prepayments and accruals for review;
• Ensure timelines of disbursements and accurate recording.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate must possess:

• Minimum of B.Sc Accounting or its equivalent
• Must be a qualified Accountant such as ANAN, ICAN, ACCA
• At least 5 years experience in a similar post with a multinational organization/international NGO.
• Excellent command of the English language
• Good presentation skills
• Excellent computer skills.
• Ability to operate financial packages such as QuickBooks, FundEZ, Sunsytstem etc.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills.

Application Closing Date
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Mode of Application
Qualified candidates should follow the instructions below:

• Send an application letter (stating your current salary and salary expectations) and resume to [email protected]
• Clearly state the position title for which you are applying and your full names - starting with the surname first, then other names (e.g. Financial Accountant - BEN, Shehu Ekong) - in the subject area of the email.
• All attachments must be in PDF format.

Candidates who do not follow the above instructions will be automatically disqualified.

Population Council reserves the right to cancel the recruitment process at any time. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. No phone calls, please.