Accountant at the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)

The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) is a Network of public health training institutions in Africa that seeks to strengthen manpower to enhance health systems on the continent. AFENET is a not-for-profit organization which works closely with Ministries of Health in member countries to develop sustainable programs and capacity to strengthen field epidemiology and ensure healthier lives for Africans.

The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) seeks the services of candidates to fill the vacant position below for the Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Training Program (NFELTP) National Stop Transmission of Poliomyelitis (NSTOP) program:

Job Title: Accountant

Location: Abuja
Work Hours: Full time

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Finance in the process of budget preparation and monitoring performance to ensure spending is within the budget.
• Review financial documents to ensure to ensure accuracy of the information there in and compliance with the organization’s financial policies and procedures.
• Preparation of vouchers and entering the transactions in to the accounting package and/or excel ledgers.
• Review advance requests to ensure that no additional advance is not given while there is an unaccounted for advance against a staff.
• Ensure monthly generation of advance report and their submission to the Head Finance for review before passing them to staff and sub recipients with outstanding advances.
• Keep track of all advances to ensure accuracy of the advance balances and assist to reconcile them.
• Review the petty cash transactions to ensure accuracy, reasonableness, completeness of documentation and that value for money was obtained before the approve for replenishment by Head Finance;
• Ensure proper maintenance of the cash books for all the bank accounts.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliation statements and ensure that the cash book balances are reconciled to their respective bank statement balances before the 7th day following the month end.
• Ensure proper coding of all the expenditure of all expenditures are done in line with the organization’s approved codes.
• Prepare the monthly payroll and pay slips for staff and ensure accuracy of the computation of the salary deductions such as PAYE, NSSF, local service tax, advances, overtime and the net salary payable. Ensure all the required deductions are accurately accounted for.
• Coordination on financial matters with third parties like vendors, banks, Revenue Authority, Social Security Fund, etc
• Proper filing of all the accounting and supporting documents with proper references to ease document tracing and are kept in accordance with the organization’s and donor requirement.
• Participate in the preparation of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports shall be submitted to the different stakeholders such as the funders, Board etc and ensure timely submission of these reports.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of the financial reports that are submitted to Development Partner in accordance with donor financial policies and procedures;
• Ensure adequate preparations are done for the external audits and other reviews/audits as shall be determined by the organization’s stakeholders such as donors, Board etc and provide the necessary assistance to ensure proper conducting of such audits and reviews.
• Keep and ensure confidentiality of accounting information

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy
• Certification by professional Accounting bodies a must.(ACA.ACCA)
• At least 5 years of work experience in same position obtained from a busy and reputable organization. NGO experience is an added advantage
• Knowledge and experience of Accounts packages and Ms. Office packages a must.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Application Closing Date
13th August, 2015

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online