Project Accountant at the Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is a non-profit organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting global health and economic initiatives in Nigeria. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. To strengthen our operations and interventions in the country.

We are seeking qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title:  Project Accountant

Location: Abuja
Contract Type: 4 Month Fixed Terms

Project Summary
The UNFPA Integrated Reproductive Health & Mentoring activity is a 6-month intervention implemented by FHI 360 and Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) in Borno and Benue states. The overall goal of the activity is to meet the most urgent reproductive health (RH) and mentoring needs of 285,000 conflict affected underserved adolescents, youth and women through gender sensitive, rights-based approaches within host and reclaimed communities and IDP camps in north-east (Borno) and north central Nigeria (Benue).

Responsibilities

• Project Accountant Under the direction of the Project Director and with direct oversight of the Senior Account and Finance Manager, the Accountant shall assume responsibility for accounting and ensure compliance with the contractual financial requirements of the Project and the organization.

Minimum Recruitment Standards

• B.Sc/BA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 3-5 years relevant experience.
• Or MS/MA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 1-3 years relevant experience.
• Minimum of 1-3 years’experience in accounting related to international development programs.
• Familiarity with donor-funded programs and non-governmental organizations in Nigeria is an aLvantage. CPA, ACA, ICAN or recognized equivalent is an advantage.
• Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel up to 60% of the time

Application Closing Date
29th August, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Suitability Statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single MS Word Document to: AHNi-F&AJobs@ahnigeria.org

Note: Only applications sent electronically (i.e by email) with the Job Title and Location clearly indicated as the subject of the email will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted