Finance Officer 1 at Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria

Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is a new five-year, USAID-funded project. The goal of Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviors and five provider targeted behaviors in the areas of malaria; maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition; family planning and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis, while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming. Implementation will vary by health area across eleven states.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Officer 1

Location: Abuja
 
Summary

• The Finance Officer I together with other finance team members will implement efficient finance activities within the office.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• In addition to the overall technical inputs to the project described above, specific duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Assist with the monthly finance QuickBooks report by imputing invoices into the accounting software.
• Ensure PAYE and Withholding Taxes are remitted before the last day of the month to the responsible parties.
• Monitor budget expenditures against approved budgets.
• Assist finance training for new staff on project finance operations;
• Review purchase orders, time and attendance records and prepare necessary reports for the project finance and senior management team;
• Ensures that all supporting documents are available and attached to the payment vouchers
• Withdraws cash from the bank for program activities and makes necessary disbursements after obtaining necessary approvals;
• Ensure travel advances and activity retirements from the field office are retired before they are due;
• In close coordination with relevant finance staff, assist with monthly bank reconciliation (new);
• Prepares Local Purchase Orders using JHU/CCP formats (new);
• Prepares source documents for both cash and check payments (new);
• Supervise all field office petty cash transactions;
• Assist with identification and payments to vendors, ensure proper authorization for payments, distribute payments as required; supervise the processing of staff claims and advances (new);
• Additional duties assigned to by their supervisor

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field (Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or related finance field). Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ NGO experience is required. Experience implementing USAID funded projects in Nigeria is highly valued.

Languages Skills:

• Must be fluent in English.

Application Closing Date
9th July, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and CV in word or PDF Format to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org

Note
To apply for this position, please follow the instructions exactly as described below. Any submissions that do not follow the instructions exactly will be discarded without review:

Your cover letter should include the following:

• Address the education/experience requirement specified for the position with specific examples where necessary.
• Language skills. (Please note that language skills will be tested during interviews for shortlisted candidates.)
• Include the specific date when you would be able to begin work.
• CV and cover letter PDF file name must be your first and last name in CAPS (e.g.: USMAN SEGUN).
• The subject line of your email should be the job title along with the job location. E.g. “Finance Officer 1 - Abuja”
• Do not include any additional certificates or documentation. Any applications that include certificates or other documents will be deleted immediately.