Finance Associate at the Elevation Church

The Elevation Church has been set up by God to develop its members as witnesses of Christ to the general public while empowering them to not only achieve the highest levels of distinction and greatness in life but to work actively with the church to establish community development initiatives to set other individuals on their own paths to greatness.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Associate

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The role is responsible for providing financial and administrative services to the church by way of maintaining financial records, producing required reports and general administration of the finance function as assigned.

Key Deliverables
Budget Monitoring:

• Collation of all submitted budgets and planned expenditure to Head Of Finance.
• Ensure disbursements are in line with the approved budget.
• Reconciliation of all accounts.

Reconciliation of budgets and expenses for different events or projects:

• Reconciliation of all card transactions (Naira & USD)

Relationship Management:

• Preparation of correspondences to banks and other parties
• Management of existing relationships with all external stakeholders
• Attend and resolve issues with internal parties, auditors, banks, congregants, and vendors.

Financial Statements Preparation:

• Preparation of periodic financial statements for managements use
• Up to date and regular posting of transactions on the accounting software
• Processing of transactions on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for Reports

Fixed Assets Management:

• Regularly updating the Fixed Asset Register and report to Head of Finance.
• Accounting for obsolete assets on the Register and escalate to the Head of Finance.

Offering Management:

• Ensure availability on all service days.
• Provide support during the counting process from start to finish.
• Ensure accuracy of data compiled for the service report before submission to Head of Finance.

Cash Flow Management:

• Fixed deposit management using an excel sheet and ERP to track additions, roll over, maturity.
• Monitoring and calculation of interest rates to determine investment income.

Relevant Experience & Technical Skills

• B.Sc. / MSc. Finance, Accounting, Economics.
• ACCA, ACA.
• Minimum of 3 years accounting experience.
• Up-to-date knowledge of accounting procedures & practices
• Experience using accounting ERP solution packages; and QuickBooks.
• Financial Data Analysing & Interpretation
• Stakeholder Management
• Financial Control & Audit
• Up-to-date knowledge of IFRS and theories
• Proficient word processing and excel spreadsheets skills.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@elevationng.org using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.