Finance Officer at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading non-governmental public health organisations in Nigeria, implementing programmes in Reproductive Health/Family Planning, HIV & AIDS prevention and treatment, malaria prevention and treatment, primary health care system strengthening and maternal, newborn and child health care. We work in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the Global Fund, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Department for International Development (DFID), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MSD for Mothers and Children Investment Fund Foundation among other international donors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Officer

Location: Abuja
Job type:  Full-time

Job Description

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of the Finance, Operations and Administrative functions of the Hepatitis C / ViiV RIHHWUD Projects at the SFH Headquarters, Abuja.
• The successful candidate will ensure that SFH financial management particularly the Projects' financial objectives are met and are in line with Generally Accepted Accounting Standard and Principles, not also neglecting compliance with the Donor(s) regulations.

Primary Duties, Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Area 1: Transactions Processing:

• Capture all financial transactions at the end of the month.
• Post all Financial documents and transactions to SAP before payment.
• Fund all General Ledger balances on SAP
• Processing of vendor payments upon review of invoices and other supporting documentations
• Reviewing and processing of staff advance request as well as settlement of advance retirement
• Ensure correct postings on SAP by using the proper cost assignments-GL, IO and CC

 Area 2: Budget Review and Monitoring:

• Coordinate, review and monitor projects’ budgets.
• Develop procedures for monitoring and analyzing of budgets that allows accurate projection of expenditures and comparisons of actual and budgeted spending.
• Analysis of budget against the actual expenditure in order to measure variances.
• Prepare variance analysis and indicate areas where expenditure deviates from the budget.

 Area 3: Preparation and Submission of Bank Reconciliation Statements:

• Monthly reconciliation of bank balances with cash book.
• Recognition of inflows and return payments on SAP.
• Printing, signing and proper filing of bank reconciliation reports.
• Submission of Bank Reconciliations to Internal Control

 Area 4: Preparation of Financial Reports:

• Prepare and submit donor financial statements and reports as at when due.
• Prepare and submit quarterly Annual Operating Budget.
• Prepare and submit burn rate on a monthly basis.
• Prepare management account and other kinds of report as may be required by the management.
• Admin and other job functions that may be assigned by the line manager.

Requirements
Education:

• BSc / HND Accounting or related field (with cognate working experience). Professional Certification like ACA, ACCA is an added advantage

Experience:

• A minimum of four (4) years’ post-NYSC work experience in the accounting and finance role
• Demonstrated ability from previous experience to perform and relate very well with accounting terms and procedures.
• Relevant experience working on donor funded projects is an added advantage

Technical Job-Specific Skills:

• Computer Literacy
• Good knowledge of applications like SAP and Microsoft Office tools, Microsoft Outlook, etc
• Good knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS)
• Good knowledge of Regulatory remittances

Behavioural Attributes:

• Integrity
• Good Oral Communication
• Good Interpersonal relationship
•   Leadership Skill
• Ability to work under pressure
• Result Oriented
• Creativity/Innovation.
• Continuous learning

Benefits
The compensation package for this position is very attractive and designed to attract, motivate and retain talented candidates.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.