Senior Finance Officer - TB Grant at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Reports to: Finance Manager

Specific/Job Responsibilities

• Ensure effective and efficient budget management of the project including preparation of fund request to donor agency.
• Ensures timely preparation of payment vouchers and checks.
• Daily posting of financial transactions in QuickBooks and maintaining financial records.
• Review procurements and purchases process to ensure compliance to ARFH policies and donor regulations before payment to vendors.
• Ensure proper cash management including receipts and payments.
• Assist in providing logistics support to workshops and meetings and handles electronic payments of participants at workshops.
• Monitor the project expenditures and reports to ensure that program funds are utilized appropriately.
• Prepares financial reports as at when due (monthly, quarterly, etc.) and submitted to donor.
• Assist in preparation of monthly staff payroll for review by Finance Manager and approval by the Director of Finance and Administration.
• Carry out banking transaction and recording of daily lodgments and withdrawers.
• Oversees remittance of staff pension to pension scheme managers.
• Ensures remittance of staff tax deduction to Federal and State Inland Revenue Boards.
• Filling of retired payment vouchers with supporting documents.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field plus any of the following professional accounting certification: ACA or ACCA or CPA.
• At least 5 years’ experience in grant management in a dynamic & multi-cultural international NGO setting with excellent accounting and auditing skills.
• Knowledge of Global Fund and other international donor rules and regulations as related to contracts and cooperative agreements is essential.
• Good computer skills in Ms Office Excel, word and Power-point and accounting software- QuickBooks, SAP etc are highly essential.