Finance Assistant at Save The Children

Ref No: 1900008S
Location: Ogoja, Cross River
Employee Status: Fixed Term

Role Purpose

• The Finance Assistant has oversight responsibility to manage the receipts and disbursement of funds. He/she will provide support to the finance unit.

Scope of Role
Fund Disbursement:

• Writing of Cheques as approved by relevant budget holders and finance
• Maintain proper filing and easy retrieval of finance documentation
• Perform Bank related activities (Pick up Bank Statements, collect office running cash, etc.)
• Conduct weekly and month end cash counts with support of the Finance Officer
• Payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office

Cash Flow:

• Maintain petty cash with strong supervision from the finance officer
• Daily update & maintain manual cash book
• Maintain optimum cash balances and advises the Finance Officer for cash replenishment
• Financial Information And Other Support Functions
• Assist during audit to retrieve all relevant documents for audit exercise
• Assist others requiring information on transactions to retrieve relevant payment vouchers and documentation for their use

Others:

• Preparing Tax, NHF, and pension payment schedules and cheques to be remitted to the Tax authorities and the various pensions’ administrators
•  Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager

Working Contacts:

• Internal: Budget-holders, bank signatories and staff.
• External: Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, include regulatory agencies.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or its equivalent
• Ability to work under pressure
• Experience in computerized and accounting systems