Finance Officer 1 at Breakthrough ACTION

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