Assistant Coop - Administrator at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Duties
Under the supervision of the Executives, the successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:

• Prepare monthly deduction schedule for Payroll Unit use;
• Prepare monthly Bank and Personal Account with IITA (PA) reconciliation statements;
• Assist the Administrator in the day-to-day management of society operations;
• Upload transactions into the accounting system;
• Attend to queries from Cooperative members, Internal and External Auditors;
• Provide schedule balances of figures in the management accounts to auditors during audit exercises;
• Perform daily call-up review of members' transactions, records, and balances in respect of the previous day’s activities and provision of a report on the same to the Administrator;
• Provide support to Administrator in generating timely relevant reports needed for decision making in activities of the society;
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Executives.

Qualifications

• BSc/HND Cooperative Studies and Management, Accounting or Business Management, PE II ICAN. Possession of ACA or ACCA would be an added advantage.
• The ideal candidate must have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a related role.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must have:

• Excellent computer skills in the use of financial applications (Oracle or Peachtree, QuickBooks or other accounting software)
• Excellent interpersonal skills with advanced written and verbal communication
• skills;
• Ability to multi-task and excellent team working skills with less supervision.

Remuneration
The society offer highly competitive salary obtainable in other departmental cooperatives with fringe benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.