Finance Assistant 6 - SHOPS Plus at ABT Associates

Location: Abuja  Application Link
                Kano  Application Link
Job Description

• Abt Associates seeks a Finance Assistant to support a tuberculosis (TB) service expansion project in Nigeria under SHOPS Plus. SHOPS Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health.
• The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in TB, family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other health areas.
• In Nigeria, SHOPS Plus will build the capacity of private providers to detect, diagnose, treat and report TB cases in Lagos and Kano States.
• The Finance Assistant in Kano will support implementation of a TB services expansion project that will increase availability of TB services in the private sector, improve flow of suspected TB patients into detection and treatment centers, improve the quality of private sector TB services, and strengthen health systems to foster and sustain Public Private Mix (PPM) models for TB care.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Determines validity of obligations and availability of funds.
• Reviews individual obligations documents to assign correct classification codes, referring problems in classification. Notes obvious deviations from financial plans and refers to supervisor.
• Prepares recurring and one-time detailed reports of unpaid orders, accruals, allotments, etc.
• Periodically reconciles/balances accounting records.
• Maintains accounts receivable files, obligations, and liquidations.
• Makes collections.
• Enters all financial transactions from a wide variety of documents into database/spreadsheet.
• Under guidance, gathers data from identified sources regarding project and assists in making a preliminary analysis of such data incident to budget formulation.
• Develops preliminary financial plan for project.
• Participates with supervisor in advising upper management on budgetary matters.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites

• High School Degree, 2+ years of experience or the equivalent combination of education and  experience.
• Good understanding of financial systems and procedures.
• Ability to support complex activities and complete tasks on short notice.
• Computer skills in accounting (Quicken and Oracle), MS Windows, Excel, Word.
• Experience in capacity building and/or TB in Nigeria or similar countries preferred.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required, and one local language is preferred.

Minimum Qualifications:

• (2+) years of experience and High School Diploma or the equivalent combination of education and experience.