Finance Assistant at CHEERS Nigeria

DESIRED START DATE:  January 2018

Summary of Position:
The position holder will assist the Finance Manager and Officer in their daily and routine financial operations

Specific Responsibilities

• Assist the finance officer in capturing all financial transactions in a timely and accurate manner for the purpose of generating management and donor reports.
• Recording of tractions in the appropriate registers
• Ensuring appropriate filling and documentation of staff retirements and activity proposals submitted to the finance department
• Ensuring that all transactions paid and posted to the QuickBooks accounting systems are stamped appropriately
• Assist the Finance Officer in tracking the employee advances on monthly basis and following up on the recovery process or management action
• Participate in monthly closeout procedures such as bank accounts reconciliations
• Assist the finance department in undertaking reconciliation of all balanced sheet items periodically and ensure that all the accounts are kept current and all reconciling items identified are reconciled.
• Assisting the Finance Department in the preparation of annual financial statements and timely completion of annual audits.
• Supporting all CHEERS program and non-program audits.
• Supporting with attendance sheets and other finance related logistics in staff orientation on CHEERS financial guidelines and requirements in order to implement activities and execute budgets accordingly.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Candidates should be holders of a University degree in Accounting or Financial Management. With at least 1-2 years of work experience in a donor funded project in Nigeria.
• Experience in QuickBooks software implementation.
• Working knowledge of TB/HIV financial management especially in a treatment setting.
• Experience in Global Fund project management and administration will be an added advantage.
• Analytical capacity and experience in finance planning and reporting.
• Computer skills (MS Office), knowledge of basic accounting and grant management software.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as the ability to learn quickly and expand scope of functions.
• Integrity, professional discretion and ability to handle confidential information.
• Ability to assume ultimate responsibility and work under pressure.