Accountant 1 at ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Under the supervision of the Finance and Administration Manager, the Accountant 1 prepares, reconcile and analyses all accounting records of the sub-delegation and coordinate all finance and administrative duties.
Main duties and responsibilities

• Prepares and controls invoices before payment.
• Ensures all payment requests contains supporting documents and appropriate signatures before making payments.
• Prepares accounting entries for bank and cash payments in the IRIS accounting software on a regular basis.
• Ensures accuracy and completeness of accounting transactions in accordance with financial procedures.
• Helps ensure that operations run smoothly through efficient cash-flow management, covering the fund needs of the POH Sub-delegation.
• Guarantees proper filing of relevant supporting documents for future reference, including audits.
• Performs regular integrity checks of accounting entries and account balances.
• Participates in monthly closing activities and prepares accounting documents for monthly closing.
• Consolidates Monthly Financial Forecast of the different units of the POH SD and submits to Abuja with the monthly closing report.
• Provides support to other departments and resonds to semi-routine and non-standard inquiries when necessary.
• Identifies anomalies or other issues and proposes solutions to his/her supervisor.
• Performs daily cash count with the cashier by the end of day closing

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with specialization in Accounting and/or Finance.
• Computer proficiency
• At least 1-2 years’ work experience as accountant
• Experience of international organizations / companies is a plus
• Sound Knowledge of Accounting software

Desired profile and skills

• Ability to work independently and meticulously
• Strict sense of confidentiality
• Rigor, methodical and good analytical skills
• Training / Communication skills

The deadline for the submission of applications will be 23.03.2020, 16.30h.