Accountant at GIZ Nigeria

Background

GIZ. Solutions that work:

• As a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, we are dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security.
• The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the globe – from the German Government, European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector and governments of other countries.
• We work with businesses, civil society actors and research institutions, fostering successful interaction between development policy and other policy fields and areas of activity. Our main commissioning party is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
• The registered offices of GIZ are in Bonn and Eschborn. Our approximately 23,500 employees, almost 70 percent of whom are national personnel, work in a round 120 countries (July 2020) GIZ has worked in Nigeria since 1974. From 2004, GIZ has maintained a country office in the capital city Abuja. Currently 361 national and 66 international employees, 19 regional staff, 4 integrated specialists and 3 development workers are working in the country (June 2020).

The Project

• GIZ Country offices are the central element of GIZ’s field structure. They ensure consistent overall representation of the company and its successful positioning as a service provider in the international cooperation market.
• They are headed by a country director. The country directors represent GIZ as a whole in the country or countries they service.
• The country director is responsible for shaping the GIZ country portfolio and assuring its quality, and in particular ensures that GIZ activities in all business sectors are coherent.
• The country directors generally have management responsibility for the officers responsible for commissions in the public-benefit TC measures in their area. The GIZ Offices provide human resources and commercial support services for programmes and projects in their areas.
• These services must be contracted as set out individually in the respective processes and rules sections.
• Furthermore, the GIZ Offices perform internal audits of the project administrations in the public-benefit sector, and by agreement for International Services projects and offices too.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities The Accounting Professional is responsible for:

• Ensuring that financial administration functions well in accordance with GIZ standard procedures
• Accounting for GIZ-assisted projects

Tasks

Internal control:

The Accounting Professional:

• Checks the vouchers and receipts submitted by the projects/programmes for completeness and allocation to cost units and categories, and corrects these where necessary
• Advises on respected area of projects
• Prepare error sheets on findings made during project accounting and informs the programs accordingly.
• Prepare once in a year checklist A to summarise all findings as recorded on the error sheets.

General services for GIZ-assisted programs:

The Accounting Professional

• Carry out accounting tasks using WINPACCS GIZ internal accounting software and prepares monthly end-of-period accounts and bank reconciliation statements.
• Uploads the end-of-month accounts, cash and bank account reconciliations into winpaccs cloud.
• Render professional advice to Programs on issues relating to GIZ project accounting.
• Provides support to programs on GIZ onsite asset software
• Assists with monitoring of receivables.
• Provide answers to requests from Programs/Office/Superior. 3. Other duties/additional tasks The Accounting Professional
• Reports all problems with financial administration and compliance without delay Vacancy Announcement 060
• Maintains filing system in accounting unit in accordance with giz rules
• Performs other duties and tasks as assigned by the superior.

Required Qualifications, Competences and Experience

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or a similar field.

Professional experience:

• At least 5 years professional experience in a comparable position.
• Professional Certification is an Advantage.

Desired additional qualifications, competencies, and experiences:

• In-depth knowledge of accounting software, I,e Sage, SAP
• Good working knowledge of IT technologies (related software, phone, email, internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• Confidential handling of data and information
• Very good knowledge of Spoken / written English language, ideally a knowledge of German will be an added advantage.
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management.