Accounting Officer at TechnoServe

Job Summary:

The Accounting Officer will work closely with all components of the Proper Cashew team in Nigeria, in coordination with the Senior Finance Specialist, to support the financial system of the Project. This will include financial support to program staff, ensuring that financial processes are well articulated and reported.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

Accounting

• Keep general, analytical and budgetary accounts for the project;
• Receive invoices, check their conformity and pay suppliers;
• Transaction entry into organization’s accounting system;
• Manage and process staff expense accounts (perdiem);
• Record and process information relating to financial movements (cash flow);
• Monitor petty cash and enter it into the system;
• Draw up cash inventories and monthly bank reconciliations;
• Produce monthly accounting balances (general, analytical and budgetary) on time;
• Reconcile accounts (employees, suppliers, advances, vacations, expatriates, etc.);
• Draw up financial statements (cash-flow, expenses, tax returns, etc.);
• Prepare statutory deduction schedules and remittances (tax, pension, NSITF, NHF, etc);
• Archive documents.

Budget management

• Monitor and control expenditure of approved project budgets;
• Participate in the preparation and production of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports;
• Support the Operations Manager in the preparation of funding requests for project requirements;

Internal controls

• Ensure the application of accounting and financial management procedures, in accordance with the organization's guide;
• Participate in the control (ordinary and unannounced) of cash registers, bank accounts, invoices and other supporting documents;
• Prepare documents for internal and external accounting audits and monitor implementation of their recommendations;
• Ensure proper filing of supporting documents for audit purposes;

Other duties :

• Carry out any other tasks assigned by line management;

Basic Qualification:

• Minimum level of education: B.Sc. in Finance or accounting with at least 2 years’ experience. Alternatively, 4 years minimum experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Methodical, discreet, organized, polite, courteous, of good character and punctual;
• Stress resistance;
• Proficiency in the Office package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
• Good command of accounting software;
• Fluency in reading and writing English;
• Experience of projects funded by the US government (USDA or USAID) would be an asset;
• Respectful of confidentiality.