Accounts and Treasury Officer at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

DUTIES:

• Process advances and claims for payment and maintain the cash advance register for follow up on the reimbursement of the advances.
• Ensure costs are correctly entered into template for advance retirements.
• Verify and review calculations on receipt and claims form.
• Assign accounting codes to each transaction before carrying out posting of transactions.
• Check accounting records for accuracy and correctness as necessary.
• Enforce proper internal control in the stations finance unit.
• Account for IITA Kano station expenditure and receivables.
• Prepare invoice and charge back statements for services provided to individuals or other institutions and partners.
• Ensure the preparation of station imprest.
• Reconcile statement of all station bank accounts.
• Produce station cash certificate.
• Provide support to the assets and inventory clerk in handling assets inventory and disposal.
• Respond to account inquiries and provide prompt feedback to users.
• Fill and keep IITA Kano accounting supporting documents and records.
• Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

QUALIFICATION:

• BSc/HND in Finance, Accounting or any related field with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing similar role in a well-structured environment, possession of ICAN/ACCA would be an added advantage.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have strong analytical mind, with hands-on experience in any major ERP/ computer application e.g. Oracle application.
• Have excellent MS Office competence.
• Have a very pleasant personality, good team player, honest and good command of both written and oral English.