Finance & Administrative Officer at GIZ Nigeria

Responsibilities: 

 The Finance and Administrative Officer is responsible for

• Ensuring that all accounting- and administrative processes relating to the project run smoothly and in accordance with GIZ regulations and the Nigerian laws;
• Regularly reconciling the project´s cash and bank books; review of Receivables and Liabilities
• Pro-actively communicating any possible risks and challenges in regard to all administrative and financial matters related to the project, and to advise on risk mitigating measures as well as regular exchange with the head of admin/finance.
• Advising and guiding technical and Admin./Finance colleagues and partners in all matters of accounting and administrative processes according to GIZ standards;
• Processing of banking matters and communication with the bank on site.

Tasks:

 The tasks of a Finance/Admin Officer are

• The independent and proactive recording of the income and expenses on a daily basis into winpaccs;
• The monthly reconciliation of cash and bank book;
• To process bank payment via online banking platforms;
• To prepares payment vouchers and raise cheques;
• To review bank and cash invoices to insure arithmetic correctness;
• To handles advance payments; treasure forecast deduction and remittance of WHT
• To handle  receivables and liabilities and error sheets;
• To ensure the smooth implementation and settlement of all sorts of financing agreements between the GIZ-SKYE project and local partner organizations
• To ensure the flow of communication regarding admin and finance topics within in Abuja, as well as with the projects admin and finance units regionwide.
• To ensure the flow of communication regarding admin and finance topics between the project and County office as well as the bank, and all external project stakeholders;
• To perform other duties and tasks at the request of the finance manager and the project´s head of admin and finance team in Abuja

 Required qualifications, competences, and experience

Formal Education

• A Bachelor in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a similar field of studies.

Professional Experience:

• A Minimum of 3 years professional experience in a comparable position, for example within an international organization and/or national/international non-governmental organization within the area of sustainable economic development.
• Prior knowledge of GIZ interna processes in the field of Admin/Finance is an advantage.

Other experiences and skills

• Good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS , SAP)
• Knowledge of administrative procedures and systems, managing files and records, and other office procedures
• Good Knowledge of Issuance of receipts and keeping reports
• English language proficiency (written and oral), German is an advantage
• Detail oriented and ability to work under minimal supervision and to show initiative and resourcefulness 
• Willingness to undergo further training in accordance with the tasks
• Ability to work well and cooperatively within a diverse (culturally, ethnically) work community
• A good team player who is willing to take on responsibility.

Duty station

• Abuja, Nigeria with occasional duty trips to other regions relevant for the SKYE project such as Lagos, Enugu, Edo, Ogun, etc.