Finance Assistant at Save The Children

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Financial Support Roles:

• Raise cheques approved by relevant budget holders/finance and taking them to approved signatories for signing.
• Perform bank related activities; picking up monthly bank statements
• Support in the payments of participants and other beneficiaries.
• Maintain update of GLACOS on daily basis
• Assist in the remittance of statutory payments (Pension, NHF, NSITF, WHT, PAYE) on/before the due date
• Requesting and Collection of Finance unit office stationary and consumables from the Admin office for day to day business activities.
• Support in the verification of all assets
• Reconciling and matching of transactions on the system on weekly basis

 
Archiving of Document Role:

• Ensure all payment and journal vouchers are electronically archived on a monthly basis
• Review monthly TL to ensure all vouchers for transactions posted to the system are completely filed
• Properly label all files and arrange vouchers in their appropriate folders on the shelf for easy retrieval.
• Support during audits to retrieve selected samples a week before the commencement of any audit exercise
• Return all vouchers to their appropriate box files after the conclusion of any audit exercise
• Assist during audit to retrieve all relevant documents for audit exercise
• Produce soft/scanned copies of documents for retention purposes.
• Keep a standard record of document retrieval and return log
• Verify all transactions and ensure that the relevant supporting documents have been filed
• Maintain a filing system for all transactions
• Support in maintaining soft copy archiving system
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager

 
Working Contacts

• Internal:   All budget-holders, field offices and other staff members
• External:  Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, regulatory agencies

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• high level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• holds self and others accountable

Ambition

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for himself and the team, takes responsibility for his own personal development and encourages team members to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• designing more effective admin systems
• willing to take disciplined risks
• Integrity:
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, and demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• An HND/BSc in Accounting
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar position
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work within multicultural and multi-religious settings

Desirable:

• ACA/ACCA certification