Senior Associate, Finance and Administrative at Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL)

Role Summary

• Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Africa seeks a Senior Finance and Administrative Associate to support the country's programs operations. The role will report to the Country Manager Finance & Admin and is responsible for supporting finance and administrative operations. This involves establishing and maintaining efficient administrative systems and control mechanisms to support the smooth running of office operations and ensure compliance with administrative and financial processes. The role will be based in Abuja. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Support the day-to-day operational, financial, and administrative operations (including processing staff requests related to programs operations)
• Review accounts payable include invoices, Requests for Payments, and travel expense reports.
• Collaborate with the team to fill in monthly timesheets and ensure a readily available database of all supporting documents linked to the GL.  
• Ensure compliance with financial internal controls and ensure that transactions are processed and assets managed in accordance with the TaRL Africa financial and operational policies.
• Support in ensuring expenses are captured in the correct categories and donors and extraction of monthly and periodic financial reports for the organisation and donor requirements.
• Coordinate and oversee the accurate compilation, review, and timely submission of SCUML filings, ensuring full regulatory compliance and proper record-keeping.
• Support the office audits and financial risk management and fraud prevention issues
• Develop and maintain effective office systems (e.g., IT support, office maintenance, fixed assets, supplier contact), ensuring these are consistent with TaRL Africa’s operating requirements.
• Process and share monthly bank reconciliations within the ERP and share with CMF&A for review and approval
• Maintenance of a vendor’s database within the financial management system
• Assists CMF&A to ensure all statutory obligations are paid on timely basis
• Assists CMF&A to maintain healthy liquidity position at all time
• Manage vendor relations from the procurement process to payments
• Review advance requests and advance surrenders in the ERP
• Assist the CMF&A with assembling annual and project budgets and forecasts in accordance with the annual planning cycle for the country and central offices.
• Review monthly bank reconciliations
• Maintain the accounting reporting process, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of ledgers and all supporting documentation and compliance with finance and procurement regulations.
• Consolidate finances and produce monthly, quarterly, and annual financial management information and reports for the country office and donor. 
• Review and reconcile monthly payroll and process the payroll payments for the country office.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and ensure that audit recommendations are implemented.

Required minimum Skills and Competencies:

• At least 6 years’ experience in finance, operations and office administration, ideally for a non-profit organization.
• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Management, business administration or any relevant field.
• Should be Certified Public Accountant (CPA, ICAN)
• Experience in bookkeeping and computerized accounting systems.
• Experience in making improvements to financial systems; an aptitude for this work is an advantage.
• Experience in periodic financial reporting for management purposes and donor reporting
• Ability to think critically and analytically and identify and troubleshoot potential issues before they arise.
• Positive team player with interest in people management and development
• Ability to learn and use new technologies.