Finance Assistants at COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale

Locations   Damaturu and Maiduguri

About the job: 

The Finance Assistants supports the Area Administrator in all financial issues of the COOPI offices in Damaturu and Maiduguri

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  To perform the duties of Cashier, which includes responsibility for all cash transactions in the office, daily entries in the COOPI accounting system, daily cash count and reconciliation; 
• To prepare documents for payment and verify supporting documents according to COOPI rules as well as country specific legal regulations; 
• To issue and control advances for daily small purchases; 
• To assist as needed in uploading on a weekly basis the daily Cash Book to the Area Administrator and perform related cash reconciliation and balancing; 
• To organize, file  and scan all payment vouchers with related supporting documents when corrected and approved Cash Book has been returned from HQ in Abuja; 
• To keep the country and individual project inventory records updated in cooperation with the Logistics Department and assist in performing random physical inventories and stock-takings; 
• To be the finance focal point for cash distributions, checking documentation prior to and after distributions and being present to monitor distributions and payments. 
• To make bank runs including transfer requests, withdrawals, issuing/receiving letters and bank statements ect… 
• To assist with any other duties in the Department, as directed by the Area Coordinator, Head of Office and Finance/Admin/HR Officer. 

 About you:  

To be successful in this role you must have: 

• Strong organisational skills.  
• Ability to prioritise large and changeable workload.  
• Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a team.  
• Able to work independently and energetically.   
• Good computer skills (especially MS Word and Excel). 
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Hausa. 

 Required qualifications and Experience: 

• B.sc / Hnd in Accountancy, finance, banking Business Administration.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience working in a similar position. 
• Experience of working with UN or Non-Governmental organizations. Ensure quality, transparency and efficiency in all aspects of the administration/accountancy work
• To maintain high level of confidentiality of all documents and issues.
• Strong written and mathematical skills 
• Experience of managing and handling cash 

• Perform additional jobs on request.

• Perform all duties to the best of hers/his abilities according to the labour contract, hers/his job description and the staff regulations.