Finance Assistant at Save the Children Nigeria

Job ID: 190000NN
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
 
Role Purpose

• The Finance Assistant has responsibility to manage payments, receipts and disbursement of funds. He/she would be responsible for Glacos registration and filling of documents. He/she will also provide support to the finance unit.
  

Key Areas Of Accountability
Fund Disbursement:

• Writing of Checks as approved by relevant budget holders
• Maintain proper filing and easy retrieval of finance documentation
• Perform Bank related activities (Pick up Bank Statements, collect office running cash, etc….)
• Conduct weekly and month end cash counts
• Payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office
• Update daily Cash GLACOS and reconcile  cash and book balances

Cash Flow:

• Maintain petty cash with strong supervision from the finance officer
• Update & maintain manual cash book
• Maintain optimum cash balances and advises the Finance Officer for cash replenishment(including emergencies)

Financial Information and other support functions:

• Assist during audit to retrieve all relevant documents for audit exercise
• Assist others requiring information on transactions to retrieve relevant payment vouchers and documentation for their use.

System Administration:

• Registration of all paid invoices on Agresso on a daily basis
• Single Account Reconciliation
• Weekly Bank and cash Reconciliation

Others:

• Preparing Tax, NHF, and pension payment schedules and cheques to be remitted to the Tax authorities and the  various pensions’ administrators and remitting same on a timely basis
• Ensure all documents are filed and stamped “PAID”
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager

Working Relationships

• Internal: All budget-holders, Bank Signatories and other staffs.
• External:  Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, include regulatory agencies.
  

Competences and Behaviours (Our Values in Practice)
Core Competencies:

• Delivering results
• Innovating and adapting
• Working effectively with others
• Communicating with impact - Networking

Adhere to SCI Values:
Accountability; Ambition; Collaboration; Creativity; Integrity

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• B.Sc/HND in Accounting or relevant Social Sciences
• Must have completed NYSC
• Minimum of a year post graduation similar experience in a NGO
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Experience in computerized and accounting systems.
• Honesty.
• Fluency in English Language

Desirable:

• A knowledge of Hausa or Kanuri Language
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handle last-minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to be creative and proactive.