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Posted 4 years ago |
Women Friendly Initiative (WFI) is recruiting candidates for a Project Accountant.
JOB TITLE: Project Accountant
JOB LOCATION: Kuje, Abuja
JOB DETAILS:
- Program Management – USAID “Youth-Powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health and Well-Being in Nigeria.” Project – (50%)
- WFI other project financial management – (50%)
Details
The successful candidate will:
- Work with the CEO, DOP and DAI to co-ordinate all financial transactions and operations, such that funds are provided to facilitate timely and smooth operations
- Ensure staff and consultants pay mandatory taxes (PAYE and WHT respectively) and same are remitted to appropriate bodies
- Produce and submit financial reports on projects to DAI, or the consortium as regularly as requested
- Prepare the various organization’s financial reports at regular intervals (monthly, quarter, half-year, annual) and Income/Expenditure, Balance Sheet and facilitate the process of auditing WFI’s accounts
- Check /Verify requests for payments, and purchase orders, prior to payment run, to ascertain whether sufficient project funding is available and that requests are charged to correct budget lines
- Prepare accurate and timely project financial reports
- Monitor organizational cash flow and deal with fund transfer request by donors in a timely manner whilst ensuring proper liquidation of previous advances
- Responsible for filling all organizational and donors’ financial returns in a systematic and secure manner for proper audit trail and easy retrieval
- Attend to queries regarding project reports/budgets in a timely manner to avoid delays to project plans attributable to late processing
Education
- A Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma in Accounting, Economics or related course with strong NGO experience.
Experience, Skills, and Minimum Qualifications
- Commitment to WFI’s core values and ideology.
- Passion for working with youth
- Minimum of three years’ post NYSC work experience in Accounting / Finance related role
- Previous experience in managing donor funds and supporting partner organizations working on USAID funded project
- Strong knowledge and experience applying USAID finance, procurement, contracting and grant management regulations.
- Excellent computer skills, particularly Excel & Word (MS Office in general)
- Strong working knowledge of one or more accountancy software applications (QuickBooks accounting package especially)
- Commitment to WFI’s core values and ideology.
- Passion for working with youth.
- Minimum of three years’ post NYSC work experience in Accounting / Finance related role
- Previous experience in managing donor funds and supporting partner organizations working on USAID funded project
- Strong knowledge and experience applying USAID finance, procurement, contracting and grant management regulations.
- Excellent computer skills, particularly Excel & Word (MS Office in general)
- Strong working knowledge of one or more accountancy software applications (QuickBooks accounting package especially)
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send a Cover Letter and Resume to [email protected] indicate Position and Location in the subject line of the email.
Note
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
- WFI is an equal opportunity employer. Women and the physically challenged are especially encouraged to apply.
Job Features
Job Category | Accounting / Audit / Finance |
Deadline | 5th June, 2020. |