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Zamfara |
Posted 2 years ago |
Job Title: Finance and Administration Officer
Location: Gusau, Zamfara
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Category: Business Operations
The Opportunity
- The Finance and Administration (F&A) Officer will be based in Gusau, Zamfara State and reports to the Director of Finance and Administration.
- As the F&A Officer, you will work closely with the F&A team in Abuja and Home Office to ensure that the program finances and operations align effectively with approved workplans, follow company policies, donor regulations and local laws.
- In this position, you will also work with the team to ensure that the project activities are of high quality and adhere to Abt’s core values.
Core Responsibilities
- Support the finance and administration team with day-to-day project finance and operations, procurement, travel, and administrative and project logistics.
- Assists with LHSS Zamfara State expenditure tracking and reporting, ensuring all necessary supporting documentation is in place.
- Coordinates the organization of local meetings under the supervision of the Director of finance and Administration and the state and country office teams. Negotiates hotels, transportation, and meal arrangements.
- Coordinate all logistics (project vehicle movement, fuel consumption, vehicle rentals)
- Manage office supplies and oversee office utilities and payments
- Manage travel advances and process travel expense reimbursements
- Records expenditures, income, and other related transactions.
- Prepares payment vouchers, corresponding checks and transfer receipts.
- Scan payment packages and all supporting documentation on daily basis before documents are prepared for the payments.
- Assists in drafting RFQs, PRs, and POs as well as contributes to bid analysis under the guidance of the Finance & Administration Director.
- Ensures that all payment vouchers are up to date at all times, orderly, well kept, and readily available for reference and audit, when required.
- Manage advances, advance reconciliation, and travel reimbursements for the state team.
- Receive and distribute per diem payments and transportation reimbursement to the activities attendees in locations of operations as required.
- Ensure proper coding of financial transactions and audit-ready documentation. Ensure expenditures are in compliance with Abt Policy.
- Other responsibilities as assigned by the F&A Director.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Management or other relevant field preferred.
- 4 years’ professional office management, operations, and finance experience, preferably on USAID funded programs.
- Experience with QuickBooks is preferable.
- Excellent management, organizational and computer skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English required
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma + Four years of relevant experience, or Associates Degree + Two years of relevant experience
Application Closing Date
Not specified.
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Note
- Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
- Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.
Job Features
Job Category | Administration/ Office/ Operations |