Save the Children Finance Assistant Jobs in Nigeria

Save the Children Finance Assistant Jobs in Nigeria

Role Purpose:

As part of the Finance team, the Finance Assistant will be responsible for supporting effective financial management and administration processes for the Nigeria CO programme.

He/she will support Nigeria Finance team in areas of; electronic archiving of financial documents, Accounts reconciliations, and other Finance Administrative duties as per SCI guidelines. He/she will effectively interact with a diverse group of stakeholders, manage expectations and duties according to the agreed timelines. He/she will be required to back stop for field offices whenever the need arises

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job descriptions and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Scope of Role:

Reports to: National Accountant

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

Key Areas of Accountability:

Financial Support Roles:

Raise cheques approved by relevant budget holders/finance and taking them to approved signatories for signing.

Perform bank related activities; picking up monthly bank statements

Support in the payments of participants and other beneficiaries.

Maintain update of GLACOS on daily basis

Assist in the remittance of statutory payments (Pension, NHF, NSITF, WHT, PAYE) on/before the due date

Requesting and Collection of Finance unit office stationary and consumables from the Admin office for day to day business activities.

Support in the verification of all assets

Reconciling and matching of transactions on the system on weekly basis

Archiving of Document Role:

Ensure all payment and journal vouchers are electronically archived on a monthly basis

Review monthly TL to ensure all vouchers for transactions posted to the system are completely filed

Properly label all files and arrange vouchers in their appropriate folders on the shelf for easy retrieval.

Support during audits to retrieve selected samples a week before the commencement of any audit exercise

Return all vouchers to their appropriate box files after the conclusion of any audit exercise

Assist during audit to retrieve all relevant documents for audit exercise

Produce soft/scanned copies of documents for retention purposes.

Keep a standard record of document retrieval and return log

Verify all transactions and ensure that the relevant supporting documents have been filed

Maintain a filing system for all transactions

Support in maintaining soft

copy archiving system

Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager

Working Contacts

Internal: All budget-holders, field offices and other staff members

External: Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, regulatory agencies

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility

High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations

Holds self and others accountable

Ambition

Sets ambitious and challenging goals for himself and the team, takes responsibility for his own personal development and encourages team members to do the same

Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners

Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

Designing more effective admin systems
willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency, and demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Skills & Experience

Essential:

An HND/BSc in Accounting

Minimum of 2 years' experience in a similar position

Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to work within multicultural and multi-religious settings

Desirable:

ACA/ACCA certification

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children Finance Assistant Jobs in Nigeria

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