Finance Officer

Civil Society for the Eradication of Tuberculosis in Nigeria (TBNETWORK) is one of the Sub-recipients (SRs) to ARFH for the Round 9 Phase 2 HIV Grant for Community System Strengthening (CSS). TBNETWORK seeks the services of experienced and committed individuals in the disease components of HIV/AIDS and TB to work in select states as State Program Officers (SPO), Coordinating activities of project implementers, under the New Funding Model (NFM) of the Global Fund Grant.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Officer

Location: Abuja
Slot: 2

Job Descriptions

• Review of financial documents to ensure accuracy of the information there in and compliance with the organization’s financial policies and procedures.
• Preparation of vouchers and entering the transactions in to the accounting package and/or excel ledgers.
• Review advance requests to ensure that no additional advance is given while there is an unaccounted for advance against a staff.
• Undertaking a thorough review of request submitted by staff and sub sub recipients to ensure accuracy, reasonableness and completeness of the accountabilities.
• Ensure monthly generation of advance report for review before passing them to staff and sub recipients with outstanding advances.
• Keep track of all advances to ensure accuracy of the advance balances and assist to reconcile them.
• Review the petty cash transactions to ensure accuracy, reasonableness, completeness of documentation and that value for money was obtained before the approve for replenishment
• Ensure proper maintenance of the cash books for all the bank accounts.
• Ensure proper coding of all the expenditures is done in line with the organization’s approved codes.
• Coordination on financial matters with third parties like vendors, banks, URA, NSSF, etc.
• Proper filing of all the accounting and supporting documents with proper references for ease of document tracing and ensure they are kept in accordance with the Organization’s and donor requirements.
• Any other assignments that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor

Requirements
Qualification:

• First degree in Accounting plus professional Accounting qualification

Experience:

• At least two years’ experience in Accounting with an NGO ( Experience in a Global Fund funded project will be added advantage)

Knowledge Requirements:

• Language proficiency: Level IV English (Fluency in Both written and oral) is required
• Ability to establish and maintain good relations with people at various levels and of different nationalities
• Proven knowledge of modern office procedures
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially the use of MS Excel