Oxfam is a confederation of 17 Affiliates committed to creating a just world without poverty. In Nigeria Oxfam works in the areas of Economic Justice/Sustainable Livelihoods, Humanitarian programming to save lives, Advancing Gender Justice and Good governance, adopting a right based
approach.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Finance Officer
Location: Abuja
Department: Humanitarian
Reports To: Humanitarian Finance Manager
Internal Job Grade: D2 National
Roles, Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Humanitarian Payments:
- Ensure supporting documentation for payments is complete and correct (e.g. authorised and coded by budget holder) in accordance with Oxfam financial procedures
- Notify the Country Office Finance Team of any expenditure that needs to be moved between projects
- Support the Humanitarian team by ensuring transfers to the field are anticipated, made in a timely manner and with safety in mind
- Ensure payments are made in accordance with the delegation of authority limits
- Prepare payments for authorisation by account signatories. Ensure relevant statutory deductions are made, and transactions recorded accurately on Finance System (Pastel)
- Liaise with the Country Office Finance Team for authorisations/payments and recording on Pastel
- Receipts:
- Ensure that all receipts are properly documented, e.g. by an invoice or receipt
- Managing Humanitarian Cash Account:
- Proactively monitor and manage cash account to:
- Ensure that balances are sufficient to cover anticipated payments
- Identify receipts or payments that may require further investigation
- Monitor and chase outstanding floats
- Ensure cash counts undertaken weekly, monthly, and whenever responsibility is handed to another person
- Maintain spreadsheets to summarise receipts, payments and balances
Skills and Competences
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or any relevant equivalent is required
- ICAN or ACCA qualification will be an added advantage
- Proactive, flexible, and able to respond to a variety of questions relating to the job
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Manages own time under guidance and direction from supervisor and meet the deadlines
- Strong analytical and planning skills
- Strong understanding of Gender and Diversity
- A strong commitment to Oxfam’s purpose, a broad understanding of the work culture in the “humanitarian” sector and its impact on key areas of responsibility and a commitment to humanitarian principles and action
- 3 -5 years of progressively responsible and directly relevant professional experience, such as finance, accounting, grants management - ideally with at least 2 years in International NGO
- Ability to understand and implement the Nigeria government tax & VAT laws
- Proven knowledge of computerised systems and demonstrable experience of working with computerized accounting packages and spreadsheets
- Note
- Prospective candidate must be available and willing to commence work immediately.
- Completed applications should reach us before the closing date above. Applications sent in the required format will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should send their application letter and Curriculum vitae as one attachment in English to: vacancies-nigeria@oxfamnovib.nl with the position title as the subject of your email.
Application Deadline: 7th March, 2017.
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