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The
International Health Division is committed to the improvement of
health and healthcare delivery around the world. Serving both the
public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy
research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention,
health finance, and health systems
management. Our impact is felt in
policies that ensure healthcare access for women, children, and
individuals with special needs, in strengthening health
infrastructures, and HIV/AIDS solutions.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Finance Assistant 6/Accountant
Req Id: 19961
Location: Lagos
Key Responsibilities
- Communicating effectively with the State Team Leader
Manager (STL) and the Finance and Administration Manager (FAM),
regarding contract documents, change orders, and other contract
modifications, approvals, and any additional services related
to billing.
- Reviewing all payments to be made at the state level for
completeness, appropriateness, authorization and availability
of funds.
- Ensuring proper maintenance of all state books of account
under the supervision of the FAM.
- Working closely with the FAM to provide the state technical
team members with advice on activity budgets, relative to
procurement of goods and services invoicing and reimbursable
expenses, while maintaining a continuous line of communication
to clear any financial issues.
- Assisting all program staff to reconcile variances that
occur in the application of cash and other spending in the
course of implementing activities that are in line with the
state work plans.
- Reviewing staff timesheets on a weekly and monthly basis,
ensuring timeliness, correctness, and compliance with policies
and procedures of Abt Associates Nigeria.
- Preparing balance sheet account reconcilements, as directed
by the FAM and with approval of the STL.
- Providing support for annual audits, which may include
research and reconcilement.
- Supporting the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual
state financial/expense reports including bank and cash
reconciliations to be submitted to PATHS2 National Country
Office (NCO) in Abuja.
- Preparing final invoice packages for approval by the STL
and FAM, containing draft and final invoices for all billable
state-level expenditures and including all required backup
documentation.
- Handling the timely preparation and submission of taxes due
and filing of tax returns, while ensuring that contracts are
issued to clients in compliance with HR guidelines at the state
level.
- Maintaining state-level payroll and budget spending
records, in coordination with the FAM and NCO Operations
Department.
Skills Prerequisites
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration,
or other relevant field preferred.
- At least 2 years of professional accounting experience,
preferably in a development work setting.
- Ability to work well with others under deadline situations
and respond to changes in priorities.
- Good written and verbal communication skills and strong
organizational skills desirable.
- Strong service orientation and ability to work effectively
in a challenging and diverse socio-economic and cultural
environment.
- Proficient communication, interpersonal, analytical and
organizational skills.
- Demonstrated self-management skills and ability to work
with limited supervision.
- Intermediate to advanced computer literacy, including
experience in Microsoft word processing, spreadsheets and
accounting software, with knowledge of QuickBooks software or
other accounting platform, a plus.
- Knowledge of standard contract terms, including hourly,
lumps sum, not-to-exceed and how they are applied in the
billing process.
Minimum Qualifications
- (2+) years of experience and high school diploma OR the
equivalent combination of education and experience.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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