ARFH offers professional opportunities for career advancement, good working environment and competitive remuneration.
We seek applications from qualified Accountants for immediate employment for the position of Finance Officer in Abuja on a DFID-funded project to be implemented in the northern part of the country.
Specific Job/Responsibilities:
-Support in the preparation of work plans/budgets, and tracking of budgets.
-Ensure that there is adequate fund for project implementation and ensure that expenditure is
kept within approved budget.
-Maintain working relationship with all project partners; attend to all fund requests and ensure
timely receipt of all reports expected from them.
-Review retirements from partners and conduct regular visits for compliance with generally
acceptable accounting practice and assist in continuous technical assistance and training of
sub-sub-recipients.
-Make regular data entries into QuickBooks Accounting systems and prepare Monthly
transaction reports, Quarterly financial reports, Trial balance, staff and consultants advance
status reports and budget tracking analysis reports.
- Prepare payment vouchers, cheques and issue receipts for cash/cheque-receipts.
- Maintain contacts with the banks, contractors, hotels, auditors, tax authorities, etc.
- Maintain petty cash.
Qualification:
Candidates must be a fully or partly qualified accountant with first degree/HND in Accounting or other related social sciences. Also required is a minimum of 3 years working experience with strong skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and Quick Books, analytical, interpersonal and oral communication. Familiarity with Nigerian NGOs, DFID or USAID contractual procedures is a must.
General Information:
Applicants should send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter, both in ONLY one MSWord attachment explaining suitability for the job. These should be sent within one week of this publication to: finance2011@arfh-ng.org
Application that fails to comply with the above instructions will be disqualified while only short-listed applicants will be contacted
