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Job Title: Finance Officer
government funded programme designed to provide strategic technical
assistance to support systemic education reform in primary schools at
Federal level and in six key states over 8.5 years.
The Finance
Officer will be responsible for the day-to-day management of finances
within Kaduna as applicable, in accordance with Cambridge Education
systems and procedures and consistent with the client’s requirements.
The Finance Officer will receive an induction in Kaduna and at our head
office in Abuja to ensure that s/he is fully conversant with Cambridge
Education (CE) systems and procedures.
- Work in accordance with the project accounting handbook to administer programme funds at Kaduna State level;
- In consultation with the Kaduna State Team Leader and the Deputy
Finance Manager, produce regular rolling quarterly and monthly forecasts
and submit monthly site returns to the Deputy Finance Manager in Abuja
to feed into the monthly reconciliation and invoicing processes; - Maintain up-to-date project accounts on the system to ensure that
timely, accurate and appropriate information is available to the
programme management team; - Support the disbursement of funds for workshops and related activities, and the reconciliation of such disbursement
- Monitor expenditure and advise the State Team Leader and Deputy
Finance Manager of potential issues with regards to forecasting,
disbursement or accounting; - Maintain a petty cash register and supervise the imprest accounts for Kaduna based staff;
- Establish good and considerate working relationships with all staff
within the programme, demonstrating respect for their own roles and
responsibilities. - Liaise with administrative and technical teams to ensure accurate
forecasting and prompt disbursement and reconciliation of expenditure; - Supervise preparation of all payment vouchers, journal vouchers and
cheques and ensure the timely settlement of all undisputed
sub-contractor invoices;
Note: This job description reflects the present
requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities change and
develop the job description will be reviewed and be subject to amendment
in consultation with the post holder.
Supporting the Kaduna State
Team Leader and the Deputy Finance Manager, the post holder will be
responsible for assisting with all financial management within Kaduna
and will therefore be responsible for supervising other staff in this
regard.
Establish and maintain good working relationships with all programme staff at State level and in the Abuja head office.
Essential competencies/skills
- Excellent financial management/ accountancy skills;
- Relevant professional qualification (i.e. ACCA, CIM, etc.) is an added advantage;
- Previous experience working in a large donor funded programme;
- Ability to work as a member of a team.
- Attention to detail and accuracy;
- Good IT skills and confidence/proficiency in all Microsoft packages,
and the ability to master CE in-house financial management system,
FiFi; - Required academic/professional qualifications, training and experience
- Educated to degree standard or equivalent; with minimum of two years working experience;
- Ability to think ahead
- Willingness to be flexible and respond in a timely manner to support
colleagues in Kaduna head office and State Offices when the need
requires; - May undertake periodic travel to Abuja and/or other State Offices for financial team meetings.
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