• Finance Assistant​ at Save the Children

    work Save the Children
    placeCross River
    Date Posted: 2019-02-04

    Save the Children, an international non-governmental organisation that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries, is hiring a Finance Assistant in Ogoja, Cross River state.

    Role Purpose

    The Finance Assistant has oversight responsibility to manage the receipts and disbursement of funds. He/she will provide support to the finance unit.

    Scope of Role

    Fund Disbursement

    • Writing of Cheques as approved by relevant budget holders and finance
    • Maintain proper filing and easy retrieval of finance documentation
    • Perform Bank related activities (Pick up Bank Statements, collect office running cash, etc.)
    • Conduct weekly and month end cash counts with support of the Finance Officer
    • Payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office

    Cash Flow

    • Maintain petty cash with strong supervision from the finance officer
    • Daily update & maintain manual cash book
    • Maintain optimum cash balances and advises the Finance Officer for cash replenishment
    • Financial Information And Other Support Functions
    • Assist during audit to retrieve all relevant documents for audit exercise
    • Assist others requiring information on transactions to retrieve relevant payment vouchers and documentation for their use

    Others

    • Preparing Tax, NHF, and pension payment schedules and cheques to be remitted to the Tax authorities and the various pensions’ administrators
    • Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager

    Working Contacts

    •Internal: Budget-holders, bank signatories and staff.

    •External: Auditors, Bank, Government bodies, include regulatory agencies.


    Skills & Experience
    • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or its equivalent
    • Ability to work under pressure
    • Experience in computerized and accounting systems

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified candidates should click here to apply on or before 15th February, 2019


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