Finance and Grant Officer at Nuru Nigeria
Nuru Nigeria is a local non-profit and non-governmental organisation working in rural areas of Northeast Nigeria. To build a resilience corridor through nutrition-sensitive regenerative agribusiness programming. Nuru Nigeria's core approach is sustainable, community-led, community-driven, and profitable farmer organisations. We are an equal-opportunity employer with zero tolerance for any form of discrimination. We also are keen on harnessing talents that embody our values.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Finance and Grant Officer
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time
Position Description
- The Finance & Grants Officer is a member of the finance team. She/he will assist the Finance and Grant Specialist with financial, accounting, and budgeting support.
- She/he will maintain accurate financial, accounting, and payroll records in compliance with Nuru Nigeria Finance Policy and Manual, and assist with financial reporting, bank reconciliations, or other related duties.
Key Responsibilities
- Support in the preparation/development of Nuru Nigeria & monthly financial reports, with guides from the Finance & Grants Specialist
- Ensure timely posting of transactions in Odoo, and journal entries preparation.
- Monitor and manage staff advance accounts, and account payables to ensure timely retirements and remittances of all taxes.
- Support in budgeting and budgeting processes.
- Ensure monthly posting of prepayments.
- Ensure accurate filing and managing of all vouchers and scanning same to the e- folder (G-Drive)
- Ensure timely submissions of documents to the Managing Director for approval by every Wednesday of the week.
- Ensure that internal controls put in place are complied with to ensure compliance and are tightened to mitigate risks.
- Ensure petty cash is properly managed and recorded in the accounting software to ensure accuracy by the Finance Intern
- Support in budget development for Nuru Nigeria and other grants.
- Ensure the appropriate use of WBS and applicable grants.
- Raising payment vouchers and petty cash journals and ensuring expenses are by
- Nuru Nigeria policies and procedures manual.
- Ensure that all project-related transactions are charged (posted) using the appropriate WBS with the respective GL-Code or Nuru Nigeria Charts of Accounts.
- Timely preparation and processing of payments by ensuring that all payments are reasonable, allowable, and allocable to the project.
- Ensure that all withholding taxes are remitted on time.
- Perform any other task assigned by the supervisor and Head of Finance.
Job requirement & Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other related field
- Strong knowledge of financial management principles and practices.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- High level of integrity and ethical standards.
- Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
- Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Minimum of Three (3)years demonstrated experiencewith reputed organisations, preferably with INGOs, donor agencies or international organisations, is required.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline 22nd November, 2024.
Note
Non-discriminatory employment clause:
- Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of ethnicity, colour, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, age, disability or health status.
- The management of Nuru Nigeria reserves the right to verify all of the applicant's information and conduct background checks on shortlisted candidates including reaching out to his/her previous employer.
- Please note that only suitable and qualified candidates will be shortlisted.
- Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply