Deadline: 13 April, 2024
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Chemonics is seeking to fill the role of Finance Assistant.
Chemonics is an international development firm to reimagine global supply chains to deliver essential medicines to the right place at the right time.
Responsibilities
- Assist in delivering debit instruction letters and Withholding Tax (WHT)/Pay As You Earn (PAYE) cheques to the bank and collecting bank statements
- Obtain WHT/PAYE receipts from the bank or any other relevant authority
- Assist in making cash deposits/withdrawals (if any) into/from project’s bank accounts
- Update database information for vendor bank account details
- Prepare Excel sheet vendor/staff payment information for uploading into the organisation’s payment platform
- Assist in making photocopies
- Assist in filing hard copies of ABACUS coding sheets, including backup documentation
- Assist in saving electronic copies of ABACUS coding sheets, including backup documentation, to sharepoint
- Assist in boxing hard copies of ABACUS coding sheets, including backup documentation for onward transmission to outside storage
- Assist in locating and moving files for auditor’s review during audits and HO reviews
- Assist in printing payment evidence to be attached to all payments before scanning and filing
- Assist in sorting and collating payroll coding sheets, including timesheets/pay-slips
- Travel to assist with field activities as required
- Assist the technical team and any other staff with finance-related requests upon approval from the finance director or his designee
- Provide general administrative support to the finance team
- Perform other tasks as directed by the supervisor
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (degree in Business Management preferred)
- Two years, minimum, of experience working in finance/accounting
- Mastery of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically MS Excel and Word
- Good interpersonal skills, honesty, and commitment to excellence
- Ability to establish and maintain effective, sustainable relationships with project staff, bank and tax officials, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mission personnel, and the general development and business community
- Strong organisational, work prioritisation skills, and attention to detail
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
- Experience with USAID projects or other international donors preferred
- Fluency in English
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