Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Sokoto, Nigeria

Palladium is seeking to fill the position of Finance Officer.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation that works with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society organisations to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all finances are managed in alignment with the Nigerian government regulations, company and client’s financial policies and procedures
• Support the finance manager to prepare, review and revise project budgets and expenditure forecasts
• Forecast project expenditures through field office and timely submit field cash requests and manage cash flows in field office
• Communicate and monitor relevant suppliers, consultants, vendors, contractors and staff with regard to invoices, payments, advances or finances
• Reconcile and review invoices for payments
• Write checks and issue payments
• Ensure applicable tax are taken care of as per the Nigerian laws and regulations on all payments
• Maintain up-to-date bank and petty cash account transaction records and supporting documentations
• Record all financial transactions in the financial templates provided by headquarters
• Prepare, review and submit regular field vouchers and financial reports to Abuja central office as required
• Collect bank statements for the bank accounts, review cash book, and reconcile the accounts
• Support the finance manager to prepare and review monthly financial reports and inform/update expenditure forecast/budget on regular basis
• Support the state office to prepare for periodic financial audits as may be required
• Work closely with the operations officer for daily tasks and project management
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• University degree in Financial Management, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• Three years, minimum, of work experience in broader finance, accounts and operations management
• Ability to communicate effectively and excellent interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships at all levels
• High level of computer literacy (proficiency in MS Excel will be a plus)
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive issues and maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times
• Cross-functional team player
• Proven experience in managing expenditures within budget

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