Deadline: 02 May, 2020
Location: Monguno, Nigeria
The Nigeria country office of Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) is seeking to fill the position of a Finance Assistant. PUI is an international non-governmental organisation that helps civilians who are marginalised or excluded as a result of natural disasters, war and economic collapse.
The Finance Assistant will support the Finance Officer and Base Administration Manager in all activities related to finance and cash management.
Responsibilities
- Manage the cash box and ensure the safekeeping of cash box
- Process receipts and invoices for cash payments
- Do daily physical inventory of the cash box with the Finance Officer
- Ensure daily worker payments
- Prepare and follow up pay-outs and cash advances, within established guidelines
- Guarantee confidentiality of information
- Check, before recording any entry, that the invoices are compliant with PUI’s regulations and procedures
- Record cash expenses in the Excel books on a daily basis, and properly fill in the information needed (date, accounting code, project, budget code, etc.)
- Issue voucher numbers, properly archive invoices and Sage vouchers in dedicated files, as per the donors’ rules and regulations
- Assist in the preparations for external audit visits (donor and coordination visits)
- Manage the electronic archival of finance files as per the filing process at the field base and share the scan data with Abuja
- Manage the physical archival of finance files as per the archiving process at the field base
Requirements
- Fluency in Hausa and English (essential)
- Intermediate Kanuri (desirable)
- University degree in Finance, Accounting or other relevant degree
- One year of experience, minimum, in a similar position (NGOs/private companies)
- Good analytical and writing skills
- Good knowledge of MS Office software, including Word, Outlook; excellent in Excel (essential)
- Strong motivation to help people in need and high organisational skills
- Ability to take initiative to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work
- Ability to adapt according to the changing situation within a mission or the organisation itself
- Autonomy, neutrality, hardwork
- Ability to manage stress and pressure
To apply and for more information, click here.
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