Finance Associate (Malaria) at the Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Association for Reproductive & Family Health (ARFH) is a non-profit Non-Governmental Organization in Nigeria committed to improving the quality of life of underserved and vulnerable communities by promoting access to quality healthcare and harnessing community capacities for sustainable development. ARFH is a sub recipient to the National Malaria Elimination Program on the Global Malaria NFM Grant.

We seek applications from qualified applicants for the position below:

Job Title: Finance Associate (Malaria)

Location: Abuja
Reports to: Senior Finance Officer

Specific Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation and tracking of budgets.
• Assist preparation of accurate, regular and timely financial reports for submission to the donor using the QuickBooks accounting systems,
• Assist resolution of audited questioned cost.
• Ensure timely retirement of travel advances.
• Assist the Senior Finance Officer to ensure accurate record keeping of all books of accounts including maintenance of the checking account, equipment and supply registers and all accounting records consistent with generally accepted accounting principles
• Work with program staff to monitor reports and requests from Principal Recipient, checking for accuracies and support follow up of queried costs.
• Assist in preparation of requested financial reports including financial status of sub-sub-recipient project account activities.
• Ensure maintenance of appropriate filling systems for payment voucher, receipts, bank statements,

Qualifications

• A degree/HND in Accounting with at least 2 years post-NYSC cognate experience.
• Also desirable is possession of ACA or ACCA, excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication and computer (excel and spreadsheet) skills.
• Experience in managing financial records of donors funded organizations and familiarity with donor and Nigerian NGOs contractual procedures would be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
26th June, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send a detailed resume and cover letter as one (1) MS Word document explaining suitability for the job to: [email protected] Application must explicitly state the position and location applied for in the subject of the email e.g State Program Officer Niger State.

Note

• Only applications sent in the required format will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Candidates are advised to provide three professional referees with functional email addresses and telephone numbers of the referees.
• Eligible female applicants are encouraged to apply.