Vacancy for a Finance Officer at Helen Keller International (HKI)

Employment Nigeria 26-Apr-2018 LAGOS , Accounting

Helen Keller International (HKI) works to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition by establishing programs based on evidence and research in vision, health and nutrition.

POSITION : Finance Officer

Overall Responsibilities

The Finance Officer is responsible for assisting the Finance Coordinator and Finance and Operations Manager with safeguarding the assets (financial and physical) of HKI and ultimately the donor against fraud, loss or misuse.

Specific Responsibilities
In collaboration with the Finance Coordinator, carryout the following responsibilities:

Payment of expenses, including per diem and transport to participants during activities in the fie.
Prepare and control advances.
Assure balances of unused portions of advances are deposited into the HKI account.
Reconcile advances, including review of receipts, coding of expenses on the general voucher and entering into QuickBooks.
Maintain accounting files.
Follow up on outstanding advances and assure timely reconciliation.
Control consumption of project (petrol, electricity, water, telephone,)
Participate in the improvement of the accounting system and the system of internal control.
Create all financial reports as requested by supervisor.
Preparation of forms for payments of taxes and social security.
Ensure that payments are processed accurately, timely, and safely (to minimize HKI’s risk exposure).
Ensure that treasury practices in country minimize HKI’s cash exposure.
Ensure that entries are entered into financial system accurately and timely.
Ensure that month and year-end accounting activities are done accurately and in compliance with HKI policies and procedures.
Review bank vouchers and prepare expense pre accounting requests
Prepare and verify salaries cost allocations and other cost allocations
Check and verify the accuracy of bank reconciliations
Carry out payroll review against staff files
Carry out payment/activities request review
Reviews and approves payment
Ensures the effectiveness of approvals.
Properly code all transactions.
Control and enter all expenses from the petty cash,
Blank cheque custodycheque preparation
Uploading approval from the Procurement/other Finance Team
Cheques raised and signed by approved signatories.
Bank voucher preparation
Cash tracking of incoming and outgoing transactions.
Petty cash custody & reconciliation
Accrual statements management
Prepaid statements management
QB data entry (Payment & Retirement)
Review of retirements
Supplier withholding tax statements
Supplier withholding tax payments
Office Tax compliance
Donor Budget preparation & monitoring
Donor report preparation & reconciliation
Preparation and submission of Wired Transfer Request
Preparation and submission of Month end reporting package
Preparation and submission of Year end reporting package
Preparation and submission of IFRS Financial statements
Preparation & submission of Year end HQ audit
External audit preparation & follow up
HKI Budget preparation
HKI shared cost budget monitoring
Other tasks as requested by supervisor

How To Apply
Candidates should send their Applications along with a suitability statement to: nigeria.recruitment@hki.org Indicate the title of the position and location as the subject of the email.

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Vacancy for a Finance Officer at Helen Keller International (HKI)

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