Finance and Administration Officer

Jobberman (Third Party Recruitment)

Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Responsibilities:

• Support on financial activities and the financial recording/reporting system, update the Remote Imprest Fund (RIF), cash book, and relevant management reports to the shareholders.
• Assist in the preparation of Agridrive Ltd financial reports for management & respective donors;
• Assist in the preparation of donor reports for projects where Agridrive is a party and any reports that may be required by management concerning the company. This includes maintaining a schedule of fund status for each partner.
• Aid in computing and timely remittance of all payroll deductions and taxes.
• Support the Agridrive Management in procurement through the raising of requisitions for approval within the established support structure.
• Support in the allocation of staff personal account transactions and preparation of reconciliations.
• Preparation and processing of customer invoices guided by the costing model and established support structures.
• Maintain supplier, creditor, and debtor registers and update them periodically, including updating accounts receivable/payable.
• Support in providing personal account balances when requested by staff and/or every month, whichever is earlier.
• Support project and company audits by preparing schedules and providing explanations and documentation to the auditors.
• Preparation of documents necessary to process reimbursements/payments.
• Assist in processing payments as appropriate, including creation of payments in the e-banking system and preparation of checks, while ensuring all procedures are followed and that all supporting documents are attached and appropriately approved.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and other account reconciliations as may be required from time to time.
• Perform independent cash counts of petty cash and record monthly petty cash counts.
• Adherence to the systems and procedures to safeguard the company’s fixed assets, including the maintenance of a complete, accurate, and up-to-date fixed asset register.
• Undertake annual asset verification.
• Collaboratively with the other finance staff, collect, code and enter financial data to the appropriate accounting software.
• Maintain to date electronic and manual filing system of supporting documentation for accounting records as per the requirements of the support structure.
• Review and follow up on travel expense reports.
• Provide filing support such as filing payment vouchers and supporting documents in accounting files.
• Provide a briefing on the expense report process to staff.
Perform other functions of the area as may be required from time to time.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, commerce, accounting, or another related subject; a Master's degree qualification in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
• ACCA or equivalent qualifications and a member of a professional accounting body.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in finance;
• Knowledge of accounting packages such as SUN System, SAGE, Pastel, QuickBooks, etc.
• Thorough understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards and various regional statutory requirements and their application; and
• Knowledge of and ability to work with different financial controls, systems and regulations, including taxation requirements, financial reporting requirements, etc.
• Ability to communicate and interact well with people of different educational, linguistic, cultural and socio–economic backgrounds
Knowledge of grant accounting and experience in donor funding requirements

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Knowledge of and ability to work with different financial controls, systems and regulations, including taxation requirements, financial reporting requirements etc.
• Strong financial management and accounting skills and business acumen;
• Ability to work with different schedules and to meet stringent deadlines;
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment;
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to maintain high standards of integrity, establish straightforward, productive relationships, and treat individuals with fairness and respect
Agridrive Ltd is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all religious and ethnic backgrounds and any other diversity groups whose diversity is within Agridrive Ltd to apply and become a part of our organisation.

Location: Ibadan

Remuneration: NGN 600,000 Monthly Gross