Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria: Accountant

The Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) is a non-governmental organisation. The Abuja office now wishes to recruit self-motivated professionals to fill the following position: Accountant.

ACCOUNTANT
» The candidate for this position should report to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Finance and Administration) and will be responsible for all the accounting functions of the organisation including payroll, monitoring and reconciliation of headquarter, zonal and state accounts; monitoring of project advances and ensuring compliance with financial instructions.
» This position requires a graduate of Management Sciences, with a professional qualification in accounting such as ACA, ACCA, etc.
» A good understanding of Nigeria’s Health Sector Reform Programme would be an advantage.
» A good IT skills and previous experience in donor programmes is necessary.
» He/She should have good analytical and interpersonal skills.
» This is a senior position in the organisation hence the candidate is required to have previous accounting experience with demonstrable competency and skills.
» He/She should have at least ten years post graduation experience, five of which should be at the senior position.
» Our ideal person should have drive, energy and good personal appearance.
» Salary attractive.

How to Apply
Applications should be submitted in the form of
(I) an application letter for the desired position, and
(2) a comprehensive CV stating, among others, candidate’s full names, date of birth, state of origin, schools attended, qualifications obtained with dates, previous working experience with detailed job description, contact and location addresses, email address, names and addresses two referees. These should be sent to us by email to: recruitment@herfon.org

The ‘subject’ line of the email must be the title of the position being applied for. Applications not sent in this format will not be processed.

Deadline: 26th January, 2010.