Family Health International: Accountant (Abuja)

Family Health International (FHI) is dedicated to improving lives, knowledge, and understanding worldwide through a highly diversified program of research, education, and services. FHI is recruiting for a Accountant.

ACCOUNTANT (1, country office, Abuja)

Under the direction of the Finance Manager, the Accountant shall assume accounting responsibilities in the national office and ensure compliance with the contractual financial requirements of FHI.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Finance Manager in ensuring accurate keeping of all books of, account for the project, including checking account, equipment and supply registers and all accounting records
• Works with the Finance Manager to lead the preparation of monthly and annual financial reports, including financial status of sub-projects account activities with accompanying bank documentation and receipts .
• Assist the Finance Manager in monitoring subproject budgets in accordance with approved work plan activities
• Provide support for accounting workflow in the review and audit of national office and sub-recipient reports for reimbursement of expenditures
• Work with the Finance Manager to analyze, develop, and monitor accounting/fiscal control procedures and program budgets including monitoring cash flows and requesting for fund transfers from FHI headquarters
• Prepare financial reports to monitor and track obligations and expenditures

Minimum Requirements

• University degree in accounting, finance, business administration or its recognized equivalent
• CPA, ACA, ACCA or recognized equivalent
• 3-5 years experience in accounting related to NGOs and community level programs, with increasing responsibility
• Familiarity with USAID-funded programs and non-governmental organizations in Nigeria

Method of Application

Interested candidates should forward their suitability statement (application) and resume (CV) as a single MS Word document to: Sharedservicesjobs@ghain.org for Shared Services Department vacancy

Only applications sent electronically (i.e. by e-mail) with the job title and location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered, and only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Please do not send more than one application. Failure to follow these instructions will lead to automatic disqualification.

Deadline: 11th February, 2010