NURHI (Finance and Admin Officer)

The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative NURHI is a five year (2009 – 2014) project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that aims to increase the use of modern family planning FP methods among the urban poor in the six cities of Abuja FCT, Ibadan, Kaduna, Ilorin, Benin City, and Zaria by at least 20 percentage points. NURHI is part of a broader Urban Reproductive Health Initiative other sites include India, Kenya, and Senegal.

Job Title
Finance and Admin Officer

Location 
Lagos

Job Field
Administration, Secretarial, Finance, Accounting, Audit

Job Description
The NURHI field office Finance and Admin Officer, under the direct supervision of the State Team Leader with technical guidance from the Finance and Administrative Director, is responsible for financial and administrative support for the NURHI project field office activities.

Duties and Responsibilities
Maintain the project field office petty cash and check books; prepare payments; ensure proper authorization for payments: distribute payments as required; supervise the processing of staff claims and advances;
Review purchase orders, time and attendance records and prepare necessary, reports for the NURHI Financial and Senior Management team;
Maintain financial operating systems including electronic spreadsheets and/or relevant accounting software applications for management reporting to track field office expenditures and outstanding advances, allowances, and disallowed expenditures.
In accordance with the current NURHI employee benefits scheme and strategy, process disbursements along with monthly salary and other benefits, medical allowance for each staff member in the office.
Liaise with banking officials to assure timely transactions and receipt of banking information on NUIHI Bank accounts operations;
Keep proper and update regularly the inventory of assets/equipment for the field office and reconcile with ACO Office records.
Submit monthly financial reports to the NURHI Director of Finance and
Administration and prepare monthly bank reconciliation statements to complement financial reports; and

Skills Required
Good problem solving, analytical, computing and independent thinking skills
Strong working relationships and interpersonal communication skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office eg Word, Excel

Education and Experience
University degree or equivalent professional qualification in Accounting, Finance Administration
3-5 years experience in financing administration, and or accounting

Interested Persons should forward CV to nurhiproject@gmail.com

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NURHI (Finance and Admin Officer)