Overview
Provide support to the Finance Unit of Abuja cluster Office with a focus on treasury services and support to READY system.
Key Responsibilities
- Cash payments and cashflow management.
- Process cluster Office payments and ensure these are in line with IFRC policies and procedures.
- Ensure that forecasted needs are given priority in available funds.
- Support the Finance and admin unit in cashflow management.
- Custodian and responsible for the cluster Office petty cash.
- Review balances and replenish the cash as appropriate.
- Input all data related to cash and bank on a monthly basis into the READY system.
- Provide monthly reports on prepayment accounts and reconcile this to the balance sheet.
- Monitoring of staff private expenses and ensure refunds to staff on amounts due are on a timely basis.
- Perform the month end petty cash reconciliation.
- Perform month end bank reconciliations.
- Support the Finance Manager in championing the READY system.
- Support the Finance Manager in refreshing/training the team in the various Finance processes in the READY system.
- Perform lease accounting procedure as per IFRS 16.
- Close all lease records as appropriate.
- Support month end closure procedures.
- Assist in the communication and enforcement of all financial policies and procedures, especially on treasury matters.
- Ensure the management of an efficient efiling system within the Finance Unit.
- Advisor to staff in travel and management in the system.
- Any other official matters as may be assigned by line manager.
Required Experience
- At least 2–3-year experience working in a Finance department.
- Considerable good knowledge and interaction with the READY system (IFRC ERP systems).
- Experience in managing data, filing, basic financial and budgetary information.
- Proven excellence in administrative support.
- Experience working within an RC National Society and/or the Federation Secretariat. (Preferred)
Qualifications
Degree in Accounting, Banking and Finance and any Relevant field.
