Finance Officer (Adamawa) at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable and under privileged populations. We increasingly find our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Officer

Location: Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

The Finance Officer will provide a cashier function and Finance work of maintaining proper financial records of all transactions in accordance with MC financial procedures to the respective field office.

Scope of Work

The Finance Officer will be responsible for timely posting of all Invoices approved and paid, petty cash management and banking, filing of field office monthly financial information inclusive of payment vouchers, bank information, financial correspondence etc.
S/he will also ensure orderliness within the finance department.
The Finance officer will deal with all cash receipts and payments as well as advising the Project Manager, Technical Officer and Financial Accountant on the arising financial matters and sharing area of concern with suggested solution.

Key Working Relationships:

Procurement invoices directly onto PSF ledger ensuring the accuracy of codes, support documentation, budget availability and necessary approval from the authorised personnel.
Review and post all NAV procurement invoices on NAV.
Prepare all payments – cash, cheque, bank transfers and obtain approval from the authorised personnel
Post payments onto PSF general ledger ensuring the accuracy of all the required codes.

Operations related work (25%):

Be responsible for issuing travel and activity advances to project managers, consultants and/or any other staff travels, including reconciliation of the same on return
Filing System:
Ensure all supporting documents and financial filing system is organised, authentic and complete.
In charge of archiving and filling all finance documents and ensuring that they are in safe custody and easily accessible by the finance team.
Ensure all field office staff submit Timesheet as per set MC timeline.

Petty Cash (10%):

In charge of keeping the Petty cash impress system and records, making requisitions and issues as approved by the authorised personnel. Take collections after issuing proper receipts and make a deposit of all cash collections in a timely, honest and trust worthy manner
Count Petty Cash on a minimum of a monthly basis with the Financial Accountant
Post all petty cash invoices and vouchers into the General Ledger with accurate codes

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

HND or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a finance team, with at least one year in an Accounts Officer position.

Desirable:

Experience in working in INGO an added advantage.
Member of Accounting Professional body is an added advantage.

Work-based Skills and Competencies:
Essential:

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements.
Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel.
Good analytical and reporting skills.
Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks.
Willingness to learn at all times.

Desirable:

Working knowledge of accounting software is an added advantage.
Trustworthiness, Stress tolerance and operational decision making skills is an added advantage.

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
3rd June, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online