Accountant at Action Against Hunger | ACF International

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Action Against Hunger | ACF International, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger, works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.

Tittle:Accountant

Reporting to: Deputy Head of Department Finance
Work location: Abuja, FCT

Key Responsibilities:

Accountable for ensuring the quality of mission accountancy by ensuring the comprehensiveness and precision of entries and the correct budgetary charging of expenses;
Disseminating information about the accounting procedures of the mission and ensuring that these procedures are respected;
Ensure mission books are closed timely on a monthly basis and ensure feedback is sent to all finance team in the mission on accountancy;
Timely forwarding of accounting information to Deputy Head of Finance for proposals, reporting and other purposes as may be requested;
Ensure that accountancy closure checklist for Cash count & Bank Reconciliation controls are done at the month end for the mission;
Continuous review of adequacy and appropriateness of mission accountancy procedures and make recommendations on areas needing improvement;
Prepare shared costs file with proficient budget allocation and ensure importation is done to SAGA;
Ensure that new contracts are entered in SAGA and parameters are sent to all bases;
Provide review of class 4+ report and analysis of items pending with suggestions on any issues identified during review;
Submit Accountancy Closure Bundle to HQ monthly;
Respond to feedback from HQ on accountancy closure;
Liaise with HQ RFO on accountancy and Saga related issues;
Update the depreciation tracking file for the mission’s equipment and vehicles;
Ensure that all journal entry corrections are done accordingly after the monthly closure and supporting documents are appropriately filed;
Contribute to update/development of new financial tool when required or asked by Deputy Head of Finance/HoD of finance;
Review NSITF, PAYE, Pension & staff salary transfer information from payroll on monthly basis;
Maintain & keep track record for life & health insurance of existing/new national staff;
Ensure a good tracking system for staff insurance in coordination with HR;
Ensure that life and health insurance tracking file reconcile with supplier & SAGA transactions on monthly/yearly basis;
Cross check the treasury forecast for all bases on a bi-monthly basis & ensure it’s more realistic;
Consolidate & analyse mission monthly cash forecasts for Deputy Finance HOD;
Conduct frequent surprise cash counts and make formal report of any issues found;
Ensure expenditures are in line with the forecast prepared, analyse discrepancy between cash and budget forecast and put in place corrective measures;
In Liaison with Capital Finance Officer, monitor funds transfers from HQ & operate exchange conversion in the mission;
Ensure timely transfer to the bases based on their bi-monthly cash forecast;
Review the accuracy of all WHT withheld on suppliers invoice and other payments;
Ensure the mission accountancy team adhere to 10th and 21st deadline for PAYE and WHT respectively;
Collaborate with HR on any issues arising from PAYE deducted on staff remuneration;
Ensure adherence to statutory payment rules and address/escalate issues arising on the remittance of taxes, NSITF, pensions, NHF etc;
Share final General Ledger (GL) for the preparation of Pre and Final BFU monthly;
Ensure all approved saga entry relocation request are done timely with journal entry corrections forms appropriately filed;
Double check the accuracy of entries in GL and sharing of confirmed GL with reporting team for donor financial reports;
Make clear communication on any changes made to Z1 and Z4 entries in accountancy;
Constant review of the mission accountancy process and highlight of any gap in control identified;
Conduct frequent surprise cash counts and make formal report of any issues found;
Alert on suspicion of fraud and corruption through the appropriate channel;
To develop and conduct training for finance staff on any new policies & tools;
Identify the needs of finance staff training & arrange training sessions accordingly;
Provide induction/briefing on accountancy to all Capital employees joining finance department;
Conduct at interval refresher trainings on accounting tools to new/existing finance staff on regular basis;
Set position objectives for and motivate Finance Officers to achieve set objectives;
Conduct 10minutes conversations, and yearly appraisal of supervisees.

Position Requirements:

3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Accountancy and Finance;
Exceptional organization and planning skills, ability to manage and follow work plans;
Highly developed interpersonal, communication, able to negotiate, influence, give effective feedback, be a team player;
Able to manage stress effectively, juggle competing priorities, balance various programmatic, logistic and team needs;
Champion of ACF Charter values of : Professionalism, Transparency, Neutrality, Access to Victims and Non-Discrimination;
Previous ACF experience, previous INGO experience;
Experience with donor-funded programs;
Experience supervising others.

Application Dealine 6th July 2025 at 5:00PM.