Finance and Administration Officer

• Jan 2020 - Present

Review activity requests and preparation of bank vouchers for payments. • Tracking of Cash flow. • Compile retirement receipts and review. • Enter payments and retirements into financial accounting software on daily basis using QuickBook • Reconcile all bank account monthly against bank statement and submit to Finance and Operations Manager in Abuja for review. • Petty cash reconciliation. • Preparation of office running budget. • Check matching expenses for compliance with donor regulations. • Monitor donor budget and prepare all necessary donor reports and submit to Finance and Operations Manager for review and approval. • Month end reporting package. • Verify time sheet accuracy and submit to main office for compilation. • Carry out procurement activities for sub-office. • Manage vehicle log book – control and filing. • Liaise with vendors/ suppliers as required to ensure adequate maintenance of office facility and insurance follow up. • Manage office inventory and project supplies:  receive inventory and check against Purchase Request Form;  prepare and sign good receive notes (GRN);  issue inventory/ project consumable/ materials;  maintains office supplies inventory log book/ card  conduct official physical inventory count; • Receive project related correspondence and write official letters to partners as required. Show less

Financial Advisor

• Jun 2019 - Nov 2019

• Effectively managing the finances (including budgets) of the all donors/ partners. • Negotiated contracts with vendors. • Slashed operational costs to reasonable percentage by negotiating pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancement of services. • Manage donor reporting timetable and ensure reports are produced in a timely manner. • Produce restricted donor reports, prepare budgets for fundraising bids. • Produce high quality monthly management reports. • Liaise with other partners to provide inputs for multi-state programme works. • Custodian of organization Cheque booklets as well as supervising the handling of Petty Cash. • Coordinating procurement processes. • Making direct online payment to vendors and partners. • Preparation of staff salaries. • Preparation of Budget and Re-budget for projects as well as other implementing partners. • Review retirements of all staff and partners. • Point of Contact for H4CC on any financial and management related issues. • Ensuring smooth month end closure. Show less

Acting Finance Manager

• Dec 2017 - Apr 2019

 First Contact of VSO, Nigeria.  Start the processes of all monthly management report and the presentation for staff.  Generate monthly report for project managers.  Generate and run all report using SUN System which is similar to Oracle.  Project reports & Cross charges.  Payment of salaries and Statutory deductions.  First Contact of VSO, Nigeria.  Start the processes of all monthly management report and the presentation for staff.  Generate monthly report for project managers.  Generate and run all report using SUN System which is similar to Oracle.  Project reports & Cross charges.  Payment of salaries and Statutory deductions.

Secondment on Finance Department.

• Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

 SUN & Q & A Log in, Data Extraction on Info Q and A, & SUN for reports.  PLAN Project report Oct 2017 & Funds Reconciliation.  Management Capacity Assessment and Capacity Building in Machakos.  Volunteer Payroll, Posting November 2017 data sends.  PTC Development for Regional Office.  Management Capacity Assessment Machakos come up with a report.  Erik's Partners Induction.  Expenditure verification.  Payments, support documentation, processing.  Petty Cash Management and Reconciliation.  Macro's population.  Cash Projection compilation.  Month End Closure.  Submission of 1573 statements to staff for confirmation.  Sending Variance reports to programme team.  Compiling management reports.  Confirming all transactions are correctly posted, Recodes.  Supplier reconciliations. Show less

Finance Officer

• Jul 2015 - Dec 2017

• Effectively managing the finances (including budgets) of the country office. • Negotiated contracts with vendors. • Slashed operational costs 30% by negotiating pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancement of services. • Manage donor reporting timetable and ensure reports are produced in a timely manner. • Produce restricted donor reports, prepare budgets for fundraising bids. • Produce high quality monthly management reports. • Liaise with other Country Offices to provide inputs for multi-country programme works. • Custodian of organization Cheque booklets as well as handling of Petty Cash System. • Posting and generating of reports from the SUN System. • Coordinating procurement processes. • Making direct online payment to vendors and partners. • Preparation of staff salaries. • Preparation of Budget and Re-budget for projects as well as partners. • Review retirements of all partners both on European Union and DFID. • Effectively performing the role of Finance Manager while on leave and out of the Country for official assignment. Show less

Finance Assistant

• Oct 2014 - Jul 2015

Prepares & maintains Sub-Grant Template.Prepares & maintains Cash tracker Template.Maintains Incoming Payment forms.Payment and disbursement to workshop participants. Review retirements for all staff before forwarding to Finance and Administrative Manager. Get all the necessary approvals for all the request raised viz-a-viz staff advance & third party payments.Ensure that all payment vouchers are signed as at when due.Upload schedules for online payment (Zenith Bank & Diamond Bank platforms).Open & Maintain Cheque & Transfer Registers Post transactions into QuickBooks viz-a-viz; vendor payments, staff advance, retirements etc.Prepares Schedules for monthly reports viz-a-viz; Accural & Prepayment Schedules, RAF, Petty Cash Reconciliation Certificate etc.Relates with the Tax Consultant on Tax issues via-a-viz; PAYE & WHT. Show less

Finance and Administrative Assistant

• Feb 2014 - Sep 2014

Performing financial related duties

Finance Assistant

• Jun 2011 - Jan 2014