Monday, February 1, 2010

Accounting Assistant at Ecowas Commision

  • Department: Administration and Finance
  • Directorate: Finance
  • Grade: G5-G6
  • Salary Scale: USD 25,567.27 - USD 36,638.97
  • Supervisor: Accountant, External Funds
  • Reference: ECW-COMM/REC/FIN/ 001/2009
  • Duration: Two (2) Years Renewable
  • Closing date: 28-02-2010
Reporting directly to the Accountant, a major responsibility of the Accounting Assistant shall be to manage the daily, weekly, and monthly financial activities that are required for the proper review, approval and payment expenditures and other commitments of the ECOWAS Commission.

He/she will be responsible for generating accurate, timely and complete accounting and financial information each month/quarter as required by the financial regulations such as the extent to which expenditures meet budget and any variances achieved, as well as explanations for these variances.

Duties and responsibilities

  1. Preparation of vouchers for the settlement of accounts payable and other contract expenditures.
  1. Processing of advances, expenditures, commitments and payments on contracts in accordance with the financial regulations and procedures. 
  1. Ensure prompt and accurate recording of financial data and timely reconciliation of accounts.
  1. Ensure the proper filing and safe keeping of all vouchers including, supporting documents for review by both external and internal auditors.
  1. Vetting of financial documents such as invoices, memorandum on expenditure request, request for payment on contract, giving appropriate explanation as applicable and referring them for approval and/or further action.
  1. Prepare, analyze and evaluate information from the financial records and provide data and assistance to superiors on issues relevant to improvement of the financial operation. 
  1. Ensure the preparation of weekly, monthly and quarterly report of Accounts.
  1. Ensure conformity with applicable policies and regular preparations of such documents.

Qualifications/Experience/Skills

  • Ordinary National Diploma or its equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration. 
  • Minimum of two (2) years professional experience
  • A part qualification of a formal professional Accountancy designation e.g. (CA, ACCA, CIMA etc) would be an advantage.
  • Operational knowledge of at least one major Financial Accounting Software
  • Familiarity with donor accounting, disbursement and reporting procedures would be an advantage

Age

The officer should not be 50 years old or over at the point of recruitment and must be a citizen of one of the ECOWAS member states.

Languages

Must be fluent in one of the official languages of the Commission; English, French and Portuguese. A working knowledge of another would be an advantage.
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3 comments:

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Naveen Kumar said...

I naveen Kumar from india up to 13 year exprince in accounts department all working handlin M.com, ICA, MS Office, inetrnet, lotus,busy all the above good knowledge persent postion accounts officer in flour mills
thanks
Naveen accounts officer
009911517245

Naveen Kumar said...

I naveen Kumar from india up to 13 year exprince in accounts department all working handlin M.com, ICA, MS Office, inetrnet, lotus,busy all the above good knowledge persent postion accounts officer in flour mills
thanks
Naveen accounts officer
009911517245

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