Reporting directly to the Principal Accountant (External Funds), the Accountant has a responsibility for the execution of financial policies and regulations in the area of Programme Related Expenses and other contract expenditure processing for the ECOWAS Commission.
Duties and responsibilities
- He/She will be responsible for generating accurate records relative to all project/ programme transactions
- Generate, document, classify, maintain and prepare financial reports in accordance with approved accounting standards and guidelines
- Keep track of financial reporting needs & undertake financial cost benefit analysis
- Oversee and review posting of transactions into the accounting software and ensure efficient and effective functioning and maintenance of the system
- Create linkages for accounting procedures and transmission of accounting data, and specifications
- Make comparative evaluation of provisional project budget with cost centers and indicate variance analysis over time and reports same to all project stakeholders
- Responsible for the processing of expenditures in accordance with the financial regulations
- Implement budgetary control procedures and ensure that expenditures approved for payment have been provided for in the Budget
- Ensure that Accounting Codes/Budgetary Codes and expenditure guidelines are adhered to
- Oversee the preparation of bank reconciliation statements for all bank accounts of the ECOWAS Commission
- Safeguard of all vouchers including supporting documents for review by both external and internal auditors
- Perform other related duties as required
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- A degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration
- A formal professional Accountancy designation is also required e.g. CA, ACCA, CIMA etc
- Candidates should possess at least five (5) years post qualification work experience.
- Possession of a higher degree would reduce the required experience to five (3) years;
- A working knowledge of accounting software systems, budgeting and strategic financial planning would also be an added advantage.
- Should be computer literacy and have good inter-personal relations skills.
Age
Candidate must not be over fifty (50) years of age at the point of recruitment.
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