Finance Officer
Job description
About the role
- Cash and Bank – Management
- Support in processing of bank and cash transactions.
- Review payment vouchers to ensure completeness and accuracy of documentation.
- Update Bank Balances to be shared with the Group.
- Minimize risks and protect assets, ensure accuracy of records, promote operational efficiency, and encourage adherence to policies, rules, regulations, and laws.
- Establish finance and supporting function policies, systems, and procedures, and directs or performs their development, documentation, and implementation.
- Maintain current knowledge of local government requirements related to financial matters and ensures compliance with tax regulations and other legal requirements.
- Review payments to the set limit, ensure completeness and adherence to procurement procedures and minimum documentation.
- Ensure timely processing of payments to vendors and beneficiaries.
- Ensure timely processing of payments to SEPS and ECs
- Review Weekly and Monthly Commissions paid to SEPS and ECs respectively.
- Coordinate bank related instructions including user additions and deletion as well as Supervises all bank account activities.
- Monitor the organisation’s banking activity and maintains bank balances.
- Participate in the monthly close-out process.
- Support closure of all statutory and tax audits, external audits, and internal audits
- Ensure 100% monthly regulatory compliance (PAYE, NSITF, NHF, PENSION, VAT and WHT)
About you
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or relevant field.
- Years of experience in the finance role.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- In-depth knowledge of financial regulations and accounting processes.
- Excellent computer and time management skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Accurate and organized.