{"id":1649,"date":"2010-12-13T00:16:11","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T00:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2010-12-13T00:16:11","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T00:16:11","slug":"ifpri-ghana-recruits-finance-admin-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/ifpri-ghana-recruits-finance-admin-officer.html","title":{"rendered":"IFPRI Ghana Recruits Finance &#038; Admin Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) <\/strong>seeks a qualified candidate to serve as Finance and Administration Officer for its Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) for a one-year, fixed-term, renewable appointment. The position will be based in Accra, Ghana. The employee will report to the Regional Manager of Administration and Corporate Services on all aspects of finance and administration operations as well as provide direct support to the Country Leader.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Responsibilities<\/strong><br \/>\nThe employee will be responsible for carrying out all aspects of the program\u2019s finance and administrative functions, including:<\/p>\n<p>Process transactions and maintain accounting records in accordance with IFPRI and USAID accounting principles and grant requirements<br \/>\nExpenditure reporting and budget monitoring<br \/>\ncash flow management<br \/>\nFacility services\/information technology support and coordination<br \/>\nHuman Resource coordination<br \/>\nSupervision of support staff<br \/>\nEnsure compliance with all local, IFPRI and USAID regulations and coordinate with IFPRI\u2019s hosting institution (IWMI) as necessary<br \/>\nRequired Skills or Experience<\/p>\n<p>Bachelor\u2019s Degree, preferably in Accounting\/Finance or equivalent experience.<br \/>\nFive years of financial and administration in field office environment with at least 2 years in a supervisory capacity.<br \/>\nKnowledge of USAID grants\/contracts relevant rules, regulations and processes, particularly financial and procurement procedures.<br \/>\nExperience in project accounting, budgets, audit, and other financial activities.<br \/>\nMust be fluent in written and spoken English.<br \/>\nExperience in local payroll function administration (knowledge of Ghana\u2019s employment regulations and compliance requirements).<br \/>\nStrong Microsoft Office software skills and experience with integrated accounting software packages is highly desirable.<br \/>\nPreferred Qualifications:<br \/>\nAbility to function independently within an established framework.<br \/>\nAbility to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team.<br \/>\nAbility to coordinate operational activities across an office\/program environment and with relevant Headquarters operational units.<br \/>\nHow To Apply<\/p>\n<p>Interested candidates should send their application and detailed resume to<\/p>\n<p><strong>a.kwarteng@cgiar.org <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>You may also deliver it by hand at the IWMI Office located on the CSIR Campus, Airport Residential Area, opposite the Chinese Embassy. Clearly label envelope as Finance and Administrative Officer &#8211; IFPRI<\/p>\n<p>Closing date for submission is three working days after publication.<\/p>\n<p>Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Offer valid till: 13 Dec, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a qualified candidate to serve as Finance and Administration Officer for its Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) for a one-year, fixed-term, renewable&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85,14],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-qB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}