The International Potato Center (CIP) is seeking to recruit a dynamic and experienced Officer \u2013 Finance and Administration to ensure quality financial and administrative management of the Generating Revenues & Opportunities for Women to Improve Nutrition in Ghana (GROWING) project in Tamale, Ghana.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Officer-Finance and Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n The Position:<\/strong>\u00a0This position will be hosted by the International Water Management Institute in Ghana, on behalf of the International Potato Center. The selected candidate will be based in Tamale, Ghana and will report to the Regional Finance Manager and co-report to the Project and Marketing Manager, Country Liaison.<\/p>\n Key Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7 Oversee the financial operations of the country office and ensure timely delivery of financial reports, including cash and bank management, payroll, ledgers and other aspects of the country\u2019s financial management.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Responsible for oversight of country budget ensuring on time adjustment of costs to avoid deficits in coordination with country liaison and Budget and Planning office<\/p>\n \u00b7 Responsible for entering financial information, timely month end close, and maintaining all financial records for projects and for the organization.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Ensure that all financial and procurement processes have appropriate internal controls to prevent fraud and audit findings<\/p>\n \u00b7 Coordinate with assistant and process accounting records in ERP system, payment requests to suppliers, reconciliations of accounts<\/p>\n \u00b7 Performing coordination for accounting, and treasury with hosting institution<\/p>\n \u00b7 Liaise with the Projects Finance Specialists in the monitoring and review of partners reports.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Manage financial controls, analyzing the project budget, and making recommendations on budget expenditures to ensure that program funds are utilized appropriately and in a timely fashion, in collaboration with the PMU focal point for the project.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Support the Country Liaison and Project Managers, in coordination with the Project Finance Assistant, with project budget monitoring and review.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Ensuring that all staff and partners are aware of financial control system and comply with rules regarding travel requests and liquidations.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Oversee the country statutory annual audits as well as external or project audits as applicable.<\/p>\n Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7 Manage fixed assets of the Center, review and support the preparation of inventories.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Responsible for procurement of goods and services in compliance with donor requirements.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Manage the vehicle pool, ensuring vehicles are well maintained, and logbooks appropriately filled.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Manage all fixed assets and supporting annual inventories of those assets.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Responsible for the coordination of IT issues with headquarters, serving as IT Key user.<\/p>\n Grants & Contracts<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7 Coordinate with the Grants and Contracts (G&C) team donor compliance related actions in line with the compliance matrix of each Project.<\/p>\n Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n Essential<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7 Bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Financial Management.<\/p>\n \u00b7 5 years of relevant work experience, including administrative functions.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Proficiency in accounting skills and budget management.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Advanced skills in utilizing Excel.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Knowledge of local tax regulations and labor law.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Experience in procurement procedures.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Experience in office management.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Excellent interpersonal relationships skills and teamwork orientation.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Excellent communication and writing skills in English.<\/p>\n Desirable<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7 Formal training in project management<\/p>\n \u00b7 Experience with accounting software packages<\/p>\n Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b7 Compensation package commensurate with experience.<\/p>\n \u00b7 This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position limited to Ghana nationals and permanent residents only. The contract will be for an initial period of\u00a0(03) three years<\/strong>\u00a0(with a 6-month probation period). Renewal is dependent on performance and availability of funds.<\/p>\n \u00b7 Work in diverse workplace committed to gender equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The International Potato Center (CIP) is seeking to recruit a dynamic and experienced Officer \u2013 Finance and Administration to ensure quality financial and administrative management of the Generating Revenues &…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-iso","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70952"}],"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\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}