Federal Ministry of Water Resources Recruitment for Administrative and Finance Officer – 4 Openings

Job Description
Provide support to FMC management in the following areas:

• Maintain bookkeeping and financial management systems to ensure proper recording and smooth operations in the FMC
• Ensure up-to-date books of accounts for the FMC operations
• Ensure filings of statutory financial returns/reports (deduction, remittance, and filing of local taxes including personal income tax (PAYE) and withholding tax (WHT)
• Review supporting documents to ensure accuracy, relevance, and validity of documents before recording entries
• Maintain FMC bank accounts and prepare monthly bank reconciliation statements, and reconcile the FMC petty cash monthly
• Prepare monthly/annual management account. Initiate and coordinate annual internal and external audit of FMC accounts/books
• Coordinate and ensure that resources (financial, equipment, and other material) are organized and in place to achieve planned targets for production and marketing
• Finalize operation budgets for work plan and coordinate monthly production of cash forecasts to enable effective budget management
• Maintain and coordinate the implementation of accounting and internal control procedures
• Finalize operation budgets for work plan and coordinate monthly production of cash forecasts to enable effective budget management
• Provide support to general manager for implementing a control system to track progress of FMC operational plans, monitor achievement of production and marketing targets, ensuring that variations are identified and addressed promptly through appropriate action
• Support knowledge management within the FMC, establish a central database of contacts, and identify local resources
• Provide other administrative support to staff and farmers as may be required from time to time
• Any other tasks as may be assigned by the general manager.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting or relevant discipline from an accredited institution.
• He or She must have three to five years’ experience in administrative and accounting fields, experience in an gribusiness organization is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping packages.
• Must be able to use basic packages and spreadsheets to generate presentations and reports; operate confidently on the internet to send e-mail and source information.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Administrative skills and ability to manage deadlines
• Good communication and interpersonal skills on all levels within and outside organization
• Ability to manage and resolve conflict among aggrieved employees
• Knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting and accounting software
• Knowledge of local tax laws and regulations, and their application where and when necessary
• Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Fluency in English and knowledge of Hausa is an added advantage.

Consultant EOI / Shortlisting Criteria

• Interested individual consultants should submit their Curriculum Vitae (CV) with all the necessary document attached such as copies of engagement letters etc. and other supporting information that the CV demonstrates that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services.

The short-listing criteria are:

• Evidence of General qualifications of the consultant (Education, Training, and work Experience
• Adequacy for the Assignment: Evidence of general experience in area of expertise listed above
• Evidence of specific experience in/of particular area of expertise in general management, workshop/ equipment management and administration/finance or similar fields as it is applicable to area of expertise
• Proven experience of project management, administration and financing, especially in Nigeria’s private sector.

Proposed Remuneration
Negotiable.

Application Closing Date
2.00pm (Nigeria local time) on 7th August, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their expression of interest via e-mail or hard copy (all relevant documents must also be submitted) to the address below depending on the area of location:
ATTN: National Project Coordinator,
Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project,
Federal Ministry of Water Resources,
Plot 1402, Abba Kyari Street, Off Adesoji Aderemi Street,
Apo – Abuja, Nigeria.
TeI: +2348038391469, +2348052048706.

Important Information / Notice

• The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and employment of Consultants (under IBRD loans and IDA Credit and Grants) by World Bank borrowers. January 2011 edition and revised in July 2014 (Consultants Guidelines) setting forth the World Bank Policy on Conflict of Interest.
• Interested consultants may obtain further information from the address below during office hours 08:00 and 17:00 (Local time Monday to Friday) and /or send an email to the National Project Coordinator at address info@triming.org
• The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the position can be found at the following website: www.triming.org
• Each successful candidate has to make arrangements on his / her personal security in the course of discharging his / her official responsibility