Advance and Claims Officer at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Please visit http://www.iita.org/ for more information on IITA.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Advance and Claims Officer
Ref: IITA-HR-NRS2019-018
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Recruitment Type: National (3-year renewable contract)
Duties
Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:
- Reconciliation of on-campus imprest account and processing of expense claims for staff in headquarters and stations;
- Review queries from Budget Officers concerning wrong coding of expenses and responding/adjusting as appropriate;
- Prepare journals on ADI and reconciliation of Cash/Travel advance account for HQ and Stations;
- Follow-up on retirement of advances for HQ and stations;
- Creation of invoices for advances and supervise keying-in of expense claim;
- Supervise processing of chargeback and expense claims;
- Processing of travel and cash advances to all staff;
- Conduct period checks on cashier cash balances and cheques;
- Releasing of advances encumbrances;
- Identify and journalize exchange rate differences in advance accounts;
- Processing of non-advance related claims;
- Review and process training/workshop budget request;
- Attend to staff on matters on PA (Personal Account) deductions;
- Assist staff on per diem calculations and claims computations;
- Participate in per diem and other related policy review;
- Perform other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor from time to time.
Qualification
- B.Sc./HND in Accounting or related field from an accredited institution with ICAN PE II.
- The ideal candidate must have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing related roles in a large organization.
Competencies
The ideal candidate must:
- Have strong analytical mind.
- Have good working knowledge of computer applications especially Oracle Application.
- Have a pleasant personality, good team player and honest.
- Have good command of English both written and oral.
Remuneration
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.
Application Closing Date
24th June, 2019.
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