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General Accounting and Treasury Manager
About this role
A General Accounting and Treasury Manager is needed to oversee IITA's accounting operations, cash management, and financial reporting. The role targets someone with extensive experience in accounting, treasury, and financial controls, able to lead a team across multiple locations. IITA is a nonprofit research organisation focused on agricultural development and food security in Africa. The position is based in Nasarawa and supports management through accurate financial processes and compliance with donor and statutory requirements.
What you would do
- Oversee general accounting operations and month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closings.
- Ensure accurate recording of all financial transactions and maintain balance sheet reconciliations.
- Manage payables, receivables, payroll, assets, liabilities, income and expenditure allocations.
- Lead treasury activities, cash management, and liquidity planning with cash-flow forecasts.
- Coordinate bank relationships, signatories, online banking controls, and bank reconciliations.
- Monitor and control payments to suppliers, payroll, statutory obligations and other payables.
- Support investment management and monitor foreign exchange exposures.
- Ensure integrity of payments processes and approve payment proposals and electronic transactions.
- Prepare timely financial reports and analysis for management and board committees.
- Coordinate audits and implement recommendations, ensuring donor and regulatory compliance.
What they are asking for
- Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field.
- Minimum 12 years of relevant experience, including at least 6 years in a supervisory role.
- Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CPA, ACA or equivalent.
- Experience in managing accounting operations, treasury, liquidity, and financial controls within large, multi-location organisations.
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards, reporting, audits, and internal controls.
- Proficiency with ERP systems (preferably Oracle), advanced Excel, and financial reporting tools.
- Understanding of donor-funded financial management and compliance requirements.
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