Regional Technical Officer

Qualifications

• Candidate should have at least a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field such as Finance, Business Administration, or Accounting. ICAN or ACCA will be an added advantage.
• Strong understanding of regulatory grants rules, requirements, terms, and conditions, especially on USAID; excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret and implement relevant policies and procedures effectively.
• Candidate should have previous experience in a compliance role, preferably in a similar industry or project environment.
• Good communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work well independently and as part of a team.

Qualifications

• Candidate should have at least a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field such as Finance, Business Administration, or Accounting. ICAN or ACCA will be an added advantage.
• Strong understanding of regulatory grants rules, requirements, terms, and conditions, especially on USAID; excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret and implement relevant policies and procedures effectively.
• Candidate should have previous experience in a compliance role, preferably in a similar industry or project environment.
• Good communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work well independently and as part of a team.

• Review daily all staff retirements, third-party transactions, and administrative expenses of the state office.
• Carry out our post-payment review of state offices’ transactions, which are sent to the head office weekly (Osun, Ogun, and Oyo).
• Conduct pre- and post-payment of Ad-hoc staff payroll expenses (Cascade, monitors, consultants, Linkage coordinators, Data clerks, PPM facilitators, and Radiographers for the state offices monthly).
• Review and certify monthly bank reconciliation statements.
• Carry out a spot check on some of the training activities carried out in any of the offices to ensure value for money.
• Review daily attendance register for promptness to work.
• Conduct annual asset verification for the TB LON Project across all the states.
• Attend promptly to any other assignment(s) given to you by the departmental and unit Heads.

Other duties include:

• Perform pre- and post-review on TB LON financial transactions.
• Develop a tracker to capture all issues observed and send the tracker to the unit head for review and comments monthly.
• Ensure the administrative department prepares and regularly updates the monthly procurement tracker.
• Ensure that prior issues identified and reported by internal and external reviewers are closely monitored and implemented.
• Review consultants’ monthly reports to ensure expectations are met, and the right supporting documents are provided.
• Ensure you seek clarifications from departmental and unit heads for any issues you may not understand clearly.
• Perform asset verification where necessary.

Line of reporting:

• Administrative reporting to the Chief of Party.
• Technical reporting to the Unit Head.