Job Title: Accountant I
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job type: Contract
Duration: 3-year renewable contract
About 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.
Duties:
- Prepare and review project financial reports.
- Review partners’ financial report and prepare financial justification.
- Attend to queries raised by Budget Officers regarding projects and fund status.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets.
- Raise journals for necessary adjustments on various accounts and load them into Oracle.
- Update, review, and reconcile bills receivables from donors with the total grants income of projects.
- Support the institute’s annual audit with relevant schedules and respond to audit queries.
- Promptly promote the month-end budget monitoring report.
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.
Requirements:
Qualifications:
- BSc / HND in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or any other related field with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience in a well-structured environment.
- Professional certifications in ICAN/ACA is desirable.
Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:
- The ideal candidate must:
- Have excellent communication skills (writing, reading, oral).
- Have a strong analytical mind.
- Be very good with computer applications, especially Oracle.
- Be a good team player and honest.
- Have a very pleasant personality.
Benefits:
We offer a highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.
Application Closing Date:
22nd April, 2025.
