Chioma Ihekoronye

Finance Officer

Maidugu, Bauchi

About Chioma Ihekoronye:

Experienced Finance Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the Finance department. I am a vibrant, sincere & selfless motivated team player with excellent communicating, reporting, adapting & leadership skills, Strong community and social services. Professional with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from University of Maiduguri and a National Diploma in Accountancy.

Experience

Organization: British Council

Position Title: Grant Assistant (Volunteer)

Date: March 2022 to September 2022

Location: Maiduguri

Duties and Responsibilities

Organizing and maintaining grant documentation, including grantee reports and correspondent.
Assisting with award data quality control and follow up on corrections as needed.
Tracking grantee evaluation, monitoring, and reporting compliance.
Assisting with award package preparation
Maintaining activity calendars and team schedules.
Organizing regular team meetings or calls, sending out reminders, and/or developing agendas.
Attending meetings and events on behalf of the team in a note-taking or administrative support capacity.
Fulfilling additional administrative functions, as assigned.

Organization: Intercommunity Development Social Organization (IDS)

Position Title: Finance/ Admin Officer

Date: May 2021 to February 2022

Location: Maiduguri

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring all payment request are adequately supported in line with IDS procurement manual as well as compliance with donor rules and regulations
Support the Field Manager and Budget holder in the monthly review of transaction listings and monthly variance analysis.
Responsible for managing all staff program advances and ensure proactively reconcile the advance account.
Coordinate the monthly cash forecast process for the Field office and ensure that there are always adequate funds for the implementation of the projects in the field office
Supervise the work of the assistance Finance Assistant/Cashier and in the situation of limited resources perform this role.
Reconcile the transaction listing from the general ledger with the vouchers
Ensure all vouchers are properly referenced and stamped before filing.
Ensure the field office has in place a voucher approval process and all staff adhere to this working hour.
Responsible to legally minimize tax liabilities through informed application of tax laws and regulations
Ensure that all remittances are done within the required timeline
Ensure the monthly reconciliation of the tax account including PAYE and WHT account
Manage tax compliance, reporting, and filing works for the organization.
Act as the key point of contact and support for our local taxation matters
Act as key point of contact for collection and issuance of Credit note to all Save the Children International Vendors and Suppliers.

Other Relevant Positions

Organization: Intercommunity Development Social Organization (IDS)

Position: Finance/Admin Assistant

Date: May 2019 - May 2020

Location: Damboa LGA

Supervisor: Finance/Admin Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

Raise cheques approved by relevant budget holders/finance and taking them to approved signatories for signing.
Perform bank-related activities; picking up monthly bank statements.
Support in the payments of participants and other beneficiaries.
Assist in the remittance of statutory payments (WHT) on/before the due date.
Requesting and Collection of Finance unit office stationery and consumables from the admin office for day-to-day business activities.
Support in the verification of all assets.
Reconciling and matching of transactions on the system on weekly basis.
Ensure all payment and journal vouchers are electronically archived on monthly basis.
Properly label all files and arrange vouchers in their appropriate folders on the shelf for easy retrieval.
Support during audits to retrieve selected samples a week before the commencement of any audit exercise.
Return all vouchers to their appropriate box files after the conclusion of any audit exercise.
Assist during audit to retrieve all relevant documents for audit exercise.
Produce soft/scanned copies of documents for retention purposes.
Support in maintaining soft copy archiving system.
Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager.
Practice self-care.

Organization: CCCM ACTED NIGERIA

Position: Finance Intern

Date: March 2018 – March 2019

Location: Maiduguri

Supervisor: Finance Assistant

Duties and Responsibility

Assisted the Finance team in all financial activities
Account for all procurement transactions to ensure adequate supporting documentation, accuracy and control over payments
Assisted in Preparation and processing bank payments online, attach payment advice and upload details for multiple payments
Payment of daily workers
Assisted in Petty Case Management
Conducted daily, weekly and month end of cash count
Ensured that all documents are filled and stamped
Receive, check and submit travel advances claims from field-based.
Performed other duties assigned.