African Reinsurance Corporation : Senoir Accounting Clerk

The African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) is an International Financial Institution with Headquarters in Lagos (Nigeria). Africa Re has six Regional Offices in Casablanca (Morocco), Nairobi (Kenya), Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Port Louis (Mauritius), Lagos and Cairo (Egypt) as well as a wholly owned subsidiary in Johannesburg (South Africa). The Corporation is owned by 41 member States of the African Union (AU), the African Development Bank (ADB), the IFC (International Finance Corporation), the DEG (German Development Finance Institution), the FMO (Dutch private sector financing company), PROPARCO (Subsidiary of the Agence Française de Développement) and 107 insurance and reinsurance companies.The African Reinsurance Corporation is Recruiting Senior Accounting Clerk

A. MAIN DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Posting of cash book and general ledger transactions,
Headquarters and reconciling general ledger accounts

B. DETAILED DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
• Reconciliation of retrocessionaires’ accounts.
• General correspondence and maintenance of retrocessionaires’ files
• Reconciliation of Barclays Bank Accounts
• Raising and posting of journal Vouchers
• Inter office reconciliation for all locations
• Maintenance of fixed assets schedules
• Posting of journal vouchers to the GL as they are raised
• Maintaining inter –office accounts
• Reconciliation of inter-office accounts
• General correspondence on inter- office accounts
• Reviewing of inputs sheets, payment and receipt vouchers raised by other staff in the department

C. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Applicants should hold:
• A level or OND; Baccalaureat ( or equivalent )
• 4Years of experience of which 2 years are relevant work experience

OR
● BTS; DUT; DEUG; HND
● 2 years relevant work experience
• Membership of relevant professional bodies would be an added advantage
• Additional professional qualifications in accounting would be an added advantage.
• Bilingualism (English/French) would be an added advantage.

D. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION:
Applicants must be:
• National of member States of Africa Re;
• At least 21 and not more than 35 years old;

E. OTHER INFORMATION
Salary and other conditions of service are competitive and comparative to what is obtainable in similar
organizations.

F. PROCEDURE
Applications, together with full curriculum vitae and one passport size photograph, should be sent to the
following address:
The Managing Director
African Reinsurance Corporation
Africa Re Building
Plot 1679, Karimu Kotun Street,
Victoria Island
PMB 12765
Lagos, NIGERIA

Tel: (234 – 1) 4616820 / 4616828 / 2800724 / 2800725
Fax: 2800074
E-mail: vacancy@africa-re.com
CLOSING DATE : 15 November 2010