Bemshima Paul

I am a B.sc in Accounting Holder, a registered member of ICAN, with more than 5-years practical experience in both national and international NGO in blending Financial, accounting, budgeting, reporting, administrative, Cash management payroll processing, Auditing, staff trainings, documentations, management functions in the development and humanitarian sectors.

STATE FINANCE AND ADMINSTRATIVE OFFICER (NOVEMBER 2022 – DATE) | JHPIEGO, MINNA, NIGER STATE. 

• Preparing state level annual budgets and quarterly financial forecasts.
• Ensure compliance with JHPIEGO’s financial management systems and internal controls in the field office.
• Support in preparing periodic budget updates and burn rates to State Teal Leader and other staff.
• Prepare periodic donor reports for assigned projects and awards.
• Ensure all financial transactions are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that transactions are correctly entered into QBs accounting system.
• Support in ensuring that all statutory deductions are remitted at the various government agencies in the state.
• Support the finance manager in preparing and consolidating periodic financial reports and respond to all financial queries from headquarters in Baltimore.
• Lead document retention protocols in state offices and in line with donors and organization policies
• Ensure all procurements in the field office are in line with Jhpiego’s and donor procurement policies.
• Ensure documentation for the procurement of all goods and services are completed and available for audit trail.
• Ensure state offices administration processes run smoothly to support effective and efficient program implementation.
• Responsible for the accurate recording and maintenance of all Jhpiego Nigeria and donor assets located in the state office.
• Provide and ensure that all logistics requirements are available for the smooth running of state office and program activities.
• Ensure that all shipments received in the state office are properly recorded in the electronic inventory register on time and ensure that appropriate program staff and the State Team Leader is informed of the arrival of each shipment.

FINANCE AND ADMIN. OFFICER (MAY 2021 – OCTOBER 2022) | AFRICAN HUMANITARIAN AID INTERNATIONAL. MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date books of accounts; review general ledger accounts regularly to ensure accurate postings.
• Accurately and promptly process all accounting transactions, including operating expenses, procurement, travel, consultant payments, vendor payments, and transfer of funds to the other Field offices in Nigeria. Also, ensure recovery of advances and account receivables.
• Maintain and ensure consistency in the application of accounting rules and procedures, including safeguarding of cash and checks.
• Assist the Senior Finance Coordinator to prepare the Monthly Financial Report (MFRs)
• Ensure proper documentation of vouchers and receipts, financial reporting, proper coding of expenses, distribution of payments, tracking petty cash distribution and bank deposits.
• Work closely with the Admin and Logistics Coordinator and other Finance and Accounts Coordinators to ensure timely payments for goods and services rendered.
• Support Senior Finance Coordinator to strengthen financial and accounting system - identifying gaps, weaknesses and issues and recommending and implementing solutions.
• Support Senior Finance coordinator to update financial policies and guidelines. 
• Provide support during the grant and organizational audits.
• Process Journal entries and Trial balance information.
• Consolidating accurate data entry into the QUICKBOOKS accounting system for monthly reporting.
• Effectively support the Compliance staff in preparing internal audits as per donor policies where appropriate.
• Responsible for review of partner’s report and upload.
• Any other function required to undertake broadly in line with above functions.

FINANACE OFFICER (SEPT. 2017 – APRIL. 2021) | PEARLS CARE INITIATIVE, (PCI) MAKURDI, BENUE STATE.

• Managed organizations petty cash; recording petty cash expense and requesting float as at when due.
• Prepared Payment Vouchers and Supported by waybills, invoices and GRN and ensure compliance with Organization Policies.
• Managed donor projects on QuickBooks and produce all necessary financial reports such as bank reconciliation statements for funds retirement.
• Worked with program divisions in budget preparation and implementation to ensure they meet their monthly deliverables while ensuring value for money.
• Post approved transactions into QuickBooks and also ensures integrity of all entries.
• Reconciled all staff accounts and produce ageing report and send the backup to head office.
• Maintained up-to-date project accounts on the system to ensure that timely, accurate and programmatic information is readily available for project focal persons.
• Maintained asset register database and send the report monthly to head office.
• Managed company bank accounts to ensure bank charges are okay and other concerns of bank accounts. 

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BSc. Accounting. 2015

Benue State University.