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Bursar

Job Description

The Bursar is the Chief Financial Officer and Adviser of the University and he/she is responsible to the Vice Chancellor for the day-to-day administration and control of the financial affairs of the university.

Among others, he/she has the responsibility to:

Advise on the general financial policy of the university
Prepare annual estimate of income and expenditure
Monitor the income and expenditure in relation to budget and presenting the report to the vice chancellor
Keep the accounts of the university and prepare statement of financial activities and balance sheets
Maintain a cash slow process for the current and future years
Advise on financial investment of the university
Administer pension scheme for teaching and non-teaching staff
Scrutinize and pass for payment and invoices
Organize special appeals for capital projects and endowment funds
Keep analysis of cost and other statistical records
Advise on taxation methods

Requirements

Candidates must possess a good honours Degree (not below second class lower division) in Accounting or related disciplines plus membership of any of the following recognized professional accounting bodies namely: ACA, ACCA, ICAN, CPA, ACMA and ANAN.
The candidates should have at least fifteen (15) years post honours degree experience in a university or comparative institution, five (5) years must be as a deputy bursar in a private university
Possession of a higher degree in relevant fields and a good working knowledge of appropriate computer package will be an advantage.
Applicants must not be more than sixty (60) years of age at the time of appointment.

Terms of Appointment

Appointment is for a period of five (5) years only, effective from the date of appointment
The salary is as applicable to what currently operates in Nigerian Universities, in line with the Federal Government’s Consolidated Tertiary Institution’s Salary Structure (CONTISS) for non teaching staff.

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