Jobs at Joseph Ayo Babalola University

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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Requirements/Qualifications

• Candidate must have a good honours degree (not below Second Class lower division) in any of the following: Architecture, Building Technology, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Estate Management or any related discipline from a recognized university
• Must have at least twelve (12) years post qualification cognate experience in a university or comparable institution, eight (8) of which must be in a tertiary institution
• Must have spent at least four (4) years on CONTISS 13 or two (2) years as Deputy Director of Physical Planning in a private university.
• Be registered member of relevant professional bodies such as COREN, NIOB, CORBON, ARCON, NIA, NIQS, NITP, TOPREC, and NIESV.
• Possession of a higher degree in relevant field will be an added advantage.