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JOB TITLE: Finance Officer
JOB LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
Employee Status: Permanent
Child Safeguarding
- Level 2: Either the role holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of their work; or they will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister, solicitor, legal executive); therefore a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or equivalent in other countries).
Role Purpose
- This position will be responsible for implementing and/or coordinating all financial support functions for the state office.
Key Areas of Accountability
Fund Disbursement:
- Support payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office
Financial Information and other support functions:
- Send out transactions listings and BVA to the awards department on the agreed dates
- Support all Budget holders in the preparation of phased budgets
- Provide support to budget holders in reviewing and understanding monthly financial budget monitoring reports and follow up on any recommended action points
- Prepare the Glacos for all the recharges recommended by the budget holders after the 1st and 2nd reviews of the transaction listings.
- Provide support to Humanitarian Finance Manager with advice/training to budget holders on budget management.
- Support in the preparation of proposal budgets for the Humanitarian response.
- Support in providing codes where finance support is needed.
- Review of payment vouchers
System Administration:
- Bank Reconciliation
- Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts 2141,1141,2150,1120,1122,2130
Others:
- Preparing SOF loaders for all new awards and realigned/ re-phased awards
- Provide information for management reports such as cost centre BVA’s, for budget holders to monitor budgets, on a regular and timely basis
- Monthly maintenance and update of Finance Accruals Tracker
- Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager
- Ensure proper and timely archiving of document
- Statutory Remittances
Skills & Experience
Administrative & General Skills
Essential Criteria:
- Level of Education – B.Sc / HND or equivalent
- Specified Study Area – Finance / Accounts
- Minimum 5 years post NYSC experience
- Experience in working with partners accountable for grants and other financial support provided to implement project activities, particularly at the community level.
- Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
- Language Requirements: Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Excellent
- Must be able to speak at least one local language predominant in that state.
- Level of IT Expertise: Excellent (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Ongoing/full Professional certificate in accounting and finance
Desirable Criteria:
- Good training and facilitation skills (for financial training/support to partners).
- Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handles last-minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.
- The ability to be creative and proactive in health is essential.
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
- High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
- Holds self and others accountable
Ambition:
- Creating best-in-class EA function
- Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively
Collaboration:
- Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
- Designing more effective admin systems
- Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
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Deadline: December 22, 2021
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