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FHI 360 is recruiting candidates for a Director of Finance and Administration.
JOB TITLE: Director of Finance and Administration
JOB LOCATION: Abuja
Requisition: 2020200663
JOB DETAILS:
- The objective of the SCALE Activity is to support CSOs and BMOs across all of USAID/Nigeria’s programmatic sectors with a basket of managerial, business strengthening, and advocacy capacity-building interventions aimed at advancing Nigerian CSO sustainability combined with targeted grants to advance mutually agreed upon priorities.
- The activity is designed to enhance local civil society organizations’ ability to be positive and responsible change agents in Nigeria
Position Description
- The Director of Finance and Administration oversees program operations, including but not limited to human resources, logistics, procurement, sub-contracts or sub-awards, and accounting/finance.
Major Duties / Responsibilities
The Director of Finance and Administration shall:
- Coordinates logistics for project
- Works with HR and other country office and platform functions to abide actions to FHI 360 processes and procedures
- Liaises with senior management on the development of administrative plans, projects, performance and initiatives to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of all administration departments
- Translates the organization’s business and strategic goals and objectives into priorities for administration’s departments, introducing new directions, innovations and methods to achieve results
- Strategically partners with internal and external stakeholders and contributes to sharing and implementing best practices
- Builds credibility with other internal organizations and constructively dissenting, when appropriate, to push organization to pursue maximum value from negotiated agreements
- Guides organizational leadership on the regulations that apply to administration’s departments and work
- Drives leading edge efficient operations, processes and technologies to improve safety, quality, delivery, and reduce costs
- Oversees the establishment of applicable performance metrics and monitors performance against those metrics. Manages and evaluates department leadership to ensure efficient operation of these functions
- Demonstrates competency in setting negotiation strategies and planning for execution
- Oversees each of these departments to identify opportunities to improve and refine services
- Provides direction in accomplishing the organization objectives and guides the development of related policies and procedures
- Develop internal control measures
- Conduct internal financial audits
- Coordinate external financial audits
- Prepares budgets for annual work plans and financial reports for USAID
- Develop the financial management capacity of all relevant staff and sub-awardees
- Assign and audit the work of the finance department, while providing day-to-day guidance to staff
- Design, document and implement the strategic operational systems, functions, and internal control mechanisms to ensure efficiency and compliance with USAID regulations and FHI 360 policies and procedures
- Design, document and implement process improvement plans to ensure financial controls are streamlined and in compliance with FHI 360 and USAID requirements
- Monitor the Program’s pipeline; develop and implement corrective actions as required to ensure burn-rate and cost-share figures are on target
- Provide recommendations and consult with management on financial performance and risk management
- Develop policies and systems and conduct special financial studies, as required
Required Experience / Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance or a related field in International Business Management, Finance, Accounting and/or auditing experience.
- An ACA/ACCA/CPA or other recognized professional accounting qualification.
- Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in accounting, auditing, finance, or business management with a recognized organization.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and manage large budgets, and in-depth knowledge of accounting principles.
- Progressively responsible experience supervising project operations, including human resources, procurement, and sub-contracts or sub-awards.
- Experience working with online banking systems.
- Demonstrated experience and good working knowledge of USAID and other US Government organizations’ rules and regulations is required.
- Excellent project management and technical skills.
- Ability to motivate, negotiate, influence and collaborate with functional managers and other leaders.
- Computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access.
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Note
- The above job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties.
- This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
Job Features
Job Category | Accounting / Audit / Finance |