Senior Finance Officer - Lagos, Nigeria - Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative
Description
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is a local non-governmental organization incorporated in Nigeria in 2009 with registration number CAC/NO/33391 and headquarters in Nigeria's federal capital territory, Abuja. It was established with a mission to promote socioeconomic development by supporting a broad range of global health interventions, education, research and economic initiatives in Nigeria. It is an allied organization to Family Health International (FHI360) with coexisting and mutually supportive interest in advancing the collective goals of the people and communities served. AHNi has presence across four geopolitical regions of Nigeria with a long history of working in North Eastern Nigeria which includes the cluster 1 states (Adamawa, Borno and Yobe) and its beneficiaries include vulnerable groups such as youths, women, children and elderly at both national and subnational levels.AHNI is competent to support the local partners organizations to implement ACE project based on its competencies in technical, financial, and managerial capacity summarized below:
JOB SUMMARY
Minimum Recruitment Standard BS/BA Degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 5 – 7 years relevant experience. Or MS/MA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 3 – 5 years relevant experience Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience in office management and administration. CPA, ACA, ICAN, CIMA, CFE or any other relevant professional qualification is required. Experience in managing financial records of donor-funded organizations, and familiarity with donor and local contractual procedures is an advantage.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties Candidates will be responsible for accounting and finance operations for the state office and ensure compliance with the contractual requirements of Nigeria's programs/projects with the objective of providing professional accountancy services consistent with generally accepted accounting principles. The SFO will vouch all payment request from staff and vendors to ensure completeness of documentation and correctness of payment amount, review and process payment request on the online payment portal, review program memo to ensure that activity work plans agree with approved budget and maintain accounting files, tracking and following up on outstanding advances and ensure timely reconciliation. S/He will also review monthly financial report to ensure accuracy and completeness in transaction classification and posting, use the Budget Expenditure tracker to monitor actual expenditure against standard amounts, identify cost savings and work with state program team in processing approval for reprogramming. The SFO will supervise and review all procurement activities to ensure they are conduct in line with the organization policy guidelines and international best practices and supervise the activities of the finance personnel at the state level.
REQUIRED SKILLS
Budgeting, financial planning, Accounting, Bookkeeping, Financial reporting, Cash management (company), Accounting IT-systems (use of)
REQUIRED EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree