Deadline: 30 January, 2023
Location: Minna, Nigeria
Plan International has opened applications for the role of Finance Manager.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Prepare the ANRiN project annual budget
- Monitor the project’s budget to ensure spending as per plan to avoid over/underspending
- Prepare the monthly project Indicative Grants Funding (IGF) report
- Prepare the quarterly project KP06 budget
- Assist in the preparation of country’s financial management reports (monthly, quarterly and yearly)
- Prepare a monthly budget versus actual spending project report
- Prepare the project’s monthly Target Bank Balance (TBB) report
- Prepare the monthly partner’s unliquidated advances report
- Assist the head of finance in the preparation of the quarterly and year-end financial schedules
- Make a monthly support visit to the project partners and submit report
- Submit the project office sub-ledger for all advances, prepaid expenses, accruals
- Follow up staff advances to ensure prompt liquidation and submit monthly report to country office finance officer for consolidation
- Prepare and submit the project monthly cash forecast
- Ensure prompt transfer of funds from country office to the project bank account
- Ensure that the project cash and bank account balances are never negative
- Follow up on bank account issues in a timely manner
- Prepare the monthly bank reconciliation statement and submit it to the country office for consolidation
- Review and submit to the country office the monthly receipt reconciliation statement
Requirements
- Qualified chartered accountant with ten years, minimum, of experience
- Seven years, minimum, of experience in a bilateral or multilateral agency financed project in Nigeria (or an African country)
- Work experience in use of SAP
- Excellent and demonstrable experience in procurement processes and logistics management.
- Knowledge and expertise in project preparation, commercial negotiations, financial management, internal controls/systems development, accounting, auditing and reporting
- Ability to solve problems effectively
- Experience in financial management capacity building of implementing partners
- Experience working and collaborating with diverse stakeholders, such as local NGOs, government officials, donor representatives, local and international staff
- Ability to represent the project at various meetings involving senior government officials and donor representatives
- Strong communication skills, including advanced report-writing skills
- Nigerian national with the ability to articulate and demonstrate a strong understanding of the contextual challenges faced by communities in the country
To apply and for more information, click here.
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