Apply: Sightsavers Finance Manager

Deadline: 29 January, 2024

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Sightsavers is seeking to fill the position of Finance Manager.

Sightsavers is an international nonprofit that works with partners in developing countries to treat and prevent avoidable blindness, and promote equality for people with visual impairments and other disabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Monitori the country resource management and report risks or issues to country director
  • Oversee/supervise the NCO finance team and the financial monitoring, audit, risk, and compliance for all Sightsavers-funded projects and partners
  • Responsible for all finance-related activity

Requirements 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or relevant professional accounting qualification
  • Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
  • Experience in auditing and government organisation
  • Extensive and demonstrable experience in financial management, programme and project management and administration, ideally in an INGO environment, but experience in audit and government organisation would also be considered
  • Extensive and demonstrable experience within a position of similar responsibility, ideally within an INGO
  • Availability to travel extensively, nationally and internationally
  • Excellent financial and resource management skills
  • Excellent project management and data analysis skills
  • Ability to influence high-level government officials and NGO leaders
  • Ability to build strong working relationships to enable effective management of partnerships and work collaboratively as part of a global team
  • Proven ability to think strategically and translate concepts into effective action plans
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Ability to represent Sightsavers at meetings involving key external stakeholders
  • Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Ability to deliver group training sessions
  • People management skills with a strong diplomatic understanding of culturally and ethnically sensitive issues
  • Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for persons with disabilities.

To apply and for more information, click here. 

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