Deadline: 25 April, 2021
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Yiaga Africa is seeking to fill the role of Finance Officer.
Yiaga Africa is a nonprofit civic hub of changemakers committed to the promotion of democratic governance, human rights and civic engagement.
Responsibilities
- Ensure all finances are managed in alignment with the Nigerian government regulations, Yiaga Africa policies and the donor’s financial policies and procedures
- Monitor expenditures according to Yiaga Africa’s internal control rules and procedures, prepare periodic reports, and, where appropriate, propose revisions
- Implement financial management and reporting procedures and controls to improve service efficiencies
- Identify savings and promote the efficient use of resources
- Review monthly financial reports and periodically prepare reports, statements and schedules to facilitate the audit of Yiaga Africa’s accounts by both internal and external auditors
- Maintain a birdeye view of overall reporting requirements, financial management and grant timelines for project
- Create systems, processes and templates for tracking individual grant requirements (financial and reporting), including processing internal paperwork for grant reporting deadlines and preparing and submitting funder reports in compliance with financial and admin reporting needs
- Reconcile and review invoices for payments
- Ensure applicable tax withholding and deductions are taken care of as per the Nigerian laws and regulations on all payments
- Conduct quality assurance on invoices, payments and expense reports submitted by project staff to ensure compliance with donor rules and regulations
- Contribute to the audit process to include audit work-papers and work with auditors to ensure a clean audit
- Implement and follow up on auditors’ recommendations
- Perform timely review of cash position for project accounts to ensure sufficient funds are available for disbursements
- Control the processing of mission expenditure advances and balances
- Process payment requests on behalf of staff and vendors
- Ensure filling system for finance documents are up-to-date and well organised
- Other tasks as required by the line manager
Requirements
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with a relevant advanced degree and/or certificates and professional membership
- Two years, minimum, of cognisant experience with other relevant professional certifications (ACA, ACCA, etc.)
- Ability to establish good working relationships with donors, stakeholders, and partners, through impeccable communication, presentation and negotiation skills
- Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in auditing, internal audit standards, ethics and fraud awareness
- Proven ability to work effectively in a team-oriented, multi-cultural environment and to deliver under pressure
- Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal technical support
- Excellent interpersonal, organisational and time-management skills
- Strong analytical and documentation skills
- Experience in recommending results/corrective actions
- Experience in working with NGOs in the development/humanitarian sector, with knowledge of donor rules and regulation, is a significant advantage
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