Job Vacancy: Finance Officer

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Job Vacancy: Job title: Finance Officer

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Action Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organisation committed to ending world hunger. For almost 44 years, across nearly 50 countries, we have been working to fight undernutrition and support communities affected by crisis across the globe.

We carry out innovative, lifesaving programmes in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Disaster risk reduction, Mental Health and Care Practices, Food security and Livelihoods and Social Protection.

Action Against Hunger began operations in Nigeria in 2010 in response to the high rate of chronic malnutrition in Northern Nigeria, focusing on integrated programming.

In 2011, we expanded our work to begin implementing nutrition development projects in Jigawa and in Yobe. Following the crises in Northeast Nigeria, we further expanded our operations to address the Nutrition, Health, Food security and livelihoods, WASH, and shelter needs of conflict-affected communities.

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Action Against Hunger Nigeria programme is supported by FCDO, ECHO, GAC, BHA, SDC, UNICEF, EU, AFD, SIDA and GFFO.

Action Against Hunger is currently looking to fill the role of a Finance Officer, who will be responsible to provide support to the mission financial plan updating and management to achieve mission overall budget management strategy.

Reporting to: Finance Specialist

Proposed start date: September 2023

Work location: Abuja, FCT

Key responsibilities:

• Update Financial Plan with BFU balances on a monthly basis for optimization considering donor requirements on flexibility and compliance;
• Update Financial Plan with general ledger of closed SAGA on a monthly basis to determine gaps between actual and plan cost;
• Update Financial Plan with Leavers, New Joiners and Base change staff list;
• Update Financial Plan with Expat list and costing on a monthly basis;
• Check monthly timesheet/budget allocation on GTA aligns with forecast;
• Assist in preparing budget proposals as required;
• Create financial line on Nomenclature as required;
• Prepare BFU Parameters once budgets are approved;
• Assist in preparing BFU’s twice monthly;
• Check accuracy of amounts on statutory deductions and compliance to rules and deadlines;
• Ensure organized and complete filling of all statutory payments and reports. Such as Taxes, EFCC, pension etc.;
• Coordinating the retrieval of needed archived documentation for all spot checks, internal and external audits;
• Liaise with Base teams on any challenge with receiving dispatch of supporting documents timely;
• Supervise Capital Finance Assistants and ensure proper verification of documents being checked and monthly progress report is done;
• Ensure all months’ supporting documents are timely updated on E-archiving platform by finance Assistant;
• Encourage collaboration between the assistants and the different departments e.g. Audit, Logistics and HR to ensure compliance;
• Identify training needs of finance assistants under his/her supervision;
• Set position objectives for and motivate finance assistants to achieve set objectives.

Position Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor equivalent in Accounting/Finance;
• Basic Knowledge of donor rules;
• Intermediate knowledge and use of Excel;
• Knowledge of Nigeria statutory rules and requirement;
• 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Finance and Accountancy;
• Exceptional organization and planning skills, ability to manage and follow work plans;
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication, able to negotiate, influence, give effective feedback, be a team player;
• Able to manage stress effectively, juggle competing priorities, and balance various team needs
• Champion of ACF Charter values of : Professionalism, Transparency, Neutrality, Access to Victims and Non-Discrimination;
• Previous ACF experience, previous INGO experience;
• Experience with donor-funded programs;
• Experience supervising others desirable.

Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes diversity and inclusion

The deadline for this position is Friday, 18th September 2023.

Action Against Hunger provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

Other benefits include but not limited to 100% health care coverage, free and direct access to Cross Knowledge e-learning platform.

Women at ACF are entitled to benefits such as maternity leave, compassionate leave for a hospitalized child and creche facilities for babies and toddlers.

All candidates MUST ensure they answer all the questions asked for this application. Failure to do so means candidates will not be considered for the process.

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Location: Abuja, FCT

Job date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 07:37:18 GMT

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