Job Title: Finance Assistant
Section: Finance
Duration: 6 months
Duty Station: Adamawa state (With frequent travels across the area of operations)
Reports to: Finance Officer
Start Date: IMMEDIATELY
Purpose of Assignment:
The Finance Assistant supports the day-to-day financial operations of the organization by processing transactions, maintaining financial records, and ensuring compliance with internal policies and donor regulations. This role plays a key part in ensuring accurate bookkeeping, timely payments, and effective financial reporting to support program implementation.
Major duties and responsibilities:
- Process payments, invoices, and staff reimbursements in accordance with financial procedures.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records and documentation.
- Assist in preparing monthly financial reports and reconciliations.
- Support cash and bank management, including deposits and withdrawals.
- Monitor petty cash usage and ensure proper documentation.
- Assist with audits by providing necessary financial documents and explanations.
- Ensure compliance with donor and organizational financial policies.
- Support procurement and logistics teams with financial documentation and payment processing.
Policy Adherence
- Actively promote Child Safe Guarding standards within First Step Action for Children Initiative and among the children we serve
- Actively promote PSEA (prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse) standards within First Step Action for Children Initiative and among beneficiaries
- Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect humanitarian law at all times.
- Adhere to the Adamawa state Health Crae Development Agency Code of Conduct, for health at all times.
- Adhere to the national protocols at all times.
- Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect humanitarian law at all times.
- Other assigned duties and responsibilities are effectively accomplished.
- Performs any other duties and responsibilities assigned as appropriate to the purpose of this post, and delivers the results as required.
Code of Conduct
- As applicable to this position, an individual must promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the organization and maintain a clear understanding of SORASUN and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.
- If this is a supervisory position, one must set an example of ethical behavior through one’s own conduct and oversight of the work of others; ensure that those who report to you have sufficient knowledge and resources to follow the standards outlined in the Code of Conduct & Ethics; monitor compliance of the people you supervise; enforce the Code of Conduct & Ethics and SORASUN policies, including the Safeguarding Policy and the Protection from Harassment, Bullying and Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace Policy, consistently and fairly; support employees who in good faith raise questions or concerns.
Safeguarding
It is all staff shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children, adults at risk and any form of trafficking in persons. Staff are also responsible for preventing violations to our Code of Conduct and Ethics, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment. If you see, hear or are made aware of any violations to the Code of Conduct and Ethics or Safeguarding Policy, you have an obligation to report.
QUALIFICATION and COMPETENCIES (indicates the level of proficiency required for the job.)
EDUCATION & OTHER SKILL: B.SC Accounting or other relevant disciplines.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Four years of professional work experience in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of Nutrition project/program. Professional work experience in a project/program management function or a technical expert capacity in health or Nutrition care.
- Background/familiarity with Emergency.
- Excellent communications skills, both oral and written
- Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.
- Strong writing and presentation skills.
- Proven capabilities in leadership required.
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: Fluency in English and local working language of the duty station will be an asset.
Closing date: 12th November 2025.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and Cover Letter to:
[email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
