Concern on Climate Change for the Community Initiative (FOURCi) is a non-profit organization group of Academics, Environmentalists, Agricultural Experts, Health experts, Building Experts and community volunteers coming together with their different expertise with one voice and concern towards safeguarding the future of our climate. Currently, the organization has focused its attention on the North East of Nigeria with special emphasis on Borno, Adamawa and Yobe State (BAY) state.
FOURCi is currently intervening through the promotion climate resilience agriculture and livelihood using community based approach.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
• Job Type: Finance Officer
• Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
• Experience: 4 years
• Location: Gombi and Hong, Adamawa State
• Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit
Job Responsibilities
• Carry out the day-to-day activities of the financial operations.
• Ensure day-to-day accounting operations and financial management functions are performed in compliance with internal and donors’ policies and procedures.
• Ensure funds availability and verify that all procurement actions are compliant with internal and client’s financial management guidelines.
• Ensure that all accounting data is updated, reconciled, and fully backed up with supporting documents.
• Responsible for the timely processing of staff payroll, allowances, and other reimbursements.
• Monitor cash flow and regularly update budget projections ensure supply of adequate funds.
• Support the preparation of budgets, monitor, review and revise as required.
• Meet financial reporting requirements, ensuring that all financial reports are submitted on or before deadline.
• Ensure accurate and smooth month and year-end closing and reporting within agreed schedules.
• Provide financial status of project expenses and budget information as requested.
• Ensure compliance with local laws, laws on withholding taxes and PAYE.
• Coordinate with Program Manager to establish proper controls for grants management
• Ensure and routinely test for maintenance of audit reports are ready.
• Review and analyze financial reports, including cost allocation of shared costs, verify financial transactions. Prepare balance sheet, account reconciliations.
• Serve as the key point person on all issues related the finance department.
• Provide proactive advice, support, and capacity building staff, and sub recipients tenure
• Compliance with standards and proper records of financial transactions, as well as support strengthening of internal control.
• Ensure financial reports are generated accurately and disseminated timely as per established reporting schedules and assist staff with financial reports analysis.
• Oversee maintenance of a good filing system of required supporting documentation tenure.
• Easy access and retrieval, and a reliable and easy follow audit trail.
• Ensure efficient management of cash flows and availability of sufficient and optimal cash in FOURCi operating account through monitoring cash balances (both cash-in-bank and cash-on-hand), preparing bank reconciliations, analyzing, and forecasting cash needs
• Maintain office efficiency by planning and implementing office systems, layouts, and equipment procurement for the growth and development of FOURCi.
• Ensure adequate tracking of organization’s asset.
• Manage and approve staff requests for procurements and supplies.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
Educational Qualification & Experience Requirements
• B.A. Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration with courses in accounting.
• Qualification in accounting.
• Master’s in Business Administration will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 4 years financial management and bookkeeping experience including budgeting, and forecasting, accounts payable, and accounts receivable, payroll, general ledger, and
• financial reports.
• Substantial budgeting, budget/expense analysis, and accounting experience.
• Knowledge of the relevant public donors’ regulations preferred.
• Knowledge of local law in taxation and local regulatory reporting procedures.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing
• Applications. Knowledge on financial accounting package/ reporting software.
• Understands local labor law requirements, human resource and procurement/logistics management.
• Knowledge of working in the humanitarian setting.
• Ability perform several tasks concurrently with ease and professionalism.
• Ability communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing, in English.
• Must be able keep FOURCi matters strictly confidential.
Language required:
• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Key working relationships:
• All staff (Program & Operation staff)
Additional Information
Security
• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
• Proactively ensure that the team members and community operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
Accountability to Affected People
FOURCi team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiaries and communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our projects.
Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and FOURCi’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
Equal Opportunity: FOURCi is an equal –opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, etc.
Kindly ensure that you are able work in this location when applying.
Qualified women are strongly encouraged apply.
Application Closing Date
24 April 2023.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] or [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
NOTE: ONLY SUCESSFULLY CANDIDATE WILL BE CONTACTED
