Finance Officer at Teach for Nigeria

Finance Officer at Teach for Nigeria


We recruit Nigeria’s most promising future leaders from varied disciplines to teach in Nigeria’s underserved schools in low-income communities through a highly selective, two-year fellowship. The Teach For Nigeria fellowship is a transformational leadership program that equips Fellows with transferable leadership skills to effect change beyond the classrooms in the communities we serve. After the fellowship, alumni of Teach For Nigeria build on their classroom teaching experience to drive long-term systemic changes in the educational sector in Nigeria as they progress into leadership roles in their varied professions. The Teach For Nigeria model is based on the proven success of 40 country organizations including: Teach For America, Teach First UK, Teach For Ghana, Teach For Bangladesh, Teach For Nepal and Teach For India, who are all part of the Teach For All network.

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
  • Experience: 4 years
  • Location: Lagos
  • City: Lagos Island
  • Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit 

JOB SUMMARY

  • Mainly responsible for our Finance Operation, who should be a member of an accounting professional body.
  • The Finance Officer would run the day-to-day Finance Operations, Expense reimbursements, Accounting and building Finance reports, etc.
  • Esure efficient financial governance practices and processes

Duties & Responsibilities :

Financial Governance

  • Coordinate annual budget planning and semi-annual budget reviews
  • Maintain a budget tracking system to help functional heads to make financial decisions
  • Assist in the development and maintenance of Company’s finance policies and procedures
  • Maintain payment systems and processes that comply with Company’s finance policies and procedures
  • Maintain a cash flow management system that projects cash requirements and coordinates with Fund Raising units to ensure a healthy cash balance

Financial Reporting

  • Produce annual reports which include both financial (audited account) and non-financial information that are relevant to public stakeholders
  • Produce semi-annual donor reports which include both financial (audited account) and non-financial information that are relevant to donors
  • Produce quarterly financial reports for Company’s Board Members
  • Produce monthly management reports for internal use
  • Manage and coordinate the audit process
  • Manage and coordinate remittance of statutory deductions etc
  • Produce any other reports which may be required from time to time
  • Assest & Equipment Management
  • Capex/Opex administration

Education, Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related courses from any reputable university (ACA) added advantage
  • Minimum of 4 years experience in accounting/Finance
  • Ability to construct and dissect simple financial statements with very minimal guidance.
  • High level of attention to detail required to ensure report accuracy.
  • Logical and methodical thinking required to design and improve financial processes.
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills required for simple financial analysis.
  • Competency with Microsoft Office productivity tool (e.g. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
  • Share the same sense of mission and core values as the organization.
  • Strong team player.
  • Demonstrated success in a fast-paced environment.
  • Full range of strategic management and leadership skills.
  • Demonstrates the ability to make and take responsibility for sound and far-reaching decisions.
  • Experience of managing multiple projects.
  • Financial and budget management skills.
  • Ability to assess and plan for future needs.
  • Ability to plan and prioritize own workload and that of others.
  • Integrity, compassion, mission-oriented, and commitment to excellence.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV via email to [email protected]

NOTE– Only qualified candidates should apply

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