About Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh)
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief agency. The Foundation has been helping children in need for over 50 years, defending their rights regardless of their race, creed, or political affiliation. In over 30 countries, Tdh protects children against exploitation, and violence, improves children’s and their mother’s health, and provides emergency psychological and material support in humanitarian crises.
Organization: Terre des hommes – Nigeria
Position : Finance Officer
Location: Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria (With visits to other locations)
Advert Closing date: 20th December 2024.
General description of the position:
Responsibilities & Tasks
Accounting:
- Check invoices verify all supporting documents and complete codification daily.
- Check the Partner list of invoices verify all supporting documents, and complete codification.
- Check that all supporting documents in the payment files are duly signed by the appropriate signatories.
- Ensure that all supporting documents are in place before initiating any payment.
- Prepare and control tax payments, (PAYE, VAT, and WHT)
Administrative Delegation
- Prepare for and support audits or possible inspections.
- Conduct the physical verification of invoices and cash inventories in each book.
- Management of the Delegation bank Book
- Ensure completion of paper and digital filing, as well as securing hardcopies of all supporting documents in the Delegation.
- Supervise the online backup of all supporting documents in the Delegation regularly and ensure the filling of these documents.
- Regularly check sequential integrity and properly file finance documents.
- Ensure that all financial files and transaction supporting documents are kept properly in a professional filing system and that office correspondences are dealt with on time.
- Responsible for TD Bank management (Bank accounts management, checks and transfers management, payments, internal transfers, etc…).
- Facilitate internal and external audits and other checking through timely retrieval and presentation of financial documents.
- Participate in the weekly Finance department meeting.
Cash and Bank Management:
- Monitor enforcement of cash payment rules and accurately record transactions in Saga.
- Process and monitor cash transfers from Delegation to Bases.
- Manage the cash flow at the Delegation level and ensure that cash boxes are well supplied.
- Provide an oversight role on the management of Cash advances and ensure timely closure of same.
Others
- Undertake all other duties that may be determined by the Senior Finance and Finance Manager
- Fully comply with Tdh Code of Conduct and ensure Child Safeguarding Policy, PSEA are always upheld.
- Ensure adherence to Tdh standards and quality requirements in all the project activities.
- Adhere to and ensure the team under her/his responsibility follows Tdh administrative and logistical regulations and procedures.
Security
- Comply with Tdh Security Regulations
Competencies:
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in finance and/or Accounting or related Financial/Business Administration field.
- The candidate should possess a minimum of 2 years’ post NYSC experience in similar role with at least 1 year’s working experience in managing financial and administrative systems for donor funded projects. S/he should possess experience in the use of accounting software (preferably SAGA).
- Advanced IT knowledge: Microsoft Office package.
Skills:
- Goal-oriented and proactive with very good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritize, plan, and organise work in a time-limited manner.
- Capacity-building skills and demonstrable team-working skills
- Ability to work under pressure in a volatile context.
- High sense of integrity, rigour, and good flexibility skills.
Additional Requirements:
- Capacity to work within the framework of Tdh Nigeria’s core values.
- Previous experience in a similar role in the Northeast is considered an asset.
- Understanding the local language(s) is an added advantage.
The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are not exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs.
Hiring Conditions
- Applications will be processed on a rolling basis.
Method of Application:
Interested and qualified candidates should go to: https://forms.gle/VxfK9ztWf72hiZY37 to Apply.
