ABOUT CEDAR FOUNDATION FOR DISABILITY (CFfD)
Cedar Foundation for Disability is committed to meet the essential needs, improve the living conditions and promote the fundamental rights of persons with disability and vulnerable population in situation of poverty, exclusion, conflict and disaster. We aspire to become the leading developmental organization that works for disability inclusion and promoting the wellbeing of persons with disability in Africa.
Contract type: Fixed Term (renewable)
Reporting to: Executive Director
Key relationships/interactions: Internal: Programs, Advocacy, media houses, Government
Location: Maiduguri (Covering all locations of project)
Job Purpose
The Finance Officer will provide overall leadership for the financial accounts function within an upcoming intervention, and partly support the budgeting and reporting function. S/he will be responsible for ensuring best-in-class financial controls and management for the upcoming program– including capacity building; implementing efficient & effective processes; improving and ensuring compliance with internal control systems. S/he will ensure that Nigeria Financial requirements and procedures comply with CFfD’s policies, donor requirements as well as the Government of Nigeria laws and policies.
Job Responsibilities
- Support budget holders in Budgeting, Budget monitoring (BVAs), and Budget control.
- Maintain financial records and monitoring systems; record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, and other day-to-day transactions; facilitate internal and external audits by providing all required information to the auditors.
- Manage and maintain the capitalized CFfD’s fixed asset (FA) schedule tracking acquisitions, disposals, and write-offs and compute monthly depreciation charges.
- Support in the preparation of annual financial statements and schedules and ensures that CFfD adheres to month-end and year-end procedures for audit readiness.
- Ensures prepayments for medical and other staff benefits are expensed in a timely manner.
- Preparation of quarterly financial reports for the upcoming intervention.
- Collaborate with the Procurement/Logistics department to establish and manage suppliers’ contracts, ensure integrity, and process payments against contracts; maintain files on contracts.
- Review all payments and purchase orders (POs) for proper coding and approval.
- Ensure proper finance documentation and filing.
- Ensure that staff, interns, program partners, and volunteers comply with CFfD’s policies and procedures.
- Ensure all business floats are timely settled and posted into internal software system.
- Liaise with partner organizations’ field staff to ensure partnership agreements are adhered to.
Performance Indicators
- Producing accurate reports on time.
- Meet the financial needs of the upcoming intervention in an effective and timely manner.
- Effective management of donor financial requirements and responsibilities.
- Maintenance of proper and accurate financial records.
- Support to partners and program staff when required and in a timely manner.
- Effective maintenance of the grants management system.
Responsibility for resources:
- Ensure that the cash and cash equivalents and financial records are safeguarded and utilized in the intended manner.
- Ensure proper utilization and safety of CFfD assets.
Education Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a closely related field. Master’s degree is an advantage.
Experience and Skills
- Minimum of 3 years of management experience in a corporate, audit firm or an NGO environment, of which three at a middle management level within a finance department.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to lead, inspire and achieve results in a challenging context.
- Demonstrated managerial, supervisory, and leadership skills.
- Expert knowledge, skills, and experience in principles and practices of international accounting and financial management.
- Excellent inter-personal skills and ability to communicate with a diverse set of stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, decision making and strategic planning skills with the ability to articulate complex information in an easy-to-understand manner.
- Strong ability to analyse financial data including large financial data extracts, summarize results, produce reports, and recommend appropriate actions.
- Excellent knowledge of and skills in the use of integrated IT accounting systems (e.g. Oracle, etc.).
- Ability to plan and organize tasks on an autonomous basis.
- Sound judgment, integrity, tact, and discretion in dealing with internal stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with finance and non-finance staff.
- Thorough knowledge of financial policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Strong skills in Microsoft Office packages in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Fluent written and spoken English; knowledge of local languages is a plus.
- Commitment to Cedar Foundation for Disability’s values and principles.
Desirable
- Professional accounting qualifications such as CA, CPA, ACCA, or other equivalent qualifications will be a plus.
- Extensive years of experience within the NGO / charities sector or Audit firm with financial management responsibility will be an asset.
- Experience of working in a development context.
Understanding of major donor compliance regulations.
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive. The role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their skills and experience.
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Cedar Foundation for Disability email values.
- Holds partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence.
- Displays consistent excellent judgement.
How to apply
Candidates interested in this position should please email an application letter and CV as one attachment to [email protected] and copy [email protected] with the position title as the subject of the email.
Applications should be submitted on or before 5pm 31st March 2024. Applications not sent in the required format will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for assessment and interview.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply immediately as due to the urgency of this position applications will be reviewed as received, as such suitable candidates may be shortlisted and interviewed prior to closing date.
Qualified candidates that are persons with disability and females are strongly encouraged to apply.
Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate
