At Chemonics, we believe our mission of helping people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives is driven by our commitment to service-service to our mission, to our beneficiaries, to our clients, and to our staff. From our founding in 1975, we have worked in more than 150 countries to help our clients, partners, and beneficiaries face difficult challenges, from political instability to limited healthcare to a lack of market infrastructure. We have helped them overcome those challenges by working together to find and implement innovative projects that achieve development impact. We are entirely employee-owned, giving us both the freedom and the responsibility to pursue our mission with single-minded focus. Holding ourselves to the highest quality standards, we are also committed to living our values of caring, excellence, innovation, integrity, and opportunity to implement efficient and effective programs that build a better future for those we serve.
JOB DESCRIPTION/SCOPE OF WORK
Position Title: Senior Finance Manager
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
This scope of work (SOW) sets forth the services to be provided by the Senior Finance Manager to SATI Associates Ltd/Gte, an associate company of Chemonics International Inc. in the implementation of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Project in Nigeria.
Background: The overall goal of GHSC-PSM is to procure and provide health commodities for all USAID health programs, including but not limited to, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Family Planning, and Maternal & Child Health, as well as provide systems strengthening technical assistance to improve supply chain management and commodity security in Nigeria.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare and submit deposits and wire transfer requests to the bank
- Issue checks of payment for processed transactions, logs payments, distribute and/or mail checks to the appropriate vendor
- Review project staff timesheets and processes monthly payroll
- Calculate and processes any tax payments, when appropriate
- Liaise with a Nigerian accounting firm in performing local financial management and the appropriate local accounting reporting needed
- Prepare and maintain all the project financial reporting for the Nigerian authorities. Ensure that all financial transactions and practices related to REC activities in Nigeria adhere to USAID regulations
- Enter expenses into ABACUS (PSM accounting systems) and provide supporting documentation for expenses entered
- Manage petty cash transactions
- Oversee the purchase of office supplies and other small to mid-size procurements
- Collect and review employee expense reports for accuracy
- Prepare and submit monthly accounting reports to the home office, respond to questions from home office accounting unit and project management unit
- Maintain transparent and audit-proof record keeping systems per PSM’s policies.
- Review, process and enter accounting activity
- Obtain documentation and approval for all transactions
- Research the status of particular invoices/payments, as required
- Submit recommendations for standard exchange rate to HO every month
Job Qualifications
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics or other relevant field
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in program administrative and finance management
- Professional experience with international donor programs: audit/compliance fiduciary and risk management experience are required
- In-depth knowledge of the operating environment and employment regulations in Nigeria
- Experience in bookkeeping and accounting
- Results-oriented professional capable of achieving targets and goals set in cooperation with the client, counterparts and stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to work productively within a team
- Possess excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
How to apply
Qualified applicants should click the link below to view the Job Description/Scope of Work and apply.
https://chemonics-ghsc-psm-nga.formstack.com/forms/531_233_21_senior_finance_manager
