Finance Coordinator (Accounting) Nigeria Abuja

Contract

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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

These strategic locations have allowed NRC greater reach from the north and south parts of the North-East and North Central region and allowed NRC to contribute to bridging the gap between humanitarian aid and development cooperation, including by focusing on equitable access to basic services and strengthening the rights of displaced people and returnees. In addition to the Country Office and the above-mentioned Area Offices, NRC has sub-office structures in Monguno, Mubi, Pulka and Gwoza.

We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee.

If you are those people, the Norwegian Refugee Council in Nigeria is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Finance Coordinator (Accounting) to join our team in Abuja, Federal Capita.The Finance Coordinator will be responsible in ensuring the financial set up is accordance to NRC standard and to support programme/project implementation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience from working as a Finance Coordinator or Finance Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context.
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities. BSC/HND in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or an related field. Other essential Professional qualifications such as ICAN, ACA, ACCA, ANAN is an added advantage.
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Solid knowledge of computer software and modern accounting systems
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

What’s in it for you?

Join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility:

At NRC we think creatively. We encourage ideas and give responsibility to all employees at all levels, to help solve the complex issues that we face. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

Learn on the job: NRC's collaborative working style favours the exchange of good practice and lessons learnt. At NRC, employees learn on the job and are encouraged to look for opportunities to develop new competencies. NRC managers prioritise the quality work and the competency development of their staff. This entails giving newcomers a good start, following up, training and mentoring employees to allow them to perform well in their current job, and offering learning and development programmes.

Additional Information:

Duty Stations: Abuja, Nigeria

Duration of contract: 12 months.

Grade Level: Grade 7 in NRC's grading structure.

Reporting line: Finance Manager

Travel: N/A

This position is open to Nigeria Nationals only. We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates. Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline. Female candidates are strongly advised to apply.

Responsibilities

Accounting & Finance: -

• Support the Finance Manager in ensuring financial management systems and procedures are in place and that NRC’s and donors’ accounting practices and standards are adhered to in the Area Offices
• Support the Finance Manager in analyzing the financial situation of the CO, monitoring cash flow and take or propose action on relevant matters through: -
• Reviewing, consolidating and follow up of action points arising from the Balance Reconciliation Sheet (BRS) report
• Preparation of the Project summary, ensuring that the country program has sufficient funds at all times.
• Communicating with the banks and Regional Office to ensure that bank risks are minimized
• Authorization table is periodically circulated
• Follow up with the HoP and CD to ensure that NRC receives installments from donors on time as per the project agreement.
• Coordinate and be the focal point for all the audits in the CO
• Support the finance manager in period closure
• Timesheets
• Distribution of costs on the X and Pool project
• Payroll
• Bid Committee
• Prepare fair share allocation of support costs across various donors and support the finance manager to correctly charge costs according to the agree fair share calculations in the PcA tool.
• Responsible for Country Office payments and signatory changes of all Nigeria bank accounts. Ensure that all payments are processed on time and have good overview of the locations of the signatories at any given time.

Other Duties: -

• Train budget holders, finance and support staff on budget preparation, budget monitoring and how to use Agresso excelerator to retrieve reports.
• Prepare Top down and populate eBPO in consultation with HoP and the CD
• Allocation of support cost percentage / amount for every new Grant and ensure adequate support costs (national and international support salary, and operational costs are incorporated.
• Provide up-to-date analysis and reports of the financial situation in the projects and in the Programme whenever required through the following actions: -
• Register projects in Agresso master file (both Oslo and country office clients).
• Ensure accurate master support budget, the funding gap identified, monitored and flagged to AMs, CMG and CD, measures suggested and followed up to reduce the deficit. Support the Area Managers and CD to effectively use the Master Budget vs. Actual
• Share summary Budget vs. Actual for the entire CO with the CD upon request and at least once a month. Ensure documented BvA meetings with action plans and follow ups. Update the CD on the status of the agreed action plans before the next BvA meeting.
• Prepare interim and final donor financial reports for All NRC Projects in donor formats.

Other: -

• Training staff on anti-corruption policies, guidelines and procedures and ensuring that anti-corruption procedures are implemented.
• Contribute to decisions as member of Country Management Group (CMG)