Closing: Jun 30, 2024
This position has expiredPublished: Jun 27, 2024 (5 days ago)
Job Requirements
Education:
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Generic professional competencies:
- BSc Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
- Experience working as a Finance Coordinator in a humanitarian/recovery context.
- Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
Professional competencies:
- These are skills, knowledge, and experience that are important for effective performance.
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge, and experience:
- Good knowledge of the area and context of Adamawa State
- Good communication skills
- Good cultural awareness and sensitivity
- Knowledge of local languages is an added advantage.
- Experience with start-up, exit, or similar
- Experience with capacity building of staff and training
Behavioural competencies:
- Handling insecure environments.
- Managing resources to optimize results.
- Planning and delivering results.
- Managing performance and development.
- Analyzing
- Empowering and building trust.
Responsibilities
Generic professional competencies:
- BSc Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
- Experience working as a Finance Coordinator in a humanitarian/recovery context.
- Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
Professional competencies:
- These are skills, knowledge, and experience that are important for effective performance.
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge, and experience:
- Good knowledge of the area and context of Adamawa State
- Good communication skills
- Good cultural awareness and sensitivity
- Knowledge of local languages is an added advantage.
- Experience with start-up, exit, or similar
- Experience with capacity building of staff and training
Behavioural competencies:
- Handling insecure environments.
- Managing resources to optimize results.
- Planning and delivering results.
- Managing performance and development.
- Analyzing
- Empowering and building trust.
The purpose of a Finance Coordinator is to implement delegated area of responsibility. The following is a brief description of the role:
Generic responsibilities:
- Implement NRC’s systems and procedures at area level
- Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, guidelines and donor requirements
- Prepare and submit reports and analysis
- Ensure proper filing of all supporting documents
- Support line managers in procedures and required support team trainings
- Management of finance team
- Ensure that the accounting, monitoring and reporting are according to procedure
- Support project staff in financial matters
- Maintain budget control and monitor cash flow for the area
- Ensure development and implementation of financial systems and procedures
Specific responsibilities:
- Ensure that area office setup adheres to global and local Financial Handbook, NRC policies, donor and audit requirements.
- Training of budget holders and staff with financial responsibilities on budget preparation and budget monitoring
- Updating the Area Office shared costs spending plans every month.
- Ensure that all the relevant staff know how to use Agresso Accelerator and can load reports from Agresso.
- Verify that vouchers and supporting documents meet NRC standards before payment and check expenses related to particular grants by verifying PR/PO
- Represent finance and participate in the bid committee.
- Ensure supporting documentation is secured both online and in hard copy.
- Liaise with the country finance office to ensure timely payment of staff salary, supplier payments, other expenditures, and fund requests for area office.
- Support the AM and Support Manager to prepare, review, and monitor the shared cost and master budget for the area office.
- Support in the training and implementation of the anti-corruption policy
- Develop the monthly Budget Vs Actual reporting for project managers.
- Ensure accurate and verified postings at field level.
- Assist the Area Manager and budget holders in budget preparation.
- Develop, finalize, and update the area master support budget regularly.
- Build the capacity of staff as supervised and make sure delegation of roles and responsibilities are clear at the finance department.
- Undertake proposal and grant application reviews to assess compliance with NRC and donor guidelines.
- Participate in the grants Opening meetings and closure of projects.
- Other duties as assigned by the line manager.
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