Marie Stopes Nigeria Recruits Senior Finance Officer

Marie Stopes International Organisation Nigeria (MSN) is a results-orientated non-profit Social Enterprise, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to meet the needs of the underserved and dramatically improve access to high quality family planning and other reproductive health services in Nigeria. MSN is a member of Marie Stapes International's Global Partnership, which operates in over 42 countries worldwide. MSN is funded by a mix of donors which includes Department for International Development (DFID). UNEPA, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Marie Stopes International (MSI), Association of Spouses of Heads of Mission (ASOHOM) amongst other donors.

MSN is currently engaged in creating and expanding access to reproductive health services to low income women and couples in Nigeria. Outlets for MSN services include an MSN owned static clinic, Social Franchised facilities and Outreach programs including training, coaching and mentoring of public sector providers in 8 States. With new funding, MSN is expanding it's programme and now establishing integrated regional hubs to support and serve field operations, coordination and management of teams to achieve improved efficiency and effectiveness.

The core responsibility of these positions is to use your: Initiative; energy persistence results orientation; drives integrity; enthusiasm; commitment to personal development. To further MSI's partnership mission of: empowering individuals to have children by choice not chance.

Marie Stopes International Organisation Nigeria (MSN) is seeking to recruit:

Job Title: Senior Finance Officer

Reporting to: Finance Director
Location: Abuja
Length of contract: Two (2) years

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit monthly Regional Financial report of MSN.
• Manage the custody and issuance of Stock in regional offices.
• Review all financial transaction for documentation and compliance adequacy before submitting for processing.
• Ensure liquidity of all Regional Offices of MSN.
• Ensure sound financial controls in all MSN service delivery Channel and regional Offices.
• Contribute to monthly management and periodic statutory reports.
• Prepare periodic budget for channels and Regional Offices and upload same in SUN within the deadline stipulated by MSI.
• Manage all transaction documents in accordance to MSN procedures (Transaction Filling System).

Qualifications and Skills

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics.
• Professional qualification will be an added advantage.
• 5-7 years' experience in a similar role with an NGO, having many channels of delivery.
• Ability to use SUN Accounting package.
• Ability to multitask, manage a workload and produce high quality, on-time work.

Application Closing Date
25th November, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidate should submit a suitability statement and an updated CV as a single document to: [email protected] quoting the position and location applied for as the subject of the email.

Note: Application that do not follow this format will not be considered.