Finance Officer at the Center for Community and Health Development International

The Center for Community and Health Development International is a non-discriminatory, non-governmental organization with a mandate to improve the health and quality of life of Nigeria’s rural children and women. CHAD was establish in 2002 by a group of women from different religious and ethnic background in Gombe state, North East Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Officer

Location: Borno
Job Type: Contract
Job Duration: 9 Months

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Approves payments, purchase authorizations and other financial transactions to ensure compliance with staff rules, financial rules and implementing instruments/authority.
• Supervises the preparation of the end of month accounts before forwarding them to Headquarters;
• In close coordination with Field/Sub Offices/Programme Section, maintains a system to monitor and forecast cash requirements to meet administrative and project expenditures. Establishes monthly cash requirements for the office and requests timely replenishments from Headquarters.
• Constantly reviews banking arrangements to ensure timely transfer of funds and minimize exchange loses and bank charges;
• Advises the head of office on all budgetary and financial matters;
• Briefs new staff members or staff assigned to the Field on finance matters;
• In close coordination with Field Offices, coordinate replies to finance related audit comments
• Undertakes other duties as required.

Supervisory responsibilities:

• Ability to manage/administer a finance unit, ability to rationalize work, delegate tasks, apply advanced systems to simplify work and negotiate systems improvements, propose solutions to make best use of staff and financial resources
• Ability to prepare and administer budgets, manage finance sector
• Analytical/Communication/inter-personal skills

Negotiating:

• Ability to work under highly stressful conditions
• Ability to work with computers
• Writing/drafting skills
• Ability to train and educate other people

Academic Qualifications

• Advanced University degree

Managerial Competencies:

• Managing Performance
• Coaching and Developing Staff
• Managing Resources
• Political and organization awareness

Functional Competencies:

• Interpreting and Developing Policy and Procedure
• Financial Planning
• Financial Reporting
• Providing Financial Support and Advice
• Carrying out Transactions
• Managing Funds

Other relevant qualifications in addition to the above:

• Advance University Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or other related fields Relevant Experience
• Experience in auditing, accounting/finance
• Work in multi-cultural, multi-national context
• Work experience in developing country (other than own) under conditions of low infrastructure, hardship, insecurity, danger Managerial and Technical Skills

Applications Closing Date
18th July, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send a Cover Letter and an updated CV (not longer than three pages) to:
CHAD Office, Bulumkutu Abuja,
Behind Bulumkutu Primary School,
Maiduguri, Borno State.