Finance and Accountancy Manager at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization
dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and
regardless of race, religion, gender, creed or political affiliation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance and Accountancy Manager

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Contract: Fixed term contract and Working hours according to Nigerian law

Accountabilities / Responsibilities
Non-exhaustive list:

• Coordinating and supervising the accounting of the mission (accounting, treasury, audit procedures, etc.) according to the instructions of the Finance Coordinator, and in compliance with legal obligations and MSF standards and protocols in order to provide quality, reliable and transparent information to the organization on the use and allocation of resources in the mission.
• Being responsible for quality and timely accounting for the whole mission e.g. cash procedures, bank accounts, receipts and supporting documents, electronic data entry, consolidation of overall mission accounting, monthly closing process and documents, ensuring strict respect of deadlines and strict compliance to MSF guidelines, financial standards and procedures.
• Coordinating and overseeing the monthly and yearly closing of accounts and balance sheet, and reporting the mission's accounting statement through monthly and weekly reports, in order to verify the evolution of project finances and provide information about them.
• Being responsible for the financial management of donor contracts close Finance Coordinator support e.g. preparing and verifying the financial reports to donors, following up and analysing the need for amendments. Ensuring reporting conditions are met and stake-holders in the mission are informed of their responsibilities (for example, logistics for stock inventory, quotes).
• Coordinating and overseeing the payment of tax liabilities in order to comply with legal obligations.
• Coordinating and supervising the conduct of local audits in the coordination relating to accounting, tax, labour, stock and asset management.
• Planning and supervising, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required and to improve people's capabilities.
• Is the technical reference for any accounting-related issue including compliance with MSF financial standards and procedures, legal compliance, training and support on the MSF accounting software / system.
• When required, briefing all staff involved, on specific accountancy management (Mission Coordination Team, Administration Managers, Logistics Managers, etc).
• When required, ask to do some field gaps filling.
• Being responsible of mission accountancy binders archiving but also tax payments specific archiving and contracts (lease, services, products) one

Required Skills and Conditions

• Education: Essential University Degree, solid training & skill in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of in relevant jobs. Professional solid experience and qualification. Desirable to have experience with MSF or other NGOs.
• Languages: English (speaking and written) required, additional local languages desirable.
• Computer Literacy: Excel and Word required. Proven ability to learn finance & HR systems.

Remuneration

• According to the MSF salary scale and 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary.

Application Closing Date
26th May, 2023.