Finance Manager at Medecins Du Monde

Medecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care. MdM operating in Nigeria, Borno state since October 2016.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: Borno
Employment Type: Full-time

Main Mission

• The Finance Manager ensures the account and financial management of Nigeria mission while complying with the rules of the mission, the local context, local legislation, donors’ rules and the MdM policies and values.  S/he leads a team and/or support partners,  providing technical support to operational staff financial management of the mission

Responsibilities

• Manage the mission's monthly, semi-annual and annual accounting closing process
• Monitor the implementation of the financial and cash management procedures of the mission and/or partners
• Ensure compliance of the mission's accounting documents
• Communicate, advise and provide support to teams (MdM or partners) in understanding the financial framework. Provide technical support to operational staff, on-site financial staff and/or partners
• Contribute to the development of the framework, procedures and tools. Suggest adjustments to processes and tools
• Provide technical supervision, capacity building, training and support for teams (MdM and partners) in the specialist area
• Consolidate, control and communicate accounting related information
• Integrate headquarters’ costs
• Check allocations (accounting and budget codes)
• Alert operational staff and line managers to any discrepancies in consumption and financial risks
• SAGA configurations
• Supervise cash management for the entire mission (cash flow, banks, internal transfers, etc.)
• Participate in writing donor reports, funding requests, amendments
• Contribute to audit management (prepare documents, respond to auditors, follow-up recommendations, etc.)
• Monitor the legal and fiscal framework
• Supervise the archiving of accounting and financial documents
• Depending on the organisation of the mission, may be required to perform the tasks of administrative officer for the base/capital (bookkeeping, monthly closing, paying suppliers, administrative management, etc.)
• Draft activity reports

Management:

• Plan and monitor activities and implement corrective action where necessary
• Advise, arbitrate, and support measures to be taken in the event of difficulties, malfunctions and incidents

Candidate Profile
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors level qualification in Finance, Economics or Business
• At least 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience with NGO highly desired

Main Skills:

• Master accounting and financial procedures (MdM and donors)
• Summarise and communicate/submit on the financial and accounting management procedures of MdM and donors
• Understand and interpret a legal and fiscal framework
• Ability to use Excel and the Microsoft Office Pack
• Ability to use field accounting software (SAGA)
• Analyse significant discrepancies between forecasts and actual records, interpret them, contextualise them (“make the numbers talk”), identify the causes and risks, report
• Analyse and communicate accounting and budgetary information
• Read, construct and analyse a budget and carry out budget monitoring
• Share professional expertise
• Support teams (MdM and partners) identify training needs, train
• Organise the priorities of the relevant activities, adapt planning according to priorities and hazards
• Work in a team
• Fluent in English

Management Skills:

• Take decisions and arbitrate
• Draft action plans and follow-up indicators and results in a given area
• Organise activities and objectives
• Communicate with the team
• Assess and develop colleagues’ skills.

Salary Range
N456,000 / month.

Application Closing Date
20th December, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: recruitment.nigeria@medecinsdumonde.net using the position as the subject of the email.