Finance Coordinator at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Coordinator

Job Identification: 10846
Location: Kaduna
Reports to: Project Director
Staff directly reporting to this post: Finance Officer
Matrix Report: Finance Director

Job Summary

• Responsibilities may require regular contact with children or young people; all overseas posts are level 3 due to potential unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.
• Responsible for implementing and/or coordinating financial support functions for the Reaching Out of School Children project in Kaduna State.
• Provide sound financial management and value-added support to budget holders and stakeholders.
• Responsible for donor financial reporting and analyses.

Key Accountabilities
Finance and Accounting Knowledge:

• Ensure clarity in roles and responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of donor and Save the Children regulations and policies, including Finance Policies, Child Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct, Fraud & Dishonesty Policies, Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy, and Whistle-Blowing Policy.

Financial and Donor Reporting:

• Produce high-quality donor financial reports with FX analysis.
• Create management reports and KPI commentary.
• Provide financial analyses for actionable insights.
• Support ad hoc financial analyses for leadership and stakeholders.

Payment Review:

• Ensure all financial transactions in the state office are approved, authorized, and administered in line with SC & donor policies.
• Process payments to vendors, service providers, and partners.
• Manage all banking activities, maintaining accurate records and obtaining timely bank statements.
• Handle monthly recharges processing and daily transaction matching on Agresso.

Financial Recording:

• Manage electronic spreadsheets for funds disbursement.
• Coordinate timely submission of monthly financial reports and other required reports.
• Maintain accurate electronic and manual account books.
• Safeguard all vouchers and financial instruments.
• Submit monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations to CO Abuja.
• Serve as the focal person for PROSAVE invoicing and reconciliation.

Cash and Budget Management:

• Ensure timely and appropriate cash flows aligned with operational needs and budget forecasts.
• Provide accurate financial information to the Field Manager for activity planning and forecasts.
• Support monthly budget phasing, annual pipeline analysis, and BVA in collaboration with the line manager.

Procurement:

• Represent Finance at Procurement Committee meetings.
• Validate purchase vouchers within the Finance Coordinator's limit.
• Follow up on outstanding invoices and payments in field offices.

Statutory Regulations:

• Make statutory payments to relevant authorities (e.g., PAYE, WHT, Pension deductions) and maintain adequate documentation.
• Submit EFCC reports monthly to the Country Office.

Partner Management:

• Review financial reports of partners/sub-awardees and reconcile accounts.
• Provide administrative and technical support to partners to ensure timely preparation and submission of financial documentation.

Business Partnering:

• Conduct state-level finance inductions for new staff.
• Support training in financial management in line with SC’s financial policies.

Audit and Evaluation:

• Assist with internal and external audit preparations and documentation.
• Coordinate SC awards audits and ensure the implementation of recommendations.
• Follow up on audit issues with support from the Humanitarian Finance Lead.

Safeguarding:

• Provide support in developing a master budget for Child Safeguarding to address gaps in compliance standard.

Qualifications
Mandatory:

• Professional accountancy qualifications – ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CNA
• HND/BSc./MBA in accountancy
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in INGO
• Proficient in computer skills with an excellent working knowledge of advance excel.
• Perfect understanding of Nigerian tax laws and other compliance regulations.

Desirable: 

• Experience working in a multi donor environment is considered a very strong advantage.
• Sound knowledge of financial analysis and donor financial reporting.
• Audit or tax consultancy experience.
• Knowledge of Agresso FMS and ProSave will be an added advantage.

Skills & Behaviour (our Values in Practice) Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyze complex sets of relationshiPand situations
• Holds self and others accountable

Ambition:

• Creating best-in-class EA function
• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honesty, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Application Closing Date
23rd December, 2024.