Finance and Grant Coordinator at Nuru Nigeria

Nuru Nigeria is a local NGO with affiliates in the US, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Ethiopia. Our mission is to build resilience corridors of farmer-owned and farmer-led agribusinesses and profitable rural livelihoods in 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of northern Nigeria proximate to conflict-vulnerable areas by 2030. Nuru Nigeria prioritises the smallholder farmers it serves and works to cultivate lasting meaningful choices through a community led, community driven and community sustained livelihood programs across the agriculture value chain.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance and Grant Coordinator

Location: Yola, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting: The Finance & Grant Coordinator will report to the Finance & Grant Specialist
Supervision: The Finance & Grant Coordinator will supervise the Finance & Grant Officer

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with the Finance & Grant Officer to ensure timely and accurate posting and recording of transactions in the Odoo accounting system;
• Ensure that vendors and all service providers upon receipt of payments, acknowledge and send an official receipt;
• Income Recognition in the Accounting software Odoo.
• Ensure that all prepayment accounts, accruals, and grants are managed.
• Ensure compliance with the organization's policy and procedure as regards filing and documentation and may recommend other approaches for a seamless filing and retrieval of documents.
• Ensure assets are properly recognized and categorized accordingly.
• Compliance with the internal policies and procedures regarding donors and timely reporting to the Head of Finance.
• Prepare both Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual financial reports and present it to the Head of Finance for review.
• Preparations of both bi-annual and annual financial presentation documents to the Head of Finance review towards team meetings.
• Manage the organization's Enterprise Resource System, providing monthly financial reports from the system.
• Coordinate the reporting of budget versus actual reporting in liaison with the Grants and Compliance Officer before submitting to the Head of Finance.
• Monitor cash flow/funding Pipelines.
• Ensure that internal control processes are in place and active to mitigate financial mismanagement.
• Work closely with the Head of finance and program team for budget preparation, NN annual budget, and Donor budget.
• Monthly bank reconciliations are prepared and approved for documentation.
• Work closely with the Financial Service Provider (POS vendor) service delivery to ensure regular compliance with the terms of the service agreement and ensure that all liquidations meet expectations.
• Capacity building for the Finance Officer, Compliance, Finance Intern, and other staff on the importance of compliance with policy and documentation.
• Work closely with the Grant and Compliance Officer to conduct periodic reviews of internal control processes to ensure compliance (Internal Audit).
• Other duties as assigned on an ad hoc basis by the Head of Finance.

Job Requirement & Qualification

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field with 7years of experience; Master’s Degree in Business Administration or related field with minimum of 5years of experience is highly preferred;
• ICAN/ACCA/CPA or other recognized professional accounting qualification is a must;
• Demonstrated experience in financial management of large and complex donor funded projects
• Expertise with procedures required for adequate planning, monitoring, and re- aligning of complex budgets;
• Prior experience in managing grants under contract required;
• Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and/or experiences in accounting, financial planning and management, and procurement, among other management support areas/functions;
• Familiarity with USG Cost Accounting Standards; Extensive knowledge of computerized accounting systems, accounting software and Microsoft Officer;
• Proficiency in QuickBooks accounting software preferred;
• Possess excellent organizational and analytical skills;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required, and knowledge of local languages such as Hausa is an advantage.

Application Closing Date
20th January, 2025.