Finance Manager at Beyond Beans Foundation

Beyond Beans Foundation is dedicated to developing, organizing and implementing projects across ETG’s commodity supply chains in collaboration with other companies, NGOs and government agencies. We aim to boost innovation and deliver maximum benefits for the farming communities and landscapes that form the backbone of our rapidly expanding supply chains.

We believe that the world of today has the knowledge, people, and tools in place to build profitable and self-sustaining cocoa communities, where farming is regarded as a respected profession and sustainable entrepreneurship is the norm. Beyond Beans aims to be a catalyst in achieving this vision, by connecting the right stakeholders and introducing innovative solutions from other sectors to the cocoa supply chain.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: Akure, Ondo
Employment Type: Full Time

The job

• We are looking for a finance manager at our country office in Akure to help maintain and enhance all governing structures in the organization to support the growth of Beyond Beans in Nigeria.

Responsibilities
Management of Accounting, Financial Reporting and Budgeting:

• Execute direct financial transactions and organize bookkeeping for the foundation in Nigeria.
• Review financial reports/realized expenditures and request for funds of partner organizations.
• To review all submitted budgets & spending on monthly/quarterly basis and provide feedback to Beyond Beans Head Office highlighting any variances against budget.
• Coordinate yearly establishment of operational budget with country representative.

Operations management and maintaining the structures of the foundation in Nigeria:

• Support in management of projects and programmes, ensuring smooth and efficient operations.
• Leading the efforts in setting up the Nigeria legal entity with the applicable regulatory bodies.
• Designing required statutory documents including tax policy, ensuring compliance with (Nigeria) legislation.

Office support:

• Organize the procurement of equipment in compliance with ETG/Beyond Beans procurement protocols.
• Management of upkeep and maintenance of Beyond Beans offices, supplies and environment, ensuring a conducive working environment for team members.

Human Resource Management:

• Organizing and maintaining staff database, payroll of Beyond Beans staff and staff pay-rolled with partner organization.
• Designing and managing contracts of staff pay-rolled with the Beyond Beans Foundation in line with existing protocols, as well as supervising contract design of staff pay-rolled with partner organization.
• Ensuring alignment in HR policies are in accordance to government regulations and organizational policies i.e. on allowances, bonuses and health care provision among others.
• Designing recruitment protocols and leading recruitment processes.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Finance management / Business Administration or Project Management.
• At least 5 years of experience in finance/project management (independently managing a financial caseload).
• A background in people management.
• Attention to detail, analytic, accurate, efficient and problem-solving
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• You need to be innovative and driven to continuously improve our projects and procedures
• A passionate and ambitious worker
• Self-starter and all-round mentality; willing to execute simple tasks as well as manage big portfolios
• Fluency in English.

What we offer you

• You will be part of a fast-growing organization and broad network with excellent future career opportunities.
• We offer substantial freedom in your work, engagement in a broad range of sustainability topics, and personal development opportunities.
• You will learn about the newest tools and programs to bring a positive change to cocoa farmer livelihoods and environment.
• Work status 40 hours per week.

Application Closing Date
15th July, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications with relevant Documents to: Sylvester.Samuel@beyondbeans.org and copy felix.Akinrinde@beyondbeans.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.