Mothers Against Child Abandonment (MACA) is an independent NGO founded and registered in 2013 by the Wife of the Executive Governor of Cross River State, Her Excellency, Mrs. Obioma Liyel-Imoke (HE). It was however incubated as far back as 2008 in consultations with key stakeholders as an initiative under Partnership Opportunities for Women Empowerment Realization (POWER) – an NGO. It derives its mission from the passion of the Founder/Board Chairperson (HE) for working for the health, protection, and rights of vulnerable children and adolescents based on the strong conviction that the lives of all children no matter the circumstances of their birth and socio-economic background have equal value. MACA therefore aims to help all Nigerian children lead a dignified life free from violence, exploitation and neglect. MACA’s evolution out of POWER as an autonomous entity in 2013 was a major recommendation from the organizational re-engineering and strategic repositioning exercise POWER undertook. Thus, while POWER’s mandate became exclusively focused on economic empowerment of vulnerable women, MACA’s was to be focused on child protection, a broad and quite challenging area of work in the Nigerian context. Its raison d’etre is that every Nigerian child is given the opportunity to survive and thrive in society.
Mothers Against Child Abandonment (MACA) is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Finance and Admin Manager
Location: Calabar
Job Description
- Support the different projects in the development of annual and quarterly budgets for the various strategic initiatives, including external relations, fund development, board relations, professional development and staff meeting expenses.
- Lead the process of tracking and reviewing the budgets of the different projects in line with the goals and objectives of the respective projects.
- Analyze periodically project expenditures with respect to approved budgets and work plans.
- Facilitate and coordinate staff recruitment and orientation to educate them on relevant policies, procedures and facilities/equipment.
- Liaise with project team to review project milestones, and budgets through participation in team meetings and presentation on financial status and office issues.
- Ensure adherence to terms and conditions of staff contract.
- Recruits, interviews and conducts reference checks (including pre-employment screening - criminal checks) for the bookkeeping/administrative support positions.
- Support the Director of Finance and Administration in facilitating/coordinating staff appraisal processes, including reporting and implementation of staff capacity improvement strategies.
- Develop salary scale and compensation plans in line with similar organisations within the same sector.
- Facilitate monthly bank and expenditures reconciliations against project budget.
- Ensure financial guidelines and best practices are followed in all project activities.
- Lead the development/updating and implementation of appropriate administrative and financial policies and procedures to support the implementation and evaluation of the organization’s strategies.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports and disseminate same under supervision of the Project Director and Manager.
- Ensures reporting to funding sources is proactively and effectively completed by management staff.
- Ensure compliance with internal/donor financial reporting requirements.
- Support the Director of Finance and Administration in scheduling financial audits and preparation and publication of annual audit reports.
- Support the Director of Finance and Administration in developing and implementing the organization’s financial resource mobilization strategy.
- Review, draft, implement and monitor internal controls and financial policies and procedures.
- Based on financial reports prepared, provide proactive, transparent and in-depth financial analysis to enhance the organization’s leaderships and operations.
Required Education Skills and Experience
- A University Degree or HND in Accounting, Financial Management, Economics from a recognised institution
- Must be a Chartered Accountant
- At least five years accounting experience in the development sub-sector.
- Advanced proficiency with computerized financial systems such as Simply Accounting, Quickbooks, contact management systems and databases.
- Office & personnel management experience
- Knowledge of modern accounting and office filing system.
- Proficiency in computer software including MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel and databases as well as use of new media platforms
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong organizing skills and leadership qualities
- Ability to multi-task and to work under pressure.
- Ability to adjust to changes at short notice.
- Good level of gender awareness.
Application Closing Date
Not Stated
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