Regional Finance Officer at Marie Stopes

OBJECTIVES:

• The regional finance officer will provide direct support to the Teams in the region and carry out various finance operations and inventory functions across the region toward achieving MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices’ goals and objectives.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Daily transaction inputting into Marie Stopes International’s SUN system.
• Prepare bank reconciliation report and income report on a monthly basis.
• Monitor budgets to ensure that spending occurs as planned, review budget amount against actual of expenditures, and prepare variance analysis reports on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Ensure that expenses are properly coded and allocated to the relevant cost centres/projects within the region.
• Review and process cash requests/retirements. Periodic review of staff accounts and proper allocation of retired expenses against the cash advance.
• Management of the petty cash/float at the region.
• Work closely with the Regional Manager to Collate quarterly budgets from the Team Members.
• Ensuring regional field office funds requests are in line with specific project budgets and allowable expenses.
• Ensure the remittance of all statutory deductions to appropriate authorities within the region. Timely payments to Mobilizers, casual/contract staff, providers of products and services
• Coordinate payments for all project activities.
• Ensure proper controls are placed at centre/clinic and provide support to centre manager(s) in time.
• Ensure WHT is being deducted and deposited to authorities/states in time.
• Remit PAYE to the relevant Tax Authority on a monthly basis.
• Ensure that expenses/retirements are properly filed are the regional office.
• Ensure assets are properly accounted for and maintained at the regional level.
• Prepare monthly stock versus income reconciliation.
• Work closely with the regional procurement committee to ensure that MSION procurement policy is adhered to.
• Monitor the monthly/periodic stocktaking at the region.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A degree in accounting with minimum of 2nd class Upper division or its equivalent, and a recognised professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA.
• 4-6 years’ post-NYSC experience in a similar role with an iNGO
• Working knowledge of the relevant federal and state financial regulations
• Excellent critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• The ability to use the SUN Accounting package and other accounting packages is an added advantage.
• Advanced Excel skills preferred.
• Ability to multitask, manage a workload, and produce high-quality reports.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage and motivate teams to achieve targets.
• Good team player and strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills.
• Good understanding of general and specific Company and commercial law
• Excellent drafting and document review skills.
• Good judgment and strong initiative.
• Proven ability to effectively juggle competing priorities.
• Candidate must be able to work under pressure with keen attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to interact effectively with other external counsel, global MSI team members, diverse in-house client groups, senior executives, and third parties.
• Strong ability to think strategically, creatively, and innovatively.
• High professionalism, self-motivation, efficiency, and results-oriented delivery on short timelines.
• Ability to interact effectively with business and technical clients in a fast-paced environment.