ENGINE Finance Intern at Mercy Corps

Project Description

• The Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises (ENGINE) program is a 3 year project that seeks to improve the lives of marginalised adolescent girls aged 16-19 in Nigeria.
• The project is being implemented in Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, and the FCT. About 18,000 adolescent girls who are either enrolled in school or are currently out of school are the target beneficiary of the program.
• Mercy Corps seeks to engage interested and qualified candidate for an internship position with the Finance Department.
• The intern will provide support within the areas of finance and compliance activities, in a timely and accurate manner.

General Position Summary

• The finance intern will be based in Abuja, and will be providing day-to-day support to the Gender Programs in Abuja under the direct supervision of the Senior Grants & Finance Officer and technical supervisor of Country Finance team based in Abuja.
• As part of the responsibilities the Finance intern, the successful candidate will undertake finance and administrative duties, working in close collaboration with programs.
• S/he will promptly and effectively provide all the required support to the finance and programs unit so as to deliver the assistance to beneficiaries in a timely, compliant and transparent manner.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide finance support to Preston in ensuring all payments are well documented.
• Assist in the review of all beneficiaries payments on ASSET and ENGINE Program.
• Provide support in the collation of relevant documents.
• Assist in sorting and filing vouchers during auditor’s visit.
• Act as receiving officer for Finance office and maintain relevant documents
• Support the team during end of month process.
• Any other responsibilities as assigned by manager

Qualifications & Skills

• A relevant Diploma or Degree qualification in Social Science (Accounting, Economics e.t.c) is essential.
• A demonstrated ability to multi-task and process information into action as not to delay program activities.
• Ability to learn very fast, meticulous and very detailed.
• An interest in learning the finance ethics and donor compliance is essential
• Fluency in written and verbal English required.

Terms & Conditions:

• Intern will be expected to support the project 40hrs per week
• Intern will be expected to strictly adhere to Mercy Corps rules, regulation and work ethic
• Intern will be given support and mentoring from his/her supervisor.