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Home to more than 160 million people, Nigeria has the largest population and the second largest economy in Africa, and has a major influence on the continent’s political agenda. However, Nigeria has a history of political instability, corruption and mismanagement of public resources, and has recently seen religious and ethnic conflict. As a result, ...
About the role
The post holder will have oversight of Christian Aid financial operations in the North East Region by leading on all finance functions within the implementing states of Borno Adamawa and Gombe States. S/He will be responsible for supporting and managing Christian Aid Programme Finance Functions by coordinating the financial management of partner organizations working alongside Christian Aid in the response. S/He will be responsible for managing compliance of CA staff and partner organizations to donor requirements by ensuring that all financial information presented to the donor are prepared in the required format and in line with donor standards. S/He will support in conducting financial capacity assessments for new partner organizations being considered by Christian Aid and ensuring that the partners meet the minimum criteria as set in the organizations partner operational capacity assessment grid. S/He will support in developing a capacity development plan for partners and monitor their progress in order to ensure that the partners systems are better strengthened. S/He will work alongside the program team to identify possible funding opportunities and lead in the budget development stage with oversight from the Finance Manager. S/He will manage the Christian Aid Sub office finance functions including the office imprest, vendor payment request, and other finance related processes within the Sub Office.
About you
You must have a 1st degree in Finance or Accounting with at least 4 years’ experience working with local and international partner organisations. You must be a Qualified Member of a Certified Accounting body (ACCA or ICAN). You must have strong experience in carrying out financial monitoring of local partner organizations. You should have experience preparing monthly financial reports using accounting softwares such as SUN. You should have line management experience. You must have progressive experience working in a finance environment within an INGO(preferable) or NGO.
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Competency questions
As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:
Building partnerships
Tell us about a time when you actively consulted with others to ensure that you understood their needs or goals before taking action: What was the situation? What was expected of you? What did you do? How did you take those actions? What was the impact? Were you successful? How did you know?
Steward Resources
Please tell us about a time when you were able to take action to end or reduce the inefficient use of resources: What was the context? What was expected of you? What action(s) did you take? What was the impact of your actions? In what way(s) were you successful?
Deliver results
Tell us about a time when you had to make recommendations or take decisions after analysing data, information and other evidence: What was the background? What recommendations or decisions did you have to take? What was your particular task or responsibility? What actions did you take? How did you analyse the information and data? What was the outcome? Were you successful?
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