Finance Officer at Palladium Group

Project Overview and Role

• Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our work covers health, education, economic growth, governance, environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs
• Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home office staff.
• Palladium seeks a Finance Associate for the five-year, USAID-funded Nigeria Integrated Health Program, an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems. It will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas: family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal/newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia/diarrhea. It has a strong emphasis on monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• This program will work closely with state-level government officials to support established state-level Health and Development Plans, build capacity, and promote ownership of interventions, systems, and results
• Specific interventions will need to be tailored to local contexts and will be fully developed at state and Local Government Area (LGA) levels. Through agreements with individual states, its potential breadth is the entire country with an emphasis on the north.

Key Responsibilities
Budget, Accounting and Financial Management:

• Ensure all finances are managed in alignment with the Nigerian government regulations, company and client?s financial policies and procedures.
• Liaise with project team in Field Office and HQ to prepare, review and revise project budgets and expenditure forecasts.
• Forecast project expenditures through field office, timely submit field cash requests and manage cash flows in field office.
• Communicate and follow up with relevant suppliers, consultants, vendors, contractors and staff with regards to invoices, payments, advances or finances.
• Reconcile and review invoices for payments. Ensure necessary review, deliverables, and approvals before issuing payments. Write checks and issue payments.
• Ensure applicable tax withholding and deductions are taken care of as per the Nigerian laws and regulations.
• Maintain up to date bank and petty cash account transaction records and supporting documentations.
• Record all financial transactions in the financial templates provided by HQ, accurately and in a timely fashion. Prepare, review and submit regular field vouchers and financial reports to HQ, as required.
• Collect bank statements for the bank accounts, review cash book, and reconcile the accounts.
• Review monthly financial reports and inform/update expenditure forecast/budget on regular basis.
• Prepare financial report as necessary and provide necessary financial support to the project.
• Process for applicable tax exemptions and VAT reimbursements during or after procurements in collaboration with the Nigeria Compliance Manager.
• Assist in end of year financial audit, as required.
• Work closely with the Operations Officer for daily tasks and project management

Grants Management Support:

• Review recipients' finance vouchers
• Process recipients' invoices and payments

Requirements
Degree and Experience:

• College Education equivalent of Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Finance or Accounting. Master's Degree in Business Administration preferred.
• Certified or licensed in tax, payroll and audit or ACCA or CIMA preferred.
• Minimum of five years of relevant experience. Experience with INGO projects is a plus.
• Knowledge of the financial and accounting systems in Nigeria.
• Experience working on USAID funded projects is highly desired.

Skills:

• Strong analytical and computer skills (Accounting Software, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet).
• Ability to maintain financial records and prepare financial reports.
• Ability to work in a team and communicate effectively with diverse cultural and professional staff members.
• Ability to take initiative, working independently and able to juggle multiple priorities without compromising the high standards of performance and integrity expected of all project team members.
• Ability to multi-task and keep track of concurrent deadlines.
• Ability to speak, write and read English is required.
• Ability to travel within Nigeria.