Finance Coordinator at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Details:

The Finance Coordinator reports to the Area Manager.

Job description

• Ensure monthly reconciliation of all balance accounts on a monthly basis
• Ensure proper filing of financial documents according to donor requirements
• Following up and ensuring that advances are settled in a timely manner
• Coordinate with field office and CO finance staff for scanning and archiving of financial documents
• Ensure monthly financial feedback on both soft and hard documents sent to field offices.
• Perform and checking of financial document and controls to make sure all procedures are followed and to implement recommendations from various auditors, and NRC Controller.
• Ensure period and yearend deadlines for NRC Nigeria are met.
• Daily verification of POs, PRs Bid Analysis, per diem claim and other documents within the finance Coordinator threshold
• Facilitate monthly BVA meetings, Project summary and spending plans with PDMs.
• Responsible project closing according to NRC – Financial handbook Annex 8
• Responsible for processing of all rebooking’s.
• Responsible for monthly distribution of AFFX0000 and AFFX0001
• Responsible for generating monthly timesheet.
• Ensure that all costs are booked into Agresso on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Adequate supervision of 2 Finance Officers and 1 Technical Finance Officer
• Coordinate weekly meetings between finance staff for information sharing
• Ensure that staff salaries are properly recorded in Agresso according to budgetary allocations.
• Follow-up on cash projections and cash availability for program activities
• Ensuring that all payment vouchers are properly stamped "PAID" before filing.
• Performing and following up on any other duties assigned by line manager

Qualifications

• Experience from working as a Finance Coordinator in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Good in oral and written English
• Good knowledge of the North – Eastern Nigeria context
• Minimum of University degree in related field
• Education field
• Finance / Economics

Education level

College / University, Bachelor's degree

Personal qualities

• Handling insecure environment
• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect
• A good sense of humour is an asset

All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.

Language

English

Hausa

We offer

Commencement: April 2018

Duration: 12 months

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.

Duty station: Maiduguri, with frequent travels. Travel outside Maiduguri is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.

Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.