Finance Coordinator (M/F) at Medecins Du Monde

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Under the responsibility of the general coordinator, you will support the management of an approximate 3 million euros yearly budget involving two institutional donors (OFDA and GMOFA) funding the Nigeria mission.

More specifically, your responsibilities are to:

• Develop and implement the financial procedures and guidelines related to the mission
• Ensure internal financial procedures, systems, policies and controls are applied and complied with throughout the operations by all staff
• Prepare financial reports and donor budgets
• Monitor overall budget consumption according to donors’ constraints and update regularly the Budget Follow Up tool
• Supervise directly three national staff and have a functional link with the logistician/administrator based in Damboa
• Supervise the overall recruitment and training of the finance department staffs
• Ensure MdM compliance with tax laws and if necessary, improve the procedures and rules
• Ensure MdM Salary Payments are in line with Nigerian Labour and are completed in an accurate and timely manner, in coordination with the HR department
• Prepare, organise and supervise audits at field level, with the support of the headquarter
• Ensure a harmonized financial organization and ensure accurate documentation of all financial transactions
• Liaise with INGO finance directors incountry and actively participate in inter-agency coordination meetings
• Provide strong oversight and capacity building to local partner activities
• Ensure the proper archiving of the partners financial reports and accountancy
• Be responsible for the cash provision and safe management between the different programs/bases
• Ensure that payments are made in a timely and secure manner
• Be responsible for the soft accountancy of all sites for both accounting and donor allocation
• Coordinate the closure of monthly accountancy in coordination with the HQ
• Contribute to the country monthly report on the financial part

Skills and Experience Needed

• Experience of 45 years minimum in a similar position
• Experience in multi-donors’ budgets and multi-countries grants
• Training and capacity building experience
• Excellent Excel skills, knowledge of Saga is an asset
• Ability to work under a minimum of supervision
• Capacity to take initiatives, organizational skills, rigor
• Ability to classify and to manage priorities
• Listening and diplomacy skills
• Ability to work in unstable and volatile context
• Languages: fluent English
• You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non statutory, NFP model.

Conditions of Employment

• Status: Employee Contract : Fixedterm contract
• Duration: 9 to 12 months
• Position to be filled in September 2018
• Based in Maiduguri with regular movements to Damboa base
• 2,820 Euros gross monthly salary on 13 months
• Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)
• Transportation cost (homework), vaccines and visas covered
• 22.5 RTT per year
• 5 weeks of paid leaves per year
• Health insurance (60% covered by MdM)
• Insurance (repatriation…)
• Punctual teleworking agreement (after 6 months)
• Medecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility
• Single posting