Finance Director at Pan Atlantic University

Role Overview

• The Finance Director is responsible for the financial management, compliance, and reporting of the NiWEMA programme across its full five-year life and 750,000-participant scope.
• The dual delivery model which is online (40%) and physical (60%), creates a complex financial architecture that includes LMS platform costs, implementing partner disbursements, field operations expenditure, trainer payments, venue costs, and cluster-level financial tracking alongside central programme costs.
• The Finance Director ensures that all funds are managed with the highest standards of accountability, transparency, and funder compliance, and provides financial leadership across the project team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all financial management activities for NiWEMA, including multi-year budgeting, forecasting, expenditure tracking, and financial reporting across both online and physical delivery streams.
• Manage financial disbursements to implementing partners for physical training delivery, ensuring compliance with sub-grant or service contract requirements and maintaining clear audit trails.
• Develop and implement financial tracking systems for cluster-based programme activities, ensuring expenditure can be disaggregated by delivery modality, participation model, and geographic location as required by the funder.
• Ensure full compliance with funder financial requirements, including adherence to approved budgets, procurement procedures, and financial reporting schedules.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports and reconciliations for the funder, EDC leadership, and the Project Director.
• Manage the programme's cash flow, fund requests, and disbursements, maintaining liquidity for field operations and partner payments across multiple locations.
• Oversee financial controls, internal audit readiness, and risk management across all programme expenditure, including field-level financial transactions.
• Lead internal and external audit processes, ensuring all documentation including partner financial reports is complete and compliant.
• Provide financial guidance and capacity building to programme staff and implementing partners on budget management and compliance requirements.
• Manage WHT and other applicable tax obligations across programme financial transactions in compliance with Nigerian law.
• Provide accurate information to the implementing partner.
• Any other related task on the engagement.

Qualifications & Experience

• Master’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration or Management.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. ACA, ACCA, or ICAN professional qualification required.
• Minimum of 15 years' progressive financial management experience, with at least 3 years managing finances for large-scale donor-funded programmes.
• Demonstrated experience managing sub-grant or implementing partner financial relationships.
• Strong knowledge of Nigerian financial regulations, tax obligations, and donor financial compliance frameworks.
• Experience managing budgets with both digital/platform cost components and field operations expenditure.
• Proficiency in financial management software and donor reporting systems.

Key Competencies:

• Multi-stream financial management and reporting
• Implementing partner financial oversight
• Donor compliance and audit management
• Integrity and professional accountability
• Capacity building and team financial literacy