Finance Manager at GOALPrime Organization Nigeria (GPON)

The Opportunity

• Lead the consolidation process for work plan budgeting and ensure that the process is coherent and aligned to the overall project and expected deliverable;
• Prepare consolidated project financial reports and ensure timely submission;
• Review and verify payment requests and ensure compliance with the donor and Plan policies and procedures;
• Financially analyze reports and provide recommendations to the Project Director on future forecasts and planning;
• Review audit reports, analyze, review, assist/prepare audit responses, and ensure follow-up and implementation of their recommendations for finance and administration;
• Monitor budget versus expenditure for the grant.
• Support partner organizations in financial management and reporting.

KEY FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

Reporting to Country Director and Director of Programmes, the Finance Manager will be responsible for day to day activities of financial and grant management. S/he will provide financial management support on various aspects of financial, grant, audit, and support to sub recipients of GPON Projects and visit to various partners to review and strengthen the financial system according to grant. S/he will be responsible to provide day-to-day technical support to finance and account coordinators.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and update standard guidelines and systems for finance management for the GPON;
• Develop check list and undertake pre-grant assessment of sub-recipients;
• Ensure compliance to financial and grant management for the project towards minimization and elimination of financial risks;
• Support budget holders in Budgeting, Budget monitoring (BVAs), and Budget control. 
• Maintain financial records and monitoring systems; record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, and other day-to-day transactions; facilitate internal and external audits by providing all required information to the auditors.
• Manage and maintain the capitalized GPON fixed asset (FA) schedule tracking acquisitions, disposals, and write-offs and compute monthly depreciation charges.
• Prepare annual financial statements and schedules and ensures that GPON adheres to month-end and year-end procedures for audit readiness
• Execute financial review and monitoring, on-site-data-validation and provide technical assistance to the sub-recipient partner organizations;
• Ensure the training for finance teams of sub-recipient partners through supportive monitoring visits.
• Communicate with donors, auditors and other statutory bodies with regard to GPON project;
• Support to senior management team on the budget and forecast preparations and revisions;
• Ensure the verification, approve payment requisitions and fund requests submitted by the sub-recipient partners.
  • Preparation and submission of timely and accurate financial reports to donors. 
  • Participate in periodic reviews of the project progress by technical team;
  • Assist in periodic financial audits and donor reviews, and adherence to recommendations made by the auditors and donor.
  • Undertake any other activities as required by the organization.
  • Other appropriate duties as assigned by supervisor.

Performance Indicators

• Producing accurate reports on time.
• Meet the financial needs of all GPON intervention in an effective and timely manner.
• Effective management of donor financial requirements and responsibilities.
• Maintenance of proper and accurate financial records.
• Support to partners and program staff when required and in a timely manner.
• Effective maintenance of the grants management system.

Behaviours (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling GPON values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for GPON, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

About You

• MBA in Finance and/or Accounting or equivalent qualification is required
• ACA, ICAN or relevant professional certification is required. 
• High level of advisory skills.
• Relevant professional experience as Finance Manager;
• Strong experience in working with donor-funded projects, e.g. EU, GAC, EWC, NHF, UNICEF.
• Ability to work well with others under deadline situations and respond to changes in priorities;
• Ability to interpret and work in accordance with laid down procedures.
• Proficient in computer skills and use of relevant software and other applications, e.g. word processing, spreadsheet, database, Quickbook
• Proven experience in managing the donor’s procedures;
• Numeracy and the ability to interpret financial data, in order to provide management support to budgetary processes including planning, monitoring, and reporting.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build high-performance teams in support of the achievement of organisational objectives.
• Excellent English and Portuguese oral and written skills are required.

Level Of Contact With Children

High contact- the job responsibilities of this position require the post holder to have very frequent contact with children. It is expected that children shall be protected at all times.

Salary and conditions: NGN 1,200,000 – NGN2, 000,000. The income will be subject to statutory deductions as per applicable Nigerian laws. The employee is responsible for the tax returns.