Finance Officer at Inspire Community Network Foundation

Duties and responsibilities

Finance and Accounting

• Preparation of monthly financial reports
• Preparation of monthly bank reconciliation reports
• Post-Implementing Agencies/donors financials report.
• Post, maintain and reconcile financials in QuickBooks.
• Prepare other periodic financial reports as may be requested
• In collaboration with the two departments, build advanced budgets for proposals as requested.
• Prepare cash advance liquidations for review and submission to the donor.
• Develop successful monthly internal audits.
• Consult and prepare external audits in collaboration with an external contractor yearly.
• Facilitate effective, efficient, and timely financial transaction recordings across projects.
• Ensure compliance with statutory deductions and remittances.
• Maintain financial and accounting system, reporting, and guidance/policies.
• Review all invoices and payments to ascertain compliance with ICON’s procedures including the availability of funds before approvals are done.

Awarded Projects

• Collaborate with program staff during proposal submission, and review grant applications to ensure compliance with guidelines, policies and financial goals of ICON.
• Provide financial forecasting to ensure program team coverage, accurate financial spend down, and future fundraising needs
• Advise on compliance with grant agreement and program objectives
• Prepare financial analysis, what if’s and other ad hoc requests
• Support project start-up’s and project ending including setting up project files, and setting up project budgets or other templates needed for project management
• Provide close-out analysis and other related financial & compliance documents required by the funder.
• Prepare financial reports & invoices for funders and as needed, interface with funders on financial matters.
• Support and advise Program teams on matters relating to issuing subawards
• Perform subaward (grant or contract) risk analysis, prepare monitoring and or capacity building plan and oversee plan throughout the subaward period of performance
• Ensure subgrant agreements comply with funder requirements, and subgrantees are properly trained on finance compliance
• Assist in the development of project work plans and deliverables.
• Prepare regular financial analysis and reporting as needed to facilitate project decisions
• Advise teams on long-range budget/planning issues and conduct financial analysis including forecasting and pipelines
• Develop and manage project budgets for country activities, as required
• Assist the audit process to include audit work-papers, and work with auditors to ensure a clean audit.

General Administrative

• Offer administrative general support as may be required.
• Work with the relevant departments to implement sponsorships/barter plans for different segments of organizational projects to improve revenues.
• Translate proposals and grants applications into cost-effective budgets.
• Work with the relevant departments to identify and develop business strategies to meet, and, or exceed business and marketing revenue goals as may be required.
• Work with relevant team to develop general business strategies to improve organization revenues.
• Organize meetings with potential partners, sponsors, and donors to commit to funding
  and partnership requests.
• Manage ICON business/finance relationships

Qualifications:

• Previous experience developing and managing budgets.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, and an ability to think creatively and strategically about how to improve organizational systems and practices is required
• 3-5 years prior experience working in similar roles at a national or international NGO, working with government grants and contracting rules and regulations, particularly USAID or other international awards.
• Previous experience with major funders to enable quick learning of funders’ requirements.
• High proficiency with excel data dumps, data manipulation, pivot tables, and Quickbook

COMPENSATION AND HOURS

• Salary is a monthly N150,000-N200,000 commensurate with experience.
• Irregular evening and weekend work hours; flexibility with work schedule.
• Primarily local and inter-state travel during business hours, although some regional and overnight travel may occur.
• Benefits are generous, including paid employee health and dental insurance (some employee contribution required); voluntary vision and retirement plans are also available.
• Paid time off includes vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.