Poverty does more than exhaust, starve, trap and kill people. It destroys their sense of worth, limits their horizons, robs people of the chance to reach their full potential. Tearfund's call is to follow Jesus where the need is greatest. We do whatever it takes to end poverty and rebuild poor communities. We work through local churches, because they're Jesu...
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The senior Finance Officer will oversee the JISRA Financial Management and liaise with the Country Consortium Lead and PoV Consortium Partners and Implementing Partners (SfCG, CAFOD, MM, Tearfund, DIWA, DREP, FOMWAN, RURCON & SUWA).
S/he will harmonise the Nigeria Consortium Financial reports in liaise with Tearfund West Africa Finance Team.
The post holder will also be responsible for the provision of practical support and advice to Tearfund partners on the following: strengthening financial management capacity, strengthening partner's internal control systems, improving financial budgeting and reporting.
Responsible for ensuring donor compliance for all financial management issues. Provides accounting functions and financial management input to Tearfund Nigeria.
The successful candidate will have:
A Degree in Finance / Accounts or equivalent experience
Minimum of five (5) years' experience in accounting
Strong technical experience in bookkeeping, accounting and financial management.
In-depth experience in providing financial capacity assessment to local partner
Experience in carrying out financial management reviews/assessment of partners by identifying critical gaps and capacity development needs
In depth knowledge of direct support to partner on strengthening internal controls, improving organisational and project level budgeting and reporting
Excellent written and verbal communication in English language.
Planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation skills
Communication and presentation skills
Self-motivation and a twam player
Computer literate in MS-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc
Initiative and attention to detail
Desirable criteria:
ACA / MBA / CA, ICAN, ANAN or equivalent
Proven experience in relief and disaster response work
Experience of working with Christian based partners
Understanding of accounting issues in the charity/NGO sector.
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