State Finance Officer at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Job Profile: 

The State Finance Officer will be responsible for ensuring that all funds received from the donor are effectively and efficiently utilized in accordance with SFH and donor financial rules for the purpose of actualizing the project goals. The SFO will ensure availability of funds for effective programming and support the adoption of good financial practices by CBOs. 

Job-role:   

• Ensure that transactions are posted in SAP prior to making payments   
• Ensure that all stakeholders are paid as and when due   
• Ensure availability of funds for program implementation    
• Ensure availability of funds in budgets GL line items  
• Ensure all cost are duly captured and reported appropriately. 
• Review of CBO Monthly financial report  
• Support in building CBOs capacity on financial management and compliance   
• Support in monitoring CBOs budget to ensure spending is done appropriately  
• Ensure prompt disbursement of funds to Partners  
• Review Partners quarterly financial report   
• Support in the preparation of financial reports – Income and expenditure, Balance sheet, Trial Balance   
• Preparation of  state project bank reconciliations  
• Reconciliation of control accounts and other balance sheets items 

Qualifications/Experience 

• Bsc. Accounting or any other related field 
• A master’s degree will be an advantage. 
• Professional certification i.e. ACCA, ICAN will be an advantage 
• A minimum of Four (4) years’ experience with progressively increasing responsibility in managing USAID project.   
• Demonstrated ability of previous experience managing other support staff at state office level.  
• Demonstrated ability through previous experience to establish and maintain productive working relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders.