Finance Officer at Oxfam Nigeria

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Oxfam is a confederation of 17 Affiliates committed to creating a just world without poverty. In Nigeria Oxfam works in the areas of Economic Justice/Sustainable Livelihoods, Humanitarian programming to save lives, Advancing Gender Justice and Good governance, adopting a right based approach.


Job Title: Finance Officer

Description

• To implement and monitor all financial aspects of the Humanitarian programme, including the management of financial risks.
• To ensure that financial procedures are adhered to and non compliance challenged. To provide financial information and monitoring to programme staff.
• To work closely with the Country Finance Teams to provide quality financial information, process payments and maintain comprehensive accounting records.
• Handling (finance related) queries regarding Donors
• Interpretation of financial information, advice to Operational Lead, Humanitarian Finance Manager, Business Support Manager and Coordinators
• Analysing reports for programme staff and providing guidance
• Flexibility to anticipate and resolve challenges
• Manages and contributes to project work
• Influences staff to adopt procedures
• 100% focus on the Oxfam Humanitarian programme

Responsibilities 
Humanitarian Payments:

• Ensure supporting documentation for payments is complete and correct (e.g. authorised and coded by budget holder) in accordance with Oxfam financial procedures
• Prepare payments for authorisation by account signatories. Ensure relevant statutory deductions are made, and transactions recorded accurately on Finance System (Pastel)
• Liaise with the Country Office Finance Team for authorisations/payments and recording on Pastel
• Notify the Country Office Finance Team of any expenditure that needs to be moved between projects
• Support the Humanitarian team by ensuring transfers to the field are anticipated, made in a timely manner and with safety in mind
• Ensure payments are made in accordance with the delegation of authority limits

Receipts:

• Ensure that all receipts are properly documented, e.g. by an invoice or receipt
• Managing Humanitarian Cash Account:
• Proactively monitor and manage cash account to:
• Ensure that balances are sufficient to cover anticipated payments
• Identify receipts or payments that may require further investigation
• Maintain spreadsheets to summarise receipts, payments and balances
• Monitor and chase outstanding floats
• Ensure cash counts undertaken weekly, monthly, and whenever responsibility is handed to another person

Support to Donor Reporting and Donor Proposals:

• Ensure expenditure is recorded accurately against donor budgets and reconciled with Pastel Finance System
• Support year-end processes as required
• Assist Finance Manager with interpreting and collating information in budgets, and monitoring spend

Requirements 

• A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or any relevant equivalent is required
• ICAN or ACCA qualification will be an added advantage
• 3 -5 years of progressively responsible and directly relevant professional experience, such as finance, accounting, grants management - ideally with at least 2 years in International NGO
• Ability to understand and implement the Nigeria government tax & VAT laws
• Proven knowledge of computerised systems and demonstrable experience of working with computerized accounting packages and spreadsheets
• Proactive, flexible, and able to respond to a variety of questions relating to the job
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Manages own time under guidance and direction from supervisor and meet the deadlines
• Strong analytical and planning skills
• Strong understanding of Gender and Diversity
• A strong commitment to Oxfam's purpose, a broad understanding of the work culture in the "humanitarian" sector and its impact on key areas of responsibility and a commitment to humanitarian principles and action

Job Location: Abuja

Application Closing Date
7th March, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should send their application letter and Curriculum vitae as one attachment in English to: vacancies-nigeria@oxfamnovib.nl with the position title as the subject of your email.

Note:

• Prospective candidate must be available and willing to commence work immediately.
• Completed applications should reach us before the closing date above. 
• Applications sent in the required format will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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