Finance Officer Job at Christian Aid (CA)

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Job Title: Finance Officer

Company: Christian Aid (CA)

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND

Experience: 2 years

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Job Field: Finance/Accounting/Audit

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Christian Aid (CA) is a UK-based International NGO, partnering with others to end poverty in Africa.  At the heart of this vision is transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future.  Christian Aid works in more than 30 countries and has been operating in Nigeria since 2003.

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About the role: – The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that cash and bank books are maintained in an efficient way, timely production of monthly accounts and returns.  – H/She will manage aspect of financial reporting, budgeting, auditing and other compliance related issues in line with Christian Aid and institutional donor's policies and procedures.  – H/She will support in improving the capacity of Christian Aid programme staff to understand the organization's and donor financial standards and ensure adherence to all requirement.

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About you: – The post holder is responsible for providing support to Christian partnerships in capacity building and management of all compliance functions.

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The ideal candidate must have:

Essential criteria: – Degree in accounting or its equivalent – 2-3 years working experience in similar post for a local NGO or an INGO – Knowledge of financial standards required by donors, local financial standards and legal framework – Experience in working with financial accounting procedures and reviewing financial reports, creating and monitoring budgets and working with compliance regulations. – Considerable experience in delivering financial training using different methodologies. – Experience in using excels spread sheet and word processing packages and other account reporting tools.

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Desirable criteria: – Qualified IFAC accountant – Knowledge of institutional donor requirements. Eg DFID, USAID, GF etc – Experience in dealing with institutional donor fund accounting. – Experience in using computerised

financial reporting tools.

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