Finance Manager

Sightsavers is looking for a Finance Manager to be responsible for all Finance related areas within Nigeria.

Salary: Local terms and conditions apply

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

Hours: Standard office hours

About the role

We are looking for a Finance Manager to be responsible for monitoring the country resource management and will identify risks or issues to the Country Director. You will oversee/supervise the NCO finance team and the financial monitoring, audit, risk and compliance for all Sightsavers funded projects and partners at the country level.

This is an ideal opportunity for a Financial professional with extensive experience within a similar role, ideally within an INGO environment. You will be responsible for all finance-related activity for the Country Office and should have experience of this level of responsibility. Qualified women and people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Essential

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or relevant professional accounting qualification.
Extensive and demonstrable experience of financial management, programme and project management and administration, ideally in an INGO environment but experience of audit and government organization would also be an considered.
Extensive and demonstrable experience within a position of similar responsibility, ideally within an INGO.
Available and able to travel extensively, nationally and internationally. Likely to be once a month for 1-5 nights.
Excellent financial and resource management skills.
Excellent project management and data analysis skills
Ability to influence high-level government officials and NGO leaders.
Ability to build strong working relationships to enable effective management of partnerships and work collaboratively as part of a global team.
Proven ability to think strategically and translate concepts into effective action plans.
Excellent presentation skills.
Ability to represent Sightsavers with key external stakeholders.
Excellent communication skills (both oral & written)
Ability to work with minimum supervision.
Ability to deliver group training sessions.
People management skills with a strong diplomatic understanding of culturally and ethnically sensitive issues.
An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for persons with disabilities.

Desirable

Masters Degree in a relevant area (e.g. Finance, Business Administration)
Experience of audit and government organisation

This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details.

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

We anticipate that the evaluation process will include a written task and interview, likely to take place mid-February.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.

In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) administered by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.