Finance Officer

NRC has been present in Tilabéry since 2019 where the organization implements activities such as education, shelter, water sanitation and hygiene, protection, Information Advice and Legal Assistance (ICLA) and food security and means of subsistence for displaced populations whose access to basic social services and means of existence is compromised in a context where inadequacies were already significant before the crisis. In Maradi, NRC had been present since 2020, Shelter activities had been suspended in August 2020 thanks to the arrival of other humanitarian actors. With the response gaps that have been created over time as travel continues and needs grow.

It is in this context that NRC, as part of the implementation of its community safety and violence prevention programs, individual protection responses, and site management, needs to recruit a Coordinator Talented and qualified protection against violence officer who will actively contribute to achieving NRC’s vision to meet mission requirements. All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusiveness and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs will guide our actions and relationships.

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusion and accountability. These behaviors and beliefs will guide our actions and relationships.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Role and responsibilities

• The purpose of the Finance Officer position is to ensure the daily implementation of accounting and financial tasks in compliance with the Financial Manual and NRC-Niger procedures.
• Brief description of the position :  Under the supervision of the Support Coordinator, the Finance Officer is in charge of the daily implementation of financial activities at the NRC Maradi office level

General Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with NRC policies, tools, manuals and guidelines;
• Assistance with the implementation of support functions delegated to it in accordance with the action plan;
• Assistance in the preparation of financial reports to donors upon request of the supervisor or management;
• Ensures the correct and daily archiving of both physical and electronic documents;
• Encourages and is a source of proposals to promote the improvement of support functions;
• Works in compliance with NRC policies, tools, manuals and guidelines.

Specific responsibilities:

• Ensure that SOPs are respected in Finance department operations
• Conducts monthly/quarterly review to ensure that the coding and references of physical documents comply with procedures
• Support the Support Coordinator with the financial verification of payment requests, contracts and purchase requests, up to the authorized threshold;
• Responsible for preparing payment orders, checks and bank forms and the necessary banking coordination for payments;
• Support the monthly close and BRS process;
• Support the implementation of audit recommendations
• Ensure compliance of supporting documents and prepare documents for annual reviews, collection and provision of documentation to auditors under support supervision and in close collaboration with the Compliance Coordinator and Finance Coordinator;
• Support for assistants to ensure that scanning is done correctly;
• Prepare documents for project audits, ensure the sending of physical accounting documents to the National office after their scanning
• Monitor cash balances and prepare fund requests for operations in your area;
• Verify expenses before any expenditure commitment to ensure the availability of funds and compliance of expenses
• Review and posting of all post backs to ensure compliance with the accounting plan/lessor codes and supporting documents;
• Review of reconciliations;
• Process everything after the account reconciliation exercise, the outstanding items in the bank account reconciliation in Maradi
• Make a bi-weekly progress report to the Support Coordinator for regular monitoring
• Prepare progress reports and other documents from time to time
• Coaching of Finance Assistants;
• Assistance with Planning and Performance Management of Assistants;
• Ensure timely payment of social security contributions and base taxes.
• And any other task assigned by his/her hierarchical supervisor.

Qualities  : 

• Have the ability to listen and react appropriately to a situation;
• Quick ability to respond and adapt to changes in the work environment;
• Have a team spirit and communication skills in order to maintain a good working relationship in a multicultural environment;
• Managing unsafe environments;
• Empower and build confidence;
• Communicate respectfully and effectively

QUALIFICATIONS

• Have three (03) years of experience in an International NGO in the field of accounting and finance in a humanitarian context.;
• Have at least a Bac + 3 level in accounting and business management, Finance or audit/Control.
• Having mastery of Agresso accounting software (Unit 4, etc.) would be an asset,
• Previous professional experience in complex and unstable contexts.
• Proven results on position responsibilities.
• Knowledge of your leadership style/profile.
• Good knowledge of English an asset
• Good knowledge of IT tools (Excel/Word), Internet and other software

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