Finance Coordinator – Deployment Roster At Plan International 570 views0 applications

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

Finance Coordinator – Deployment Roster

Req ID: 22763
Location: Nigeria
Reports to: Emergency Response Manager

Emergency Roster

• The Emergency Roster is a database of pre-selected deployable internal and external candidates who have the appropriate skills and experience to support emergency preparedness and response. It also stores information on these candidates.
• The purpose of the roster is to ensure that we have the right people in the right place and the right time with the right skills.
• Roster Members are expected to deploy to an emergency response within 72 hours or once an entry visa is received.
• A Roster Member is selected from the Emergency Roster as and when a roster request is received from one of our country offices.

Purpose

• The Finance Coordinator will be deployed, often at short notice, to support a CO respond to a particular emergency.
• The FinCo will manage all aspects of the response finances ensuring appropriate procedures are in place, adhered to and flagging any concerns to the ERM and CD.

Key Tasks

• Support the development of emergency response master budget
• Ensure all funding submission budgets are aligned with the master budget
• Assist in the preparation of a disaster response funding plan & budget and in the development and drafting of project proposals
• Supervise and manage the inputting of all financial transactions in to SAP.
• Ensure adherence to all Plan International’s and donor regulations.
• Reinforce control mechanisms in country.
• Establish an effective filing system for easy access to information and proper documentation.
• Develop/maintain procedures for tracking emergency response income / expenditure in accordance with Plan International policies and procedures
• Ensure appropriate apportioned and shared cost in budgeting and track cost recovery during implementation
• Prepare and review monthly budget vs. actual and flag over/under utilization to ERM
• Conduct PU and partner visit to review financial procedures and assist PU and partner finance as necessary
• Facilitate external/donor audit

Knowledge & Experience

• Accountancy/Financial Management qualifications
• Good knowledge of SAP
• Clear knowledge on Plan cost recovery policy
• Strong knowledge of donor requirements
• Experience in financial management of emergency operations
• Knowledge on basic internal control in financial management

Skills:

• Strong skills in MS word, Excel and report development
• Budget development and monitoring
• Ability to work under pressure , late hours, weekends and holidays in order to meet the deadline
• Language skills desirable (for example English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic)
• Good interpersonal skill
• Ability to work independently and as a team player