Finance Manager – Lake Chad Basin (based in Abuja) 238 views1 applications


Organisation Background:

Founded in 2011, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts. INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.

INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.

The organisation has grown from innovative start-up to become a globally recognised charity and a valuable component of the humanitarian safety coordination system.

Today the organisation provides daily support to more than 850 NGOs in eleven of the world’s most insecure countries and has earned a strong reputation for performance, principles & professionalism.

INSO Lake Chad Basin Regional Office:

Since becoming registered in Nigeria in 2016, INSO has developed a strong regional approach, supporting NGOs working on the Lake Chad Basin Crisis from all neighbouring countries. The coordination office, which is based in Abuja, oversees two operational offices in Maiduguri, Nigeria and in Maroua, Cameroon. Another sub-office in the Diffa region of Niger is expected to open during the first quarter 2018.

We currently seeking an experienced humanitarian professional to join our team in the Lake Chad Basin Regional Office as a Finance Manager. The position is based in Abuja with regular travels to Maiduguri, Niger and Cameroon.

Job Summary:

The Finance Manager work closely with the Director and has the responsibility to protect the financial health and integrity of the project with enforcing appropriate accounting and financial procedures and policies; providing timely an accurate financial data to enable project orientation, planning and decision; meeting the external reporting and audits requirements; orienting staff in financial management, audits and procedures compliance.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Oversees financial record keeping; controls and reconciles the documentation, uploads the financial information in SUN.
  • Maintains a secure filing system of the financial documentation.
  • Gives a clear picture of the financial position of the project with reports on donors’ budget adherence or budget variances.
  • Maintains an adequate project cash flow, prepares cash requests and follows donors’ disbursements.
  • Meets external reporting deadlines; prepares budgets and reports with exactness and compliance; liaises with donors and HQ when necessary.
  • Maintains healthy financial practices across the project; enforces finance working documents and trainings as needed to ensure staff adherence.
  • Acts as a focal point during audits, enforces internal and external audit recommendations in a timely fashion.
  • Reviews and authorises transactions within his/her threshold; and
  • Manages the finance department, partakes in recruitment, orientation and training of staff with financial functions.

Mandatory Requirements:

  • At least 5 years of experience in similar position within NGO sector.
  • Professional accountancy qualification or master’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, management or economics.
  • Proficient in the use of accounting software systems (preferably SUNSYSTEM), Q&A reporting tool and excel.
  • Fluent in English and French (both written and spoken).
  • Donor/contract management experience and donor policy knowledge (preferably ECHO, DFID, SDC and/or OFDA).
  • Understanding of humanitarian principles and practices.
  • Ability to process large amounts of data.
  • Ability to handle multi donors and multiyear budgets.
  • High attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to direct and supervise.
  • Willingness to work in the Lake Chad Basin region.

Key Personal Competencies:

  • Well organised and capable to deliver work in tight deadlines.
  • Excellent analyst.
  • People management.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • A good listener.
  • An effective communicator.
  • Team player.
  • Capacity to work in a multicultural environment.
  • Quiet demeanour in stressful or crisis situations.

Terms and Conditions :***12-month contract with an expected **start date of 15 May 2018, €5,000 per month salary, 4 calendar days annual leave per month and 7 days of R&R every 3 months with a €1000 allowance per each R&R cycle, in-country housing provided, global medical coverage and AD&D coverage.*

How to apply:

Interested applicants are requested to send the following to [email protected] by 22 April 2018 and reference “INSO FM-LCB” in the subject line of your email.

  • Cover letter specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, your motivation in applying and what you hope to bring to INSO (2-page maximum).
  • Up to date CV (3-page maximum).
  • Contact information for 3 referees (preferably, work-related and from previous line managers).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please do not send any additional information (such as copies of certificates, copies of diplomas, etc.) and keep the total size of your application under 2MB.

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The International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts.INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.ContextContemporary armed conflict poses unprecedented challenges to humanitarian organisations in delivering aid to vulnerable populations.Whereas in the context of international armed conflicts aid workers are attributed formally recognised protection under international humanitarian law; today the changing nature of conflicts and the proliferation of non-state armed groups often mean that this assurance is no longer guaranteed.Across the globe, aid workers are subject to violent attacks with 2 - 4 deaths per week worldwide.While many NGOs take individual measures to mitigate the risks, coordinated action between agencies - seen by many as the more important requirement -  has lagged behind with no common system at field level prior to 2011.INSO was designed to fill this gap and today provides the humanitarian sector with a globally standardised mechanism for establishing and operating such platforms wherever they are needed.Humanitarian AccessHumanitarian access is the ability of NGOs to reach populations in need as well as the ability of those populations to reach the aid and protection they need. It is a complex and ever changing dynamic involving a host of considerations and challenges.INSO works to support the first side of this equation - NGOs accessing populations in need - by improving situational awareness and enabling humanitarians to make more evidence-based access decisions.Of course, situational awareness alone does not create humanitarian access - and can do the opposite - but where NGOs are seeking to expand access high quality, relevant and up to date safety information has been shown to play a vital role in the process.AccountabilityAny co-operation mechanism is only as good as the participation it enjoys from its members, which is why all INSO platforms are started and monitored by the humanitarian communities they serve through a voluntary Advisory Board.Each Advisory Board represents the NGO community towards INSO in that country and holds concrete powers to set the services and monitor INSO's performance in delivering them.This simple yet highly effective mechanism guarantees transparency, participation and accountability even as the context changes.Internally, INSO ensures the confidential management of information and registration processes and provides a comprehensive internal policy environment that guarantees accountability and protects against risk.ImpactSince 2011, INSO has revolutionized the humanitarian safety coordination sector by introducing a robust and high quality field safety platform model that has been deployed in some of the world’s most high-risk settings.The strong focus on humanitarian principles and exclusive NGO-only membership criteria have caused INSO to become generally accepted as a standard component of modern humanitarian response offering independent frontline reporting and coordination services that save lives, strengthen operational practice and enable humanitarian access.

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0 USD Abuja CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week International NGO Safety Organisation – INSO

Organisation Background:

Founded in 2011, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts. INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.

INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.

The organisation has grown from innovative start-up to become a globally recognised charity and a valuable component of the humanitarian safety coordination system.

Today the organisation provides daily support to more than 850 NGOs in eleven of the world’s most insecure countries and has earned a strong reputation for performance, principles & professionalism.

INSO Lake Chad Basin Regional Office:

Since becoming registered in Nigeria in 2016, INSO has developed a strong regional approach, supporting NGOs working on the Lake Chad Basin Crisis from all neighbouring countries. The coordination office, which is based in Abuja, oversees two operational offices in Maiduguri, Nigeria and in Maroua, Cameroon. Another sub-office in the Diffa region of Niger is expected to open during the first quarter 2018.

We currently seeking an experienced humanitarian professional to join our team in the Lake Chad Basin Regional Office as a Finance Manager. The position is based in Abuja with regular travels to Maiduguri, Niger and Cameroon.

Job Summary:

The Finance Manager work closely with the Director and has the responsibility to protect the financial health and integrity of the project with enforcing appropriate accounting and financial procedures and policies; providing timely an accurate financial data to enable project orientation, planning and decision; meeting the external reporting and audits requirements; orienting staff in financial management, audits and procedures compliance.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Oversees financial record keeping; controls and reconciles the documentation, uploads the financial information in SUN.
  • Maintains a secure filing system of the financial documentation.
  • Gives a clear picture of the financial position of the project with reports on donors’ budget adherence or budget variances.
  • Maintains an adequate project cash flow, prepares cash requests and follows donors’ disbursements.
  • Meets external reporting deadlines; prepares budgets and reports with exactness and compliance; liaises with donors and HQ when necessary.
  • Maintains healthy financial practices across the project; enforces finance working documents and trainings as needed to ensure staff adherence.
  • Acts as a focal point during audits, enforces internal and external audit recommendations in a timely fashion.
  • Reviews and authorises transactions within his/her threshold; and
  • Manages the finance department, partakes in recruitment, orientation and training of staff with financial functions.

Mandatory Requirements:

  • At least 5 years of experience in similar position within NGO sector.
  • Professional accountancy qualification or master’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, management or economics.
  • Proficient in the use of accounting software systems (preferably SUNSYSTEM), Q&A reporting tool and excel.
  • Fluent in English and French (both written and spoken).
  • Donor/contract management experience and donor policy knowledge (preferably ECHO, DFID, SDC and/or OFDA).
  • Understanding of humanitarian principles and practices.
  • Ability to process large amounts of data.
  • Ability to handle multi donors and multiyear budgets.
  • High attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to direct and supervise.
  • Willingness to work in the Lake Chad Basin region.

Key Personal Competencies:

  • Well organised and capable to deliver work in tight deadlines.
  • Excellent analyst.
  • People management.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • A good listener.
  • An effective communicator.
  • Team player.
  • Capacity to work in a multicultural environment.
  • Quiet demeanour in stressful or crisis situations.

Terms and Conditions :***12-month contract with an expected **start date of 15 May 2018, €5,000 per month salary, 4 calendar days annual leave per month and 7 days of R&R every 3 months with a €1000 allowance per each R&R cycle, in-country housing provided, global medical coverage and AD&D coverage.*

How to apply:

Interested applicants are requested to send the following to [email protected] by 22 April 2018 and reference “INSO FM-LCB” in the subject line of your email.

  • Cover letter specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, your motivation in applying and what you hope to bring to INSO (2-page maximum).
  • Up to date CV (3-page maximum).
  • Contact information for 3 referees (preferably, work-related and from previous line managers).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please do not send any additional information (such as copies of certificates, copies of diplomas, etc.) and keep the total size of your application under 2MB.

2018-04-23

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