Finance and Grant Coordinator at Nuru Nigeria

Nuru Nigeria is a local NGO with affiliates in the US, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Ethiopia. Our mission is to build resilience corridors of farmer-owned and farmer-led agribusinesses and profitable rural livelihoods in 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of northern Nigeria proximate to conflict-vulnerable areas by 2030. Nuru Nigeria prioritises the smallholder farmers it serves and works to cultivate lasting meaningful choices through a community led, community driven and community sustained livelihood programs across the agriculture value chain.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance and Grant Coordinator

Location: Yola, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting: The Finance & Grant Coordinator will report to the Finance & Grant Specialist
Supervision: The Finance & Grant Coordinator will supervise the Finance & Grant Officer

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with the Finance & Grant Officer to ensure timely and accurate posting and recording of transactions in the Odoo accounting system;
• Ensure that vendors and all service providers upon receipt of payments, acknowledge and send an official receipt;
• Income Recognition in the Accounting software Odoo.
• Ensure that all prepayment accounts, accruals, and grants are managed.
• Ensure compliance with the organization's policy and procedure as regards filing and documentation and may recommend other approaches for a seamless filing and retrieval of documents.
• Ensure assets are properly recognized and categorized accordingly.
• Compliance with the internal policies and procedures regarding donors and timely reporting to the Head of Finance.
• Prepare both Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual financial reports and present it to the Head of Finance for review.
• Preparations of both bi-annual and annual financial presentation documents to the Head of Finance review towards team meetings.
• Manage the organization's Enterprise Resource System, providing monthly financial reports from the system.
• Coordinate the reporting of budget versus actual reporting in liaison with the Grants and Compliance Officer before submitting to the Head of Finance.
• Monitor cash flow/funding Pipelines.
• Ensure that internal control processes are in place and active to mitigate financial mismanagement.
• Work closely with the Head of finance and program team for budget preparation, NN annual budget, and Donor budget.
• Monthly bank reconciliations are prepared and approved for documentation.
• Work closely with the Financial Service Provider (POS vendor) service delivery to ensure regular compliance with the terms of the service agreement and ensure that all liquidations meet expectations.
• Capacity building for the Finance Officer, Compliance, Finance Intern, and other staff on the importance of compliance with policy and documentation.
• Work closely with the Grant and Compliance Officer to conduct periodic reviews of internal control processes to ensure compliance (Internal Audit).
• Other duties as assigned on an ad hoc basis by the Head of Finance.

Job Requirement & Qualification

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field with 7years of experience; Master’s Degree in Business Administration or related field with minimum of 5years of experience is highly preferred;
• ICAN/ACCA/CPA or other recognized professional accounting qualification is a must;
• Demonstrated experience in financial management of large and complex donor funded projects
• Expertise with procedures required for adequate planning, monitoring, and re- aligning of complex budgets;
• Prior experience in managing grants under contract required;
• Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and/or experiences in accounting, financial planning and management, and procurement, among other management support areas/functions;
• Familiarity with USG Cost Accounting Standards; Extensive knowledge of computerized accounting systems, accounting software and Microsoft Officer;
• Proficiency in QuickBooks accounting software preferred;
• Possess excellent organizational and analytical skills;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required, and knowledge of local languages such as Hausa is an advantage.

Application Closing Date
20th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Non-discriminatory employment clause
• Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of ethnicity, colour, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, age, disability or health status.
• The management of Nuru Nigeria reserves the right to verify all of the applicant's information and conduct background checks on shortlisted candidates including reaching out to his/her previous employer.
• Please note that only suitable and qualified candidates will be shortlisted.
• Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.