Finance Assistant
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- Location Borno
- City Maiduguri
- Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
Key responsibilities:
- Check all invoices and confirm their amount as from their reception and the coherence with the accountancy in Saga;
- Prepare a report for the Finance Officer of all missing invoices or differences in amounts from the SAGA extracted file;
- After the monthly accounting closure check the accounting codes, the project codes, and the budget codes;
- Correct any errors in the invoices if necessary;
- Check that all the invoices are present for each budget line and each contract;
- Ensure photocopying of all original & split documents;
- File the originals according to budget (contract) and budget line;
- File everything very conscientiously;
- Reclassify the invoices according to their new budget lines if necessary, particularly when they have been used in various operations (redistribution of the initial budget lines);
- Check that the accounting codes, the project codes, and the budget codes are accurate as per the attached PR or program allowance request form;
- Finalize the dispatch of files by adding labels and adequate packaging for the originals to be sent to the capital;
- Check that all invoices and their amounts are present as from their reception and the coherence with the accountancy in the excel file;
- Check that all the invoices are present for each transaction in the accountancy;
- At the end of the monthly accountancy closure, prepare the files to be sent to capital (final checking of invoices and their presence;
- File and archive the copies in the base.
Position Requirements:
- Minimum of a Bachelor equivalent in Accounting/Finance;
- Exceptional organization, time management, and attention to detail;
- Professionalism, honesty, reliability, autonomy & strong sense of responsibility;
- Very good communication & training skills;
- Ability to maintain confidentiality;
- Strong computer skills particularly in MS Excel, literacy and numeracy;
- Fluent in English;
- Team player, flexible;
- Committed to ACF values;
- Strong accounting skills;
- Sense of confidentiality;
- Ability to manage and follow work plans;
- Good interpersonal skills (communication, able to negotiation, influence, give effective feedback, be a team player);
- Able to manage stress effectively, juggle competing priorities, balance various programmatic, logistic and team needs;
- Champion of ACTION AGAINST HUNGER Charter values of; Professionalism, Transparency, Neutrality, Access to Victims and Non-Discrimination.
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Key responsibilities:
- To ensure that all assessment adhered to the SPHERE standards, and all new constructions and rehabilitation sites is of good quality and to meet the national standards;
- Ensure timely and quality data collection, (needs assessments, household registration, baseline/endline surveys, PDMs, KAP surveys, FDG, KII and others) by drafting the necessary quantitative and qualitative tools (ToR and data collection tools, including coding) for review and validation by the technical team;
- Perform timely and quality data analysis of MEAL data for different projects as needed through Excel or other statistical software for review and validation by the MEAL Manager and Field Coordinator;
- Ensure timely and quality reporting of MEAL activities implemented by their team (surveys, monitoring activities…);
- To also take lead in drafting and sharing all assessments and survey reports with the Field Coordinator and MEAL Manager;
- Support in recruitments, training and Supervision of enumerators during data collection;
- Support program teams, advocacy and knowledge management teams to identify lessons learned and best practices, and produce case studies and human interest stories through collation and analysis of MEAL inform;
- Provide support for donor reports and proposal inputs as requested by Field Coordinator, MEAL Manager, HOD or DHODs;
- Build staff awareness and commitment to a feedback and complaints mechanism, ensuring that all SOPs and ACF core policies are respected;
- Ensure setting up the different feedback and complaints response mechanism in relevant project locations;
- In remote management area, ensure the establishment of accountability focal person (training, regular meetings, tracking of their reporting requirements);
- Ensure the queries of callers using setup hotline are answered while respecting ethical and professional behavior in accordance with the ACF standard operating procedures and HAP guidelines;
- Ensure complaints are referred to relevant personnel within ACF and in particular sensitive complaints (level 4) are referred to senior management, as per SOP;
- Ensure the lodging all feedback, complaints and response in the FCM database, coming from all channels;
- Ensure complaints are closed within the appropriate timeframe;
- Validate FCM database on monthly basis;
- Refer program specific complaints to relevant program managers for resolution;
- Submit FCM specific project report for donor reporting when relevant;
- Follow-up and receive weekly feedback, and case status progress related to the internal cases referred to the programs/projects. Ensure all documents and actions taken are documented, and feedback is given back to the complainant.
Position Requirements:
- Minimum of Degree in Economics, International Development, Statistics, Public Health, Demography or related subject, with previous experience working in humanitarian projects;
- At least 3 years of proven experience in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning of humanitarian or development programs;
- Demonstrated knowledge of MEAL concepts and international humanitarian quality standards;
- Demonstrated practical experience with mobile data collection, fluent in English (both written and spoken skills);
- Experience of data collection, collation, analysis, and report writing;
- Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive;
- Strong organizational and analytical skills, and ability to work under pressure;
- Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies;
- Commitment to and understanding of ACF aims, values and principles;
- Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel, spreadsheets, Sphere standard, SPSS, SPHINX, or other statistical packages;
- Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited;
- Previous experience with ACF or International NGO strong interpersonal and community norms understanding;
- Experience in community development programming, preferably in health, nutrition, food security and livelihoods or WASH;
- Experience in statistical analysis;
- Experience with participatory fieldwork methodologies;
- Knowledge of local languages (Hausa, Kanuri, Fulani, Shuwa, etc.).
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