Senior Finance Officer (JISRA/Peacebuilding) at TearFund

• The senior Finance Officer will oversee the JISRA Financial Management and liaise with the Country Consortium Lead and PoV Consortium Partners and Implementing Partners (SfCG, CAFOD, MM, Tearfund, DIWA, DREP, FOMWAN, RURCON & SUWA).
• S/he will harmonise the Nigeria Consortium Financial reports in liaise with Tearfund West Africa Finance Team.
• The post holder will also be responsible for the provision of practical support and advice to Tearfund partners on the following: strengthening financial management capacity, strengthening partner's internal control systems, improving financial budgeting and reporting.
• Responsible for ensuring donor compliance for all financial management issues. Provides accounting functions and financial management input to Tearfund Nigeria.

The successful candidate will have:

• A Degree in Finance / Accounts or equivalent experience
• Minimum of five (5) years' experience in accounting
• Strong technical experience in bookkeeping, accounting and financial management.
• In-depth experience in providing financial capacity assessment to local partner
• Experience in carrying out financial management reviews/assessment of partners by identifying critical gaps and capacity development needs
• In depth knowledge of direct support to partner on strengthening internal controls, improving organisational and project level budgeting and reporting
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English language.
• Planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Communication and presentation skills
• Self-motivation and a twam player
• Computer literate in MS-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc
• Initiative and attention to detail

Desirable criteria:

• ACA / MBA / CA, ICAN, ANAN or equivalent
• Proven experience in relief and disaster response work
• Experience of working with Christian based partners
• Understanding of accounting issues in the charity/NGO sector.
• Ability to Prioritise
• Good analytical skills
• Training and mentoring skills
• Ability to communicate in Hausa