Finance Officer

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee the application of accounting proceddures by the programme team
• Review financial documents and transactions to ensure compliance with CI procedures and donor requirements
• Conduct regular financial checks and controls to identify and mitigate financial risk
• Support the implimentation of donor financial compliance requirement s and recommendation from audits
• Ensure proper followup of vendors payments and disbursment and participate in vendor account reconciliation in coordination with procurement-logistics and relevant department.
• Ensure accounting checks are carried out (validate o documents, quality of accounting , and funding allocations, etc) internal regulations and procedures are correctly applied.
• Ensure finacila information is communicated effectively between various department.
• Report technical issues, concerns, and operational challenges to the management team in a timely manner.
• Facilitate the sharing of financial information necessary for the base level decision-making and operational planning.
• Oversee the roll out of monthly, semi-annually and annually closing financial/ bank reconciliation
• Ensure quakilty of accounting deliverables , compliance with deadlines for compliance with the organizations internal frameworks
• Any other task assigned

Budget Management:

• Providing base level budget follow-up monitoring, and analysis to fild coordinator/ management
• Contribute to cost optimization initiatives through effective budget tracking and expenditure analysis.
• Ensure accurate forecasting of expenditures in coordination with Programme Mangers and support department.
• Monitor budget consumption rates and alert management to potential over-or under spending
• Verify the correct allocation of expenses to project, budget lines, and cost centre accounting codes
• Participate in monthly budget monitoring meetings by identifying variances, highlighting risks, and proposing corrective actions to field coordinator and the budget holders at each base.

Internal Communication:

• Ensure that financial information is communicated effectively between the various departments
• Report technical issues, concerns, and operational challenges to the management team in a timely manner.
• Facilitate the sharing of financial information necessary for the base level decision-making and operational planning.
• Participate actively in base coordination and base management meetings to provide financial update and recommendations.
• Organiz BVA and regular wekly meetings with base finance team members

Priority of the Department:

• Timely submission of accurate and complete monthly accountancy report to coordinators.
• Ensure financial compliance with regards donor requirement and financial SOP.

Qualifications / Core Requirements

• University degree or equivalent in Accounting , Finance , Economics or related fields
• Good knowledge and understanding of DO NO HARM principles and established international child protection standards (especially UNICEF)

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years relevant working experience working with financial institutes or humanitarian sector
• Experience working in emergency settings

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong ability to work independently, organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity and flexibility
• Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
• Ability to read and write in both English and others languages appropriately in Northeast Nigeria
• Skills in training and management
• Proficiency in the use of computers (MS Word, Excel, Power Point Presentation).
• Should be multitasking and can work with little or no supervision.
• Ability to work as part of a team and to provide quality and timely support and services.
• Professionalism and flexible attitude to work
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibility to adjust work schedules and priorities.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of humanitarian sector.
• Ability to speak English fluently, Hausa and other local languages desirable.
• Familiarity with financial management and reporting requirements of major donors.
• Excellent English written, verbal communication and report writing skillsto manage relationship in potential tense situations.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and adapt to diverse contexts.

Organizational Requirement:

• The post holder will, at all times, carry out his/her responsibilities with the utmost respect for the protection of children by the ECI’s Child and Vulnerable Person/persons Safeguarding Policy.
• The post holder will be required to respect ethnic and racial differences during and after work hours.
• The post holder will report to the PROGRAM MANAGER
• To be committed to and share in the outworking of ECI’s Vision, Mission and Values
• The post holder will be expected to behave according to ECI’s ‘Code of Conduct’

Safeguarding and Protection

• Efforts will be made to ensure adequate exclusion of minors, young and other vulnerable adults who are not legally authorized to work from the scheme to ensure that the project is devoid of litigation and court injunctions.

Application Closing Date
19th June, 2026

How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit their resume with a cover letter in one document to:  View email address on hotnigerianjobs.com and copy:  View email address on hotnigerianjobs.com View email address on hotnigerianjobs.com as the job title as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Qualified female aapplicants are encouraged to apply.
• CV and Cover Letter as one single word document.
• Applicants are advised that ECIdoes not require any payment or expenses during the entire recruitment process. Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as it is contrary to the values and practices of our organization.
• Due to the volume of applications received, ECImay not provide feedback to all applicants.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if suitable candidates are found.
• Successful candidates are expected to resume immediately.
• Join us at El-Ezhar Care Initiative(ECI) and contribute to making a lasting impact in the lives of Nigerians/ Africans.

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