A reputable international NGO that supports the building of electoral democracies with support from USAID seeks a qualified applicant to fill the following vacancy in its Abuja office:



Finance and Accounting Manager

Reporting to the Deputy Chief of Party, principal duties and responsibilities shall include:

§ Supervise, mentor and direct other accounting staff;

§ Pay ad hoc and recurrent expenditures;

§ Manage banking transactions;

§ Prepare bi-monthly financial reports;

§ Assist programs in preparing budgets and also contribute in preparing reprogram/cost or no cost extension budgets;

§ Provide information for preparing monthly field office wire request and budget;

§ Enter transactions in financial system;

§ Periodic bank/accounts reconciliation;

§ Maintain cash in safe account;

§ Initiate payment instructions;

§ Assist in EMB training on financial management

§ Segregate expenses by related project;

§ Provide finance guidance to program and administrative staff.

§ Track advance payment to ensure clearing of all advances;

§ Review travel expense reports and other payment requests for approval;

§ Maintain and update accrual information (vacation, severance, etc);

§ Maintain tax records and make timely payments;

§ Sub-grants financial management:

§ Evaluating sub-grant proposals and budgets;

§ Reviewing sub-grants financial report to ensure compliance with terms of sub-grant and liaising with sub-grantee(s) where and when necessary;

§ Assist in providing training as needed to sub-grantee on IFES sub-grants and USAID financial regulations;

§ Perform other responsibilities assigned by supervisor and/or Chief of Party.



Qualifications and experience

· Bachelor’s degree in accounting, financial management or any related field

· Minimum of 10 years relevant work experience in the financial management and/or accounting field with a minimum of 3 years of experience in managerial role.

· Demonstrated financial management and accounting skill

· Proven ability to mentor, motivate, work as part of a team and being able to meet deadlines.

· In depth knowledge and experience with USAID and other donor financial management, reporting requirements, sub-grants procedures.

· Proficiency in Microsoft office and accounting software especially QuickBooks is required

· Excellent oral and written communication skills.



Highest consideration will be given to applicants who demonstrate strong and proven track record with democracy and governance work.



To apply: Interested applicants should email their application to ifesnigeria@ifes.org by February 10th, 2016.



Only applications received by email will be considered and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer