Finance Manager at Centre for Family Health Initiative (CFHI)

Centre for Family Health Initiative (CFHI) is a non-political, non-religious, not-for-profit organization, committed to the promotion of health and protection of the well-being of families in Africa. Driven by a vision of Healthy Families; Healthy Societies, CFHIТs mission is to develop a safe and accommodating society for all, through community driven and family centered health interventions, socio-economic empowerment, research and policy development.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:  

Job Title: Finance Manager Ref.: 17000E Location: Abuja Job Type: Full Time

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage all accounting transactions
• Prepare budget forecasts
• Publish financial statements in time
• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements
• Report on the company's financial health and liquidity
• Audit financial transactions and documents
• Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct database backups when necessary
• Comply with financial policies and regulations
• Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Ensure timely bank payments
• Compute taxes and prepare tax returns

Others:

• Ascertain records of consultants and vendors i.e. contracts, community volunteers, time sheets and invoices
• Reviews the reports from all the state finance assistants/ project managers
• Support all project procurement and the inventory/maintenance of all equipment, materials where necessary
• Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications/ Requirements

• BSc. Accounting
• At least 3-year work experience with non-profit organizations and managing various donor funds as required.
• Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures, including the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Experience with general ledger functions
• Strong attention to details and good analytical skills
• Additional certification (CPA or CMA) is a plus
• A flair for spotting numerical mistakes
• Hands-on experience with accounting software like QuickBooks
• Advanced MS Excel skills including Vlookups and pivot tables (Added advantage)

Key Competencies Candidate must have:

• Sound knowledge of finance, financial & management accounting, budgeting and cost control principles
• Ability to analyze financial and non-financial data, prepare financial performance reports, statements and projections, and be able to understand complex systems
• Tracking payments to internal and external stakeholders
• Preparing budget forecasts
• Processing tax payments and returns
• Auditing financial documents and procedures
• Reconciling bank statements
• Experience driving automation of financial reporting and performance measurement systems and proficiency in analytics tools including Microsoft Excel etc.
• Strong interpersonal skills and adept at cross-functional collaboration
• Excellent professional written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office tools for presentation

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Cover Letter and CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as subject of the email