Finance Officer at Save the Children

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Officer

Job ID: 230001S4
Location: Damaturu, Yobe
Grade: 4
Contract Length: 12 Months
Post Type: National
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Team / Programme: Finance / Humanitarian

Child Safeguarding

Level 3: either the role holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of their work; or they will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister, solicitor, legal executive); therefore, a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or equivalent in other countries).

Role Purpose

Save the Children International is a 'dual mandate' organization and as such equal priority will be given to both humanitarian and development work.
This is the only way we will be able to ensure that some of the fundamental rights that we believe children have, such as survival, safety and constant access to protection and education can be guaranteed.
The Finance Officer has the responsibility to manage payments, receipts, and disbursement of funds.
He/she would be responsible for GLACOS registration and filling of all financial documents. He/she will also provide support to the finance unit.
As part of a commitment to work with children through humanitarian interventions, Save the Children will support programmes in both sudden onset and chronic emergencies.

Scope of Role:

Reports to: Finance Coordinator
Dimensions: Solid line reporting
Staff directly reporting to this post: Finance Assistant
Technical responsibility: None
Budget responsibility: None

Key Areas of Accountability
Fund Disbursement:

Support payment of participants and other SCI cash payments out of the office

Financial Information and other Support Functions:

Send out transaction’s listings and BVA to the awards department on the agreed dates
Support all Budget holders in the preparation of phased budgets
Provide support to Humanitarian Finance Manager with advice/training to budget holders on budget management.
Support in the preparation of proposal budgets for the Humanitarian response.
Support in providing codes where finance support is needed.
Review of payment vouchers for accuracy and completeness
Provide support to budget holders in reviewing and understanding monthly financial budget monitoring reports and follow up on any recommended action points
Prepare the GLACOS for all the recharges recommended by the budget holders after the 1st and 2nd review of the transaction listings.

System Administration:

Bank Reconciliation
Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts 21410,11410,11220,52000

Others:

Preparing SOF loaders for all new awards and realigned/ re-phased awards
Provide information for management reports such as cost centre BVA’s, for budget holders to monitor budgets, on a regular and timely basis
Ensure proper and timely archiving of document
Statutory Remittances
Monthly maintenance and update of Finance Accruals Tracker
Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor or line manager

Working Relationships