Head of Finance at Cishan Nigeria

Cishan Nigeria is inviting applications from suitably qualified individuals for the following position:

Position: Head of Finance
Experience: 6year(s)
Responsibilities

• Prepare and track budget, liability, and capital accounts and monitor financial status of both CiSHAN and her sub-sub-recipients.
• Effectively control income, cash flow and manage fund disbursements (Payment vouchers, cheques, and other banking transactions).
• Ensure compliance with internal control, risk management measures and adherence to donors' financial policies and procedures.
• Prepare accurate and timely bank reconciliation statements, accounts payable, and account receivables, balance sheet and other reports for submission to donors/prime, management and, internal and external auditors.
• Efficiently manage payroll and monthly local statutory returns such as PAYE/taxes, Pensions, etc.
• Coordinate activities of accounting staff and provide necessary mentoring to subordinates.
• Work closely with program team and support other staff for effective operation of CiSHAN and project activities.
• Coordinate the grant management (disbursement, review of financial reports, monitoring visits and mentoring of the Sub-sub-recipients)
• Ensure proper record keeping and manage data base backups.

Qualifications

• A minimum of HND/B.Sc. degree in Accounting and ICAN, ACA, ACCA, or CPA.
• Must also have at least 6 years working experience with Non-Governmental organizations in a similar position, high skills in QuickBooks, Microsoft excel words and power point, good knowledge of internal control systems, financial audit processes and accounting procedures for Global Fund funded projects.
• Good knowledge of accrual based accounting and International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) is essential.

Mode of Application

Applicants should send a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and cover letter in a single Microsoft Word attachment to recruitment@cishannigeria.org  explaining their suitability for the job.
Application Deadline: 10th March, 2014.

Note
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Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails/mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as three professional referees (i.e. from present and former employers).
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