Society for Family Health is one of Nigeria’s largest non-governmental organisations. Founded in 1985 by three eminent Nigerians: Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Justice Ifeyinwa Nzeako, Pharmacist Dahiru Wali and Phil Harvey. Society for Family Health Nigeria has a mission to empower Nigerians, particularly the poor and vulnerable to lead healthier lives. Working with the private and public sectors, SFH adopts social marketing and behaviour change communication to improve access to essential health information, services, and products to motivate the adoption of healthy behaviours.
- Experience 4 years
- Location Abuja
Job Profile:
The Finance and Operations Director will be responsible for overseeing all areas of financial management, including financial systems implementation, budgeting, expenditure tracking, and financial reporting and accounting.
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Job Role:
- Provide financial and administrative oversight for effective and efficient execution of projects.
- Develop program budgets with teams and monitor budget pipelines;
- Provide timely and accurate financial reports;
- Review and approve recommendations for financial planning and control, provide relevant reports to the Executive Management;
- Manage internal and external financial audits;
- Undertake periodic reviews of internal controls, risk assessments and documentation;
- Support subcontractors as needed to ensure sound financial management and operations;
- Ensures that sub-contracts, sub-grants and local consultancy documents and procedures are completed in a timely and accurate policies and regulations
Qualifications/Experience:
- Minimum of ten years’ prior experience
- A minimum of Four (4) years’ experience with progressively increasing responsibility in managing USAID project.
- Strong financial and operational management experience, and with proven financial management skills
- Problem solving and analytical ability
- Proficiency in accounting tools and software.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Proficiency at using Microsoft office software: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.