TITLE: Finance Assistant
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Finance
LOCATION: Adamawa Field Office
GRADE: 5

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3. The post holder may have frequent or intensive contact with children and young people through country-programme work or safeguarding responsibilities.

ROLE PURPOSE
The Finance Assistant will support effective financial management processes in the Adamawa Field Office by ensuring accurate transaction processing, documentation, record keeping, compliance monitoring and financial administration in accordance with Save the Children International policies and procedures. The role supports electronic archiving of financial documents, account reconciliations and other finance duties, while interacting with diverse stakeholders and meeting agreed timelines. During a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder may be required to work outside normal duties and vary working hours.

SCOPE OF ROLE
Reports to: State Team Leader
Staff reporting to this post: None
Role dimensions: Liaises with banks and tax authorities; processes financial transactions, payment requests and expense claims in line with organisational policies and donor requirements.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
• Raise approved cheques and obtain authorised signatures.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations and bank-related activities, including collecting statements.
• Support payments to participants and other beneficiaries.
• Request and collect finance stationery and consumables.
• Reconcile and match system transactions weekly.
• Maintain custody of petty cash, make approved daily cash payments, update the manual cash book and conduct weekly and month-end cash counts.
• Electronically archive payment and journal vouchers monthly.
• Review transaction listings to ensure vouchers are completely filed, labelled and easy to retrieve.
• Produce scanned copies, maintain retrieval logs and verify supporting documents.
• Support cashier duties, bi-weekly payment runs and partner payments.
• Support audits by retrieving samples and returning vouchers after audits.
• Support asset verification and perform other reasonable duties assigned by the supervisor.

SAFEGUARDING
Support development of a master budget for Child Safeguarding to address compliance gaps.

VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
Accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity and integrity, including efficient resource management, effective relationships, respect for diversity, innovation, openness and transparency.

QUALIFICATIONS
• HND, BSc or BCom in Accounting.
• ACA, CNA, CITN or another professional qualification is an advantage.
• Minimum of two years of finance or accounting experience.
• Proficiency in Agresso FMS and ProSave.
• Experience with NGOs or international development organisations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Good understanding of financial procedures and record keeping.
• Strong organisation, filing, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail, accuracy and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The duties listed are not exhaustive. The role holder may be required to carry out additional reasonable duties within their skills and experience. The role follows Save the Children International equal-opportunity, child-safeguarding, anti-harassment, health and safety policies and procedures. Selection includes rigorous background checks.

JOB DETAILS
Organisation: Save the Children International
Location: Adamawa Field Office, Nigeria
Category: Finance
Type: Permanent
Schedule: Full-time
Child safeguarding level: 3