Finance & HR Coordinator / Mission Opening

Location information: Abuja (regular field visits)
Job Objectives:

Objective 1: Mission’s Finance department is properly set-up (in direct collaboration with Log/Admin Coordinator)

Activities :
• To set up proper financial management, in liaison with Log/Admin CO, HQ and CD:
- Collaborate intensively with all staff to ensure the most effective management of contracts
- Collaborate intensively with all staff to efficiently forecast the budgetary needs of the mission
- Producing monthly accounts using the accountancy program SAGA and methodology of AAH/USA
- Controlling the expenses of the mission and strictly manage the funds of the mission’s donor contracts
- Provision of updates on rate of expenditure of budgets
- Controlling bank transfers, money withdrawal, ‘in country’ cash management, currency exchanges, etc
- Security of the money in the premises and during transfers into and within the country ensuring that a minimum of cash remains in the bases and the mission in general
- Coordinate with all staff to establish budgets (and budget amendments if necessary) for new proposals thereby requiring superior knowledge of donor policy and guidelines
- Producing quarterly and final financial reports for donors (and follow-up of Structure budget as necessary)
- Ensuring the correct filing of invoices of the mission’s accounts
- Preparation of reports / information for Auditors (when necessary) and conduct internal audits of the mission itself
- Communicate all expatriate advances to Headquarters and ensure that they have been properly encoded in the accountancy
- Follow the mission’s payables and receivables to certify that the organization remains up-to-date
- Create and implement a mission financial plan

• To set up proper administrative management, in liaison with PM / Field Co / Tech Co / CD
- Ensure adherence to the administrative and financial conditions of the Donor contracts
- Remain up-to-date with any changes in donor requirements and to be the reference point for donor questions for the mission
- Maintain relations (regarding administrative issues) with other NGOs / international organizations in country
- Negotiation, drafting / checking, and signature, of contracts for renting / purchases / services
- Contract management for all ongoing contracts
- Registration of Organization – ensure adherence to ongoing requirements and procedures

Objective 2: Mission’s HR department is properly set-up (in direct collaboration with Log/Admin Coordinator)

Activities :
• To set-up proper national HR management
- Co-ordination and implementation of national human resources policy and procedures – to ensure fair, consistent and coherent decisions and actions regarding categories, salaries, promotions, trainings, evaluations and disciplinary sanctions
- Payment of salaries, and taxes and social charges to the relevant authorities
- Ensure staff files are complete and updated: vacation follow-up, contracts, salaries, warnings, evaluations, etc.
- Producing all staff related documents: salary scale (to be updated every year with market surveys), internal regulations, evaluation forms, recruitment forms, etc.
- Providing support and guidance to all managers in human resource management including, but not limited to, warnings, dismissals, recruitment, promotion, evaluation, resolution of conflicts, and the like
- Labour legislation – ensure compliance with national legislation (employment contracts, internal regulations, records of employment taxes and contributions, etc.)

• To set-up proper international HR management
- Follow-up of expatriates’ contracts: renewal, insurance cover, incoming / returning formalities
- Produce monthly human resources package
- Update of administrative documents: ensure all visas are current, registration at the embassies are submitted; update expatriate record sheets
- Brief, and provide a continued point of reference, for expatriates on the administrative details of the mission and AAH
- Supervise travel arrangements, payment of Per Diem, advances on indemnities, and break allowances
- Responsible to manage medical evacuation (if necessary)

Objective 3: Other
• Involvement in the coordination team
- To ensure good team work and communication with the other team members of the coordination team
- To remain aware of the programs and the technical aspects of the programs
- To manage relations with authorities and donors when related to tasks (for example: justice department, MFA, donors for financial issues, etc)
• Training
- Train and continually develop the administrative / financial capacity of the administration staff of the mission
- Train the expatriates in financial / HR procedures (sensitization to budget follow-up, recruitment, evaluation, etc)
- Travel to bases to form staff, offer support and/or audit as necessary
Qualifications:

Education / Specific Degrees / Special Skills :
• Strong financial background (accountancy or financial management). Ability to analyze budgets and make financial forecasts.
• Staff management experience and strong HR Management skills
• Rigorous organizational (definition of priorities, delegation, training)
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel, Accountancy packages, and system management)
• Initiative and flexibility – and wider vision of further impact of the administrative issues
• Ability to adapt, multitask and deal with stressful situations
• Team player and good communication skills
Humanitarian field experience requested: YES