Nigeria: Senior Finance & Administration Manager

For over 30 years, in more than 90 countries, IntraHealth International has empowered health workers to better serve communities in need. IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving health worker performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology, and leveraging partnerships.

In collaboration with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private-sector organizations around the world, IntraHealth champions the needs and contributions of health workers—from doctors and nurses to community health workers to health facility managers—and works to ensure they have the tools, supplies, information, training, and support they need to provide communities they serve with the best possible opportunity for health and well-being.

IntraHealth International is seeking a Senior Finance and Administration Manager to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Overview Led by IntraHealth International, CapacityPlus is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded global project uniquely focused on the health workforce needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Placing health workers at the center of every effort, CapacityPlus helps partner countries achieve significant progress in addressing the health worker crisis while also having global impact through alliances with multilateral organizations. In Nigeria, CapacityPlus provides a package of human resources for health (HRH) technical assistance responsive to the priorities of the Government of Nigeria. CapacityPlus also supports interventions for Social Service Workforce Strengthening (SSWS).

Primary Responsibilities The Senior Finance and Administration Manager is responsible for all financial activities for the CapacityPlus Nigeria office. S/he supports administration duties including recruitment and human resources for the Nigeria office. S/he supports financial management for other IntraHealth activities in Nigeria as needed. S/he works closely with the Nigeria technical and management team as well as IntraHealth Finance staff based in Chapel Hill, NC. The Senior Finance and Administration Manager reports to the CapacityPlus Nigeria Program and Technical Advisor.

Essential Functions • Serves as the finance lead for all Nigeria accounting and budgeting activities • Approves all funds requests, field reports and other finance reporting submitted to Chapel Hill Finance Department. Ensures documentation is in compliance with IntraHealth policies and procedures as well as donor requirements. • Coordinates efforts to ensure that funds are managed efficiently and in accordance with IntraHealth and USAID policies as well as applicable country-specific laws and regulations • Ensures all financial transactions are allocated to the correct funding streams and sources are and in accordance with the approved workplan and USAID regulations. • Participates in problem-solving for the project on issues involving finances, forecasting and regulations • Advises senior management of significant variations from budgets and plans, recommends appropriate strategies to adjust for variations • Maintains bank accounts and provides internal controls as well as reviews bank reconciliations for all CapacityPlus Nigeria bank account • Manages local recruitment and human resources duties for all Nigeria –based staff including consultants • Oversees the Finance and Administration Officer and other field-based finance staff • Conducts special studies including PEPFAR annual Expenditure Analysis to analyze financial expenditures and submit reports to donors as requested • Maintains updated written standard operating procedures for field financial accounting • Ensures compliance with IntraHealth/CapacityPlus Nigeria Field Manual • Assists with annual field audit • Ensures cost share is collected, correctly documented and submitted for all CapacityPlus Nigeria activities

Bachelor’s degree and eight years’ minimum accounting and/or auditing experience essential in an international environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Prior USAID experience. Membership of a relevant professional body will be an added advantage.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrated ability to work effectively in team-based environment, able to interact with international employees • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English • Demonstrated ability using Microsoft Office and proficiency using online financial systems and databases; experience with QuickBooks accounting software required

Interested applicants will submit a cover letter and CV online at http://www.intrahealth.org/.

IntraHealth is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.