Job Description
Role and responsibilities
Generic responsibilities
- Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Implement delegated support function portfolio according to the plan of action
- Ensure proper filing of documents both in hard and soft
- Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
Specific responsibilities
- Ensure that cash is kept properly, payment process and other financial processes take place in adherence to Financial Handbook, other NRC policies and donor and the authorities requirements
- Make sure that daily cash counts are maintained.
- Make sure posting of transactions is done on daily basis.
- Make sure payments are processed on time
- Be responsible for bank transactions in line with NRC policy and procedures;
- Posting of income and cost into bank cash boxes i.e. USD and NGN daily basis.
- Be the focal person between Area Office and Field office regarding funds transfer requests and other payments through the bank.
- Ensure timely clearance of field office cash box.
- Be responsible for the release of payment to contractors & other payments as stipulated in the contract/agreement(s) & in line with NRC policies and procedures.
- Ensure control for the prevention of waste, fraud and mismanagement before processing the payments.
- Keep good control of the Field offices, banks details and assist them with tools in use by NRC.
- Responsible for the keeping of cash in the office
Competencies
Professional Qualification and competencies .
- Experience in a similar position
- Good finance technical Knowledge and background
- Minimum of Higher National Diploma (HND) in Finance or Accounting or Business Management and any relevant course
- Experience in working in an insecure environment
Generic professional competencies:
- Experience from working as a Support Function in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Some knowledge of English
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Kanuri/ Shuwa Arab will be an added advantage.
Behavioural competencies
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
- Empowering and building trust
- Communicating with impact and respect