Finance Officer at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Employment Nigeria 05-Jul-2016 MAIDUGURI , NGO

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a Danish international non-governmental organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. DRC is present in more than 30 conflict territories around the world assisting displaced people with shelter, food, income generating activities, and wide range of other assistance. It is of utmost importance for DRC to work in compliance with the DRC Accountability and Quality Management system and national legislations. Smooth, reliable and effective operational systems are preconditions for DRC to maintain its position as a trustworthy and reliable partner for our donors and an accountable organisation towards our beneficiaries.

DRC has been operating in the West Africa region for over 15 years, running a combination of emergency, livelihood, protection and advocacy programmes through Country Offices (COs) Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria and a Regional Office (RO) in Abidjan. DRC has 17 offices and more than 500 staff members across the WA region.

DRC started operating in Nigeria in 2015 where plans to run a combination of emergency, livelihood, WASH, protection and advocacy programmes has been set. DRC currently has offices in Abuja, Yola, Mubi, Maiduguri and planning to run an office in Yobe, besides 50 staff members subject to increase in near future.

POSITION : Finance Officer

Requirements

University degree in Accounting/Commerce.
At least Two year work experience in field of finance/accounting/book keeping in (I)NGO/commercial sector.
Experience in managing daily ledgers, bank reconciliations, handling supplier payments, documentation, scanning of documents, budget follow up, forecast, prepare monthly financial/expenditure reports etc.,
Good knowledge of written and spoken English is a must.
Working experience in MS Office 2013 and excellent knowledge in Excel.

General Requirements:

Excellent organizational skills, self-motivated, proactive and able to accomplish set deadlines.
Willing to meet short deadlines with minimum supervision.
Willing to travel within DRC offices within Nigeria.
Excellent knowledge in English, reading and writing and local languages.
Excellent organizational skills, self-motivated, proactive and able to accomplish set deadlines.
Managing staff and capacity building experience.

Conditions

Availability: Mid July 2016
Salary and conditions: In accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment

How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: drc-hr-ng@drc-nigeria.org

Applications sent by post must be addressed to "Head of Base" via the below Postal address:
Danish Refugee Council,
No. 548 Ashaka Road Potiskum Close,
Off Damboa Road,
Old GRA West, Maiduguri
Borno State.
Application should include the following:

CV and Cover Letter explaining the suitability to the position applied.
Names and contact details (email address) of 3 professional non-related references should be provided.

Note

Indicate the position applied.
Applications sent after the deadline will not be considered.
Only short-listed applicants will be invited for (written and oral) interviews.

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