Finance Coordinator at the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an independent humanitarian medical NGO that was created in 2009 by professionals of humanitarian medicine. ALIMA’s mission is to provide medical care in emergency situations or medical catastrophes.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

Job Title: Finance Coordinator

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Line Manager: Country Pharmacy Manager

Main Activities

• The Finance Coordinator (FINCO) contributes to the definition of the Strategy of the mission with the Coordination Team;
• The FINCO applies, reinforces and supervises the respect of the procedures and tools of ALIMA in the mission, in order to secure the resources & improve the quality of the management of the missions, in order also to allow better operations for our beneficiaries;
• He/she supervises and guarantees a proper accounting for the mission, with SAGA Software;
• He/she defines the procedures of treasury management for the mission to secure the resources of ALIMA;
• He/she realises the budget propal for Donors and the financial report to Donors, in respect of Donors procedures and ALIMA’s requirements;
• He/she recruits, managed and supervised the finance team of the mission;
• He/she takes actions for the prevention of Fraud & Corruption and alerts HQ on the risks on resources in the missions;
• He/she manages audits that occurred in the mission and actively participate to HQ audit for what concerns its mission.
• He/she provides to the mission and HQ, a good visibility and risks on budget of the mission, with regular follow-up of the budgets, and consolidate the planning of expenses with the projects & coordination;

Qualifications
Experiences:

• University Degree in Finance, Administration, and Human Resources
• Minimum of 5 years experience in Finance management
• Knowledge of Donors and experience in Financial Reports
• Perfect knowledge of MS Office package, especially Excel
• Knowledge of Saga (Finance software) is appreciated
• Experience in a similar position for at least 1 year
• Experience with medical international NGO, an asset
• Team management and supervision skills

Qualities Required:

• Rigorous, autonomy and organized
• Adapting Capacities and Proactivity
• Ability to work in multicultural context
• Risk Alert, and good communication

Languages:

• English is mandatory
• French is an asset

Conditions

• Contract term: contract under French law, 6 months, renewable
• Salary: depending on experience + per diem

Benefits
ALIMA pays for:

• Travel costs between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location
• Accommodation costs
• Medical cover from the first day of the contract to a month after the date of departure from the mission country for the employee
• Evacuation of the employee

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note: Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply