Job Requirements:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree or HND in accounting and finance.
  

Work Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of progressive work experience in a non-profit setting in budgeting and financial reporting
  
• Working experience on major donors funding UNOCHA,WFP,UKAID ,FCDO ,ECHO, BHA(OHA) USAID,OFDA, EU Trust Fund, SIDA, CAD, etc
  

Nigeria Country Office Fiscal Year Operating Budget

• The Budget and Reporting Manager will support the preparation of the Nigeria Fiscal Year Country Operating Budget following the IRC standard format for the final review of Deputy Director Finance before further submission.
  
• Support in ensuring that the country-operating budget is regularly updated and is available for use as a management tool during the development of new proposal budgets and during times of rapid expansion and/or program reduction.
  

New proposal for budget Development

• Prepare and consolidate budgets for the new proposals and revises existing budgets, ensure all costs are covered (not under/over budgeted), in addition, ensures the correct use of the IRC and specific donor budget standard templates and linking it to the donor template.
  
• Prepare the new Category code budget (D2 codes) and look up codes for new grants, perform upload in Integra.
  

Grant Management & Reporting

• Prepares and updates spending plans for all active grants in conjunction with designated budget holders and SPC calculation projection.
  
• Review budget spending against spending plans / actual spending and advise relevant staff on spending status. Request feedback on all over/under spending from budget holders.
  
• Participate in monthly BVA panel and share spending analysis with grants spending feedback and follow-up on action points identified during the grant’s meetings.
  
• Attend and provide input and support to Grants Opening, Project Implementation meetings - PIM and Grant Closing Meetings.
  
• Provide support and feedback to Operations and Program Managers on all questions regarding the BvA reports
  

Staff Training (Finance & Non-Finance)

• Assist the Assistant Finance Controller in conducting regular staff training and induction sessions for Program, Operations, Finance, Nigeria Field Offices staff on Budgeting and reporting topics, such as: Budget management, review grant actuals and reports… etc
  
• Build the capacity of the budgeting and reporting finance team
  
• Work closely with the team to build their capacity in budgeting and reporting aspects where needed.