FINANCE MANAGER AT COOPI - COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE | FINANCE JOBS IN ABUJA

About Company:

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is an humanitarian, non confessional and independent organization that fights against all kinds of poverty to make the world a better place. Founded in 1965 by Vincenzo Barbieri (Italian "father" of international volunteering), COOPI is based in Milan and it has 20 local offices in the South of the World. 

Job Description:

We are seeking a structurally elite and ethically rigorous Finance Manager to anchor the fiscal immune system and compliance engine of our organization. In a complex humanitarian landscape where institutional momentum is dictated by the velocity of the relief-relay and the precision of the donor-filter success is defined by "Fiscal Sovereignty" the ability to harmonize complex multi-donor regulatory frameworks with the clinical precision required for Project Account Accuracy, Audit Readiness, and Risk Mitigation. This role is designed as a "Humanitarian Fiscal Launchpad" a critical mission for an expert manager who can blend "Financial Grit" (mastering the complexities of audit-ready reporting and expenditure forecasts) with the "Strategic Agility" required to execute High-Fidelity Donor Stewardship.

Requirements:

1. Orchestration & Donor Governance

• Sovereignty of the Ledger: Verify the accuracy of project accounts and expenditure forecasts, acting as the primary "Source of Fiscal Throughput."

• Reporting Architecture: Ensure the completeness and accuracy of interim/final financial reports, providing the "Structural Foundation" for donor compliance.

• Integrity Stewardship: Establish and maintain robust internal control systems, ensuring the "Source of Institutional Trust" is elite and uncompromised.

2. Tactical Resilience & Risk Logic

• Risk Sovereignty: Identify financial risks and implement mitigation strategies (including anti-fraud measures), acting as the primary "Source of Asset Protection."

• Audit Architecture: Work closely with the Audit Manager to support internal/external audits, providing the "Functional Foundation" for timely audit-finding closure.

• Collaborative Stewardship: Work cross-functionally with program, logistics, and HR teams, maintaining the "Source of Operational Continuity."

3. Ethical Integrity & Performance Power

• Humanitarian Sovereignty: Promote the zero-tolerance corruption policy and ensure adherence to the Code of Ethics (CEDAW/UNCRC), acting as the primary "Source of Organizational Values."

• Process Architecture: Utilize Financial-Reporting Toolkits to track proposal development and budget realignments, providing the "Relational Foundation" for accurate budgetary intelligence.

• Velocity Logic: Utilize Humanitarian-Finance expertise to accelerate the "Expenditure-to-Reporting" cycle, maximizing the "Source of Relief-Effort Momentum."

Qualifications and Skills:

Professional Profile

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related fields.

• Professional Sovereignty: ACCA, ICAN, or CPA certification is strongly preferred.

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of financial management experience, ideally with humanitarian NGOs managing donor-funded projects in emergency contexts.

• Technical Power: Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency and deep familiarity with donor-regulatory frameworks.

• Aptitude: Exceptional analytical skills, the ability to work under high stress, and the capacity to prioritize tasks with minimal supervision.

• Mindset: High-integrity, patient, adaptive, and committed to humanitarian diversity and the dignity of beneficiaries.

Core Competencies

• Financial Grit: Ability to identify and resolve complex reconciliation discrepancies in high-pressure settings.

• Regulatory Sovereignty: Mastery of the "Forecast-Verify-Report-Audit-Mitigate" lifecycle.

• Execution Power: High-discipline approach to document archiving, compliance-reporting, and the rigorous maintenance of an anti-fraud operational culture.

Salary

Application Closing Date: Not specified

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