The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is a
regional body created with the aim of constituting a West African Common Market
and a Customs and Monetary Union. As part of its restructuring efforts, the
Commission has zoned its Financial Control function to Nigeria (one of its
member states) on a 4 year non-renewable contract. Our client, a Federal Parastatal, has therefore been mandated by the Commission
to identify suitable candidates to fill this role.
Job Title: Financial Controller (REF: FC 001)
ECOWAS Commission - Nigeria
ECOWAS Commission - Nigeria
Job description
The ideal candidate under the guidance of the Council of
Ministers and in harmony with colleagues and the community is responsible for
all the financial control functions and will ensure the regularity of all
financial transactions within the Community Institutions in line with
laid down rules and regulations.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Provides leadership,
strategic direction and monitors overall performance of the financeteam.
- Ensures
that expenditures in the Community Institutions are in line with their
approved budgets and proper implementation of budgetary and accounting
controls.
- Ensures
compliance with the Staff Regulations and other relevant texts of the
Community.
- Collaborates
with other regional international bodies, specialised institutions and
public-private partnerships to facilitate the implementation of regional
programmes.
- Identifies
strategic issues, opportunities and risks linked to the overall objectives
of the Commission, as well as those the accounting function.
- Endorses
all commitments of expenditures in the Community Institutions.
- Provides
periodic reports on budgetary, financial and accounting monitoring of the
Community for the consideration of the Administration and Finance Committee.
- Participates
in the preparation of regulations aimed at improving the
financial and accounting management of the institutions and makes
proposals on the improvement of Financial and Accounting procedures to the
Council of Ministers.
Special Skills & Core Competencies
- Demonstrable
understanding of Nigeria’s economic integration and diplomatic interests
in the context of ECOWAS matters or demonstrated leadership ability
in advancing and articulating Nigeria’s economic integration and
diplomatic interests.
- Demonstrate
good working competence of International Accounting and Auditing Standards
used by International Public Sector Organisations and Government. These
include IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards),
International Auditing Standards (ISA), promulgated by IFAC.
- Must
have the ability to nurture contacts with senior-Government officials and
deepen the institutional structure of the Community.
- Demonstrate
good interpersonal and diplomatic skills as well as average proficiency in
at least two of the three ECOWAS official languages i.e.English, French
and Portuguese.
- Must
be IT literate with good exposure in the implementation or use of
Enterprise Financial Management Systems such as Oracle Financials or S.A.P
Enterprise systems used by institutions with a minimum annual
budget/turnover of $100 million or N13 billion
- Experience
in the use of Computer-Assisted Audit Tools (CAAT) to manage
financial and procurement transactions documents online on real
time basis is critical.
Desired Skills and Experience
- The
ideal candidate must have a higher degree either in Finance,
Accounting, Business Management or any other related field, e.g. Economics
from a reputable university. Preferably at the doctoral level.
- Must
be a qualified chartered accountant - preferably a Fellow of an
international professional accounting body or institute recognised by the
International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) e.g ICAN/ANAN/ACCA/ ACMA
(UK)/CPA (USA).
- A
post graduate degree will be an added advantage.
- Minimum
of 20 years post qualification professional experience as a chartered
accountant. 10 years of these must be specific international experience
working with orconsulting for multilateral/bi-lateral organizations
(e.g. World Bank, European Commission/EU, AU Commission, AfDB, USAID) or
other donor organizations, multi-national corporations (MNCs) or
conglomerate group of companies with responsibilities for financial
controls, compliance with internal control structures, budgets and
commitments.
- Possession
of at least four years experience as a Senior Audit Manager or Partner in
any of the major global accountancy firms will be an advantage.
Method Of Application
- All
applicants are required to describe how they meet all of the above
criteria in a cover letter to be submitted along with an updated and
comprehensive resume.
- Application
for the role is also to be supported by a write-up (PDF Format only) of
not more than 1000 words on the strategies to be deployed as the Financial
Controller in promoting economic integration agenda of the commission’s
economic activity in achieving its overall objectives.
- Any
applicant who is found to have criminal records, has been previously
indicted, or submits information that is established to be false will be
automatically disqualified at any stage in the process.
- Candidates
whose submission does not contain a detailed resume, cover letter and the
1,000 words essay will not have thier application processed
- Closing
Date: Please note that receipt of application closes 4weeks from the date
of the advert.
How to Apply
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