Financial System Strengthening Associate National Consultant

Strengthens financial-management systems for Adamawa State’s primary-health-care agencies under UNICEF’s EU SARAH grant. The consultant delivers accounting-system rollout, capacity building, grant reviews and financial-control support for health-programme implementation.

• Conduct state-level training of trainers on accounting software
• Lead accounting-software rollout and data migration
• Deliver bi-monthly financial-management training for PHCDA accountants
• Prepare quarterly FMSS progress reports on results, risks and recommendations
• Establish systems to capture and share financial-management lessons
• Conduct grant performance reviews and variance analyses
• Undertake sample assessments with internal-audit and finance teams

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Audit or a relevant field
• At least five years of progressive financial-management, accounting, financial-controls and partnership-management experience
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Strong report-writing and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate with diverse national and state-level stakeholders

• Master’s degree or professional accounting qualification such as CPA, ICAN or ACCA
• Experience supporting donor-funded health programmes, preferably EU or similar
• Experience with government institutions and sub-national entities
• Knowledge of Nigeria’s health-financing and primary-health-care systems

• Financial Management
• Accounting
• Financial Controls
• Grant Management
• Donor Compliance
• Budgeting
• Financial Reporting
• Capacity Building
• Stakeholder Engagement

• Accounting Software

• Office-based consultancy for 12 months