Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency.
PUI has been operating in Nigeria since 2016, initially establishing its presence in Borno State with a field office in Maiduguri. Over the years, PUI has expanded its humanitarian response to deep-field locations, including Monguno and Pulka, and more recently to Katsina State in Northwest Nigeria.
In Borno State, PUI has been a key actor in health, nutrition, protection, and psychosocial support. It supports health facilities in Maiduguri, Monguno, and Pulka, providing primary healthcare services, sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), both with and without complications, through Stabilization Centers. These interventions are integrated with specialized Gender-Based Violence (GBV) services and psychosocial support.
PUI has a strong track record of implementing projects funded by key humanitarian donors, including USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), and the UN’s Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF). Thanks to its long-standing presence, PUI has gained a deep understanding of the local context, allowing for an agile response to emergencies while also supporting long-term resilience-building efforts.
Since 2023, PUI has extended its response to Katsina State, with funding from the Crisis and Support Centre (CDCS) of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. PUI provides a comprehensive package of health, nutrition, protection, and psychosocial support services. This includes primary healthcare for all age groups, reproductive health services, community-based health and nutrition activities, and referrals for obstetric emergencies.
General Objective
- The Finance Officer supports the Finance Partnership and Consortium Manager (FPCM) in ensuring effective financial management, donor compliance, and partner capacity strengthening in line with PUI and donor requirements.
- The role provides technical support to partners, ensures accurate reporting and follow-up, and contributes to building strong financial collaboration across the consortium.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Objective 1: Finance Pre-contractual Partnership Responsibilities:
- Represent FPCM in populating the finance chapters of the partners Due Diligences and other related information.
- Support partners during the proposal stage in coordination with the FPCM.
- Support the FPCM in the production of the Sub Agreement, as well as the related amendment and ensure the accuracy of the financial information.
Objective 2: Liaison with Consortium and Partners:
- Support the Finance Partnership and Consortium Manager (FPCM) in conducting partners’ spot checks (selection of accountancy documents, verification, drafting of feedback).
- Assist in collecting accurate information and ensuring partners follow audit requirements, under the guidance of the Finance Partnership and Consortium Manager, in coordination with the audit focal point at mission level.
- Prepare draft monthly financial reports for review by the Finance Partnership and Consortium Manager, with recommendations for partners where necessary.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of administrative and financial policies and practices when applicable.
- Support the organization of finance coordination working group meetings with partners, as well as kick-off and closing-out meetings.
- Participate in regular meetings with partners to support budget building, budget follow-up, reporting, financial problem solving, and planning. Field travel may be required for face-to-face meetings with partners.
- Ensure smooth communication flow regarding all fiscal documents and centralized information at Coordination level.
- Support the preparation of financial reporting templates for partners and follow up with reminders on reporting deadlines for all consortium members.
Objective 3: Capacity Building:
- Identify financial capacity support needs of partners and communicate these to the Finance Partnership and Consortium Manager.
- Assist in developing capacity-building plans with partners’ finance teams, in collaboration with the Grants and Partnership Manager.
- Support the roll-out of existing PUI financial training tools and contribute to the development of new tools where needed.
- Support in facilitating training sessions for partners.
- Monitor and report on the evolution of partners’ financial capacity.
Objective 4: Departmental Priorities:
- Act as financial focal point for partners during pre- and post-official partnership or consortium stages, under the guidance of the Finance Partnership and Consortium Manager.
- Ensure partner compliance with PUI financial procedures, donor requirements, and Nigerian laws.
- Support the monitoring of internal and donor deadlines, ensuring timely submission of financial reports.
- Contribute to qualitative financial follow-up of partners and consolidated consortium budget.
- Support the development and implementation of financial capacity-building activities for partners.
Objective 5: Fiscal Legislation Support:
- Assist in gathering information on fiscal legislation (taxes, customs duties, VAT, taxes on leasing contracts, annual declarations, etc.) and transmit it to the Finance Partnership and Consortium Manager and other concerned staff.
- Maintain updated knowledge of relevant national legislation and ensure dissemination to partners when applicable.
- Support FPCM in the development of PUI new budgets as well as NCE/MR/Top Up related to consortium (check, production and consolidation of BoQ, budget structures, budget narrative);
- Is responsible for checking and consolidating the partners’ budgets and supporting documentation.
- In close support to Finance Partnership and Consortium Manager, ensures that any costs strictly related to the proposed programs are covered,
- Assist in providing the internal and external auditor with financial documents and information for audit purposes.
Requirements
- Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor`s / Master`s Degree with 3 - 10 years work experience.
