Plan International is a child-centred community development organization with no religious, political or governmental affiliation.
Founded in 1937, Plan International works to protect children and advance their rights. To remain relevant, effective and efficient, for the 2017-2030 period, the organization aligns its program with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to particularly strengthen its commitment to the development of children's rights with particular emphasis on the equality for girls. To do this, she has set herself the goal of working for a just world by 2030 that advances children's rights and equality for girls.
To this end, for the period 2017-2022, Plan International aims to act so that 100 million girls can learn, lead, decide and flourish.
Plan International operates in Niger mainly in the regions of Dosso (since 1998) and Tillabéry (from 2004). It has also been present in Diffa since 2015 as part of the response to humanitarian emergencies.
General job description:
The Business Analyst provides support to Plan International Niger's operations through the review of financial reports and the analysis of financial data and practices to ensure cost optimization.
He/she carries out the effective implementation of cost recovery measures in accordance with the Operations Manual and other approved policies and procedures of the organization. He :
Ensures adherence to country financial requirements as per the requirements of the Operations Manual and other organizational policies and procedures to support sound financial management within the organization
Supervision and training of staff in the implementation of financial practices.
Analyze financial issues for decision making and refer to superior for approval
Internal and external financial analyzes
Main responsibilities :
The Business Analyst will have the following main responsibilities:
Support budget preparation and budget control for effective implementation of financial plans.
Participate in the preparation of the country's annual budget
Support the operational planning of budgets at the beginning of the fiscal year
Record annual budget planning in the financial and accounting system and updates (KP06)
Support the preparation and review of country budget revision exercises
Support the review and consolidation of budgets updated by grant managers.
Make the revisions of the budget plans (PO) of the new grants lodged at the national office and their modifications.
Ensure optimization of financial resources through a cost recovery system
Review the budgetings of Direct Shared Costs (SDC) and Shared Operating Costs (Associated Costs) in the budgets of Plan International Niger's funding proposals to ensure that cost recovery policies have been applied
Review annual budgets to ensure Direct Shared Costs (SDC) and Operating Shared Costs (AC) are factored into project budgets.
Communicate each year the Costs Ratio of the Country for taking into account in the operational planning of the projects
Prepare cost recovery monitoring dashboards each year and update them according to new financing acquisitions
Share the cost recovery objectives at the beginning of the fiscal year with all the actors involved in the recovery process
Calculate salary and operating costs to be recovered monthly and coordinate their approvals and allocations in the financial and accounting system
Prepare and share Plan International Niger's cost recovery situation on a monthly basis
Implement internal financial mechanisms to support effective management of resources.
Revise project budget plans at the start of grant implementation and at the start of the fiscal year to ensure that shared direct costs and shared operating costs are in line with budgets approved by donors and in the Agreements funding (ADFs)
Perform financial analyzes on the performance of resource acquisition and expenditure in the short, medium and long term and guide management on the organization's financial trends
Prepare financial and other reports to assist in the preparation of the overall country financial report for dissemination and decision-making.
Prepare Monthly Financial Performance Reports for Plan International Niger Management
Repair AD-HOC Monthly Financial Reports on demand
Prepare Quarterly Country Performance Reports for the attention of the Region and Headquarters
Contribution to team performance
Develop all types of reports aimed at improving the country's financial analyzes
Train and share good experiences and practices within the finance team for capacity building
Contribute to department performance by participating in activities to support organizational goals
Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time to support accomplishment
Child and Youth Safeguarding Implementation
Ensure that Plan International's global policies for safeguarding children and young people and those on gender equality and inclusion are fully integrated in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy, including the standards and guidelines of implementation applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring that staff and associates know and understand their responsibilities under these policies and the Plan International Code of Conduct, their relevance to their area of work, and that Concerns are reported and managed in accordance with appropriate procedures:
Performs compliance checks on taking into account the range of risks threatening children and young people in all their diversity in all programmes/projects including the implementation of effective risk reduction and mitigation measures.
Partner organizations are supported to develop appropriate organizational culture, systems, processes and skills to implement agreed safeguards.
Creates an environment conducive to safeguarding and drives a model of responsible values and behaviors at the organizational level
Promotes diversity, gender equality, inclusion and the responsible exercise of power.
Integrate safeguard into risk management tools and related guidelines, Support finance teams to strengthen processes, tools and guidelines in order to embed the theme of safeguard in all activities financial and programmatic.
Builds capacity on how to promote a respectful organizational culture and how to identify, mitigate, manage and monitor risks arising from the work of the organization.
Work relationship
Weak contacts with Plan International partner organizations to ensure optimization of financial resources and compliance with financial requirements.
Has close contact with colleagues in the national office including finance staff of program units to facilitate the implementation of finance functions
Maintain medium contact with other staff in other offices to provide support in compliance with financial and accounting procedures
Level Of Contact With Children
Medium contact: Occasional interaction with children and young people.
Qualifications, professional experience and skills required:
The holder of the position of Business Analyst of Plan International Niger must have the following qualifications:
Hold a Bachelor's degree (Bac+4 at least) in accounting, financial management or any other equivalent diploma;
Minimum of 05 years of professional experience in the field of accounting and two (02) years in a similar position;
Good organizational and record keeping skills
Be organized, methodical and meticulous.
Have a sense of customer service
Have an ease of contact with staff and third parties
Good oral and written communication skills
Ability to facilitate participatory processes.
Independence, objectivity and integrity.
Adequate support to enable programs to achieve agreed financial and programmatic results.
Ability to actively seek support to resolve difficulties in performing tasks.
Good teamwork skills
Ability to deliver within tight deadlines
Demonstrates, develops and maintains the credibility of its performance.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, in particular Excel tables and pivot tables
Good accounting and analytical skills
Understands organizational safeguard and gender policies.
Reflects on the value system and takes into account own prejudices towards others (including children and young people) in all their diversity.
Understands the relevance of backup to their work.
Able to question inappropriate behavior of colleagues.
Able to implement backup requirements within their areas of expertise
Able to serve as a model for the organization in its mission to fight against discrimination, to safeguard and to promote standards of safeguard.
