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Senior Finance, Grants & Contract Manager

Nutritious Agrifuture Nigeria Limited / GTE (NAFN) Nigeria Type not specified Posted 2026-09-22
StateFederal Capital TerritoryCityAbujaContractType not specifiedPosted2026-09-22Close dateNot specifiedExperience10 yearsSourceJobzilla Nigeria
finance managergrants managercontract managerdonor complianceAbujaFCTseniorfull timeaccountingagricultureinternshipentregador
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NAFN, a local entity of HarvestPlus Solutions, is hiring a Senior Finance, Grants & Contract Manager to be based in Abuja (FCT). The role leads financial strategy, grant lifecycle management, subaward oversight, donor compliance, treasury operations, and finance team supervision. A Master's degree with at least 10 years' progressive experience and a professional accounting certification are strongly preferred.

  • Senior finance and grants leadership role in Abuja (FCT)
  • Leads budgeting, forecasting, treasury, and donor compliance
  • Manages full grant lifecycle and subaward financial oversight
  • Supervises and mentors finance and grants staff
  • Coordinates external and donor audits and process improvements
  • Professional certification (CPA, ACCA, ACA, CMA) strongly preferred
  • Requires at least 10 years of progressive experience

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Job Title: Senior Finance, Grants & Contract Manager

  • Senior Finance, Grants & Contract Manager at Nutritious Agrifuture Nigeria Limited / GTE (NAFN)
  • ⏲
  • Sep 21, 2026, 7:02 AM
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  • The Nutritious Agrifuture Nigeria Ltd/GTE (NAFN) is a local entity of HarvestPlus Solutions based in Nigeria. Its principal mandate is to scale up the delivery and adoption of biofortified and nutritious crops and foods across Nigeria.
  • We are recruiting to fill the position below:
  • Location:
  • Abuja (FCT)

Responsibilities

  • Build collaborative relationships with HPS headquarters, IFPRI, NAF Nigeria, donors, implementing partners, and external stakeholders.
  • Strengthen internal controls through segregation of duties, approval workflows, fraud prevention measures, and risk assessments.
  • Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, burn-rate analysis, and financial performance monitoring.
  • Ensure compliance with donor, HPS, IFPRI, and local regulatory requirements, including financial policies and cost allowability.
  • Supervise, mentor, and develop finance and grants staff while promoting accountability and high performance.
  • Provide strategic financial leadership for HPS Nigeria and serve as a trusted advisor to senior management.
  • Lead subcontract and subaward financial management including budget reviews, due diligence, payment reviews, partner monitoring, reconciliations, and financial closeout.
  • Manage the complete grant lifecycle including proposal budgets, award setup, implementation, reporting, amendments, and closeout.
  • Coordinate external audits, donor audits, financial reviews, and corrective action implementation.
  • Lead process improvement initiatives, including automation, financial systems, dashboards, SOP development, and workflow optimization.
  • Oversee treasury operations, banking relationships, liquidity management, foreign currency transactions, and payment approvals.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of donor compliance, subaward management, budgeting, financial reporting, treasury, audits, and internal controls.
  • Professional certification (CPA, ACCA, ACA, CMA, or equivalent) strongly preferred.

Experience

  • supervising multidisciplinary finance or grants teams.
  • Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field with at least 10 years of progressively responsible experience; or Bachelor's degree with at least 15 years of relevant experience.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and
  • with accounting/ERP systems.
  • Excellent analytical, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Extensive
  • managing finance, grants, contracts, and donor-funded projects in international NGOs or development organizations.
  • Core Compentencies:
  • The ideal candidate would need to demonstrate strong team leadership and coaching skills, a commitment to continuous improvement, sound integrity and ethical judgment, and the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse cultural and professional environments.
  • The ideal candidate must have proven
  • in strategic financial leadership, grant and contract management, budgeting and forecasting, risk management and internal controls, and audit readiness.
  • Key working Relationships:
  • External: NAF Nigeria, implementing partners, donors, banks, external auditors, consultants, and government agencies.
  • Internal: CFO, CEO, COO, Program Directors, Project Managers, HPS Finance, IFPRI Finance.
  • How to Apply
  • Interested and qualified candidates should:
  • Click here to apply online
  • Note
  • Interested applicants should complete the online application form and attach a detailed cover letter and curriculum vitae. Save both documents with your name and submit in Microsoft PDF format.
  • Application
  • Deadline:
  • 7th October, 2026.
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  • Abuja
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