About Us

Husk Power Systems (“Husk”) is one of the leading providers of rural clean energy
services in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. We provide low-cost and reliable
power to rural businesses and households, entirely from renewable energy sources.
Powering economic prosperity in rural communities is at the heart of everything we
do.

We design, build, and operate the lowest-cost hybrid minigrids (power plants and
distribution networks), using a mix of solar, waste biomass gasification, and battery
storage. To date, Husk has benefited 50,000 people in Nigeria with its 12 minigrids
and expects to benefit more than 2 million when it achieves its target of 500 minigrids.

Apart from power, we offer a range of additional clean energy services, including
appliance and electronics sales, rooftop solar installation for rural C&I customers,
agro-processing hubs, EV leasing, clean drinking water, and much more. We serve
households, businesses, farmers, health clinics, schools, women, and youth
entrepreneurs, entirely from renewable energy – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Husk Values

Safety; Honesty and Integrity; Mutual Respect; Frugal Innovation; Quality and Reliability; Excellence as an Attitude; We > I; Fail Fast and Learn Faster.

Husk is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, or religion. Husk is committed to improving gender balance within its teams in India and globally. Female candidates are therefore highly encouraged to apply even if not all requirements are met.

Benefits

Husk offers flexible working conditions with employee benefits that are in line with global best practices. These include clear career growth planning, transparent annual review processes that are gender inclusive, maternity, and paternity leave, gender-inclusive workplace conditions, family health insurance, and frequent training to assist the employees to grow in and to the next roles. Husk does not believe in micromanagement and encourages its employees to have a healthy work-life balance, hence giving them the freedom to manage their workload to be compatible with their lives.

Position Name: Finance Officer

Division / Function: Finance

Location of the Job: Abuja, Nigeria

Reports to: Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Role Summary

Husk is seeking a Finance Officer to join the business team in Nigeria. This individual will play an integral role in providing day-to-day support to the Nigeria Team on finance-related activities. The role will also support the Finance Manager in coordinating daily operational functions and business efficiency within the larger team and providing support for any possible external relations efforts. The role requires handling confidential business information on a regular basis and with great discretion. We are seeking someone with prior experience as a Finance assistant, or related roles and who is dynamic, with process administrative skills. The ideal candidate would be highly motivated, detail-oriented, and have experience with basic organizational finance support requirements. The candidate must also be passionate about contributing to solving one of Nigeria’s (sub-Saharan Africa’s) most critical challenges – the energy access deficit. This position provides the opportunity to join a growing team that is changing the face of rural electrification in many countries across Asia and Africa.

The individual should also be passionate about contributing to solving one of Nigeria’s most critical challenges – the energy access deficit. This is a Finance Officer role with a reporting line to the Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis.

Key Responsibilities

General

• Provide direct support to the Finance Manager and the larger Global Finance Team.
• Support the day-to-day management of financial transactions, procedures, and processes.
• Provide regular business support to the Business Units as directed by the Finance Manager.
• Support the preparation of annual budgets for Husk Nigeria.
• Other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Treasury Management Support

• Ensure payments are processed in compliance with all internal SLAs.
• Provide support to collection activities, and compile collection reports as required.
• Assist the Finance Team to review and analyze all finance requirements as required.
• Provide regular support to Business Units on various projects and initiatives including third-party financing discussions.
• Support the Finance Team in ensuring invoices are checked and processed timely.

Finance Operations Support

• Support the Finance Team to ensure business continuity and prepare cash flow forecast for the company to ensure that cash is always available for operations.
• Support audit activities as required by the Finance Manager, ensuring audits are completed timely and all audit outcomes are duly socialized.
• Ensure all financial inquiries are addressed in a timely manner.
• Assist in managing all credit and collection activities with relevant teams.
• Ensure adequate tracking of employee cash/disbursement/advance for inputs into larger Finance reports.

Required Skills & Attributes

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, Economics, Finance, or a similar course of study; already have or pursuing ACCA/ICAN or relevant qualifications; an added advantage.
• You have 2 years of financial management, accounting, or audit experience.
• Excellent knowledge and use of MS Office, Google Suite, and other relevant tools; high proficiency in MS PowerPoint and Excel use for reports and presentations expected.
• Excellent skills with relevant finance/accounting tools plus data analysis/reporting tools (Excel).
• Excellent communication skills: with a high level of assertiveness and ability to take initiative.
• Highly numerate and analytical with an ability to make strategic inputs for driving and achieving business goals.
• Responsive with great time management and organizational skills
• A Can-Do attitude with a knack for taking ownership of deliverables and seeking guidance as required.

• Superb interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly build rapport with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-diverse environment coordinating with multiple stakeholders.

Location and Travel

This role is based in Abuja, Nigeria. Travel is required for at least 3 days per month for regulatory compliance across Husk Locations.

Salary

The salary for this role is between N100,000 – 200,000 Based on the candidate’s experience and Qualifications.

Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This description indicates the general nature and level of the qualifications and duties required of employees in this job classification, as well as the essential functions a person must be able to perform to do this job. It is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Husk Power Systems and its subsidiaries are equal-opportunity employers and make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need. We hire without consideration of race, colour, religion, citizenship, political activity or affiliation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex or gender, or any other basis protected by law.