Grants Accountant at World Vision International
World Vision International – Somalia Program wishes to invite applications from highly competent dynamic, self-driven and result oriented individual to fill the below mentioned position.
Grants Accountant – Nairobi
To provide technical support in Grant Accounting and ensuring compliance to Grants regulations and relevant financial policies
Major Responsibilities:
Financial reporting and Accountability
- Prepare Grants financial reports in accordance with donor requirements and ensure timeliness and accuracy
- Generate Financial analysis on grant financial Information that will provide management with information for decision making
- Provide timely response and feedback on grant financial Issues
- Provide leading role in ensuring Labor Distribution reports are prepared every month by relevant staff
- Update grants profile in order to monitor project life and grant budgets.
- Discuss with project managers grant reports and tackle any outstanding issues in a timely manner
- Consolidate Funding requests/ projections from the field related to grants and follow up with relevant person to ensure the information are accurate and relevant
- Prepare monthly reports to Senior Grants Accountant
Budget Management and Control
- Ensuring budget control by adequately checking all costs that are chargeable to grants
- Participate in grant proposal development and extensions, by providing technical support in development of grant budgets that are in line with effective implementation of grants
- Ensure spending is within the budget limit to control overspending within projects
- Review Field Financial Documents on a monthly basis to ascertain the level of internal controls in the financial process
- Download PBAS every last day of the month and carry out budget reconciliations.
- Continuously monitor PBAS and advise Senior Grants Accountant on any significant occurrences
Policy management and Internal Control
- Monitor grant periods and ensure that grant phase out financial requirements are adequately met and grants are smoothly phased out
- Review all payments related to grants to ensure they are within the policy, adhere to internal control standards and donor requirements
Risk Management and Internal Control
- Ensure audit process runs smoothly by providing accurate information in a timely manner
- Ensure audit implementation on a day to day basis during grants implementation and providing Grants Finance Manager with a quarterly report on the same
- Ensure Sound internal controls are maintained in the financial processes at National Office.
- Contribute towards the effort of creating awareness to implementing staff on grants regulations
Record Keeping
- Ensure Grant Accounting records and their completeness
- Ensure Sun Systems Backups are available at the field.
- Maintain correspondences with relevant stakeholders
- Update the resource center with new information
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or any other relevant degree
- Minimum CPA part 1 or its equivalent
- Solid knowledge of accounting principles, financial systems, budget/cash-flow monitoring and internal accounting controls
- Minimum three (3) years’ experience in Finance/Accounting/Grants
- Excellent computer skills in Excel, SUN Systems and PowerPoint
- Self-guided, strong organizational and planning skills; ability to work independently and under pressure
- Good written, oral communication and facilitation skills
- Able to work on a cross-cultural environment with a multi-national staff.
Detailed CV’s together with names and addresses of three referees should be sent to the email address below clearly indicating ‘Grants Accountant’ on the e-mail subject.
All applications should be received by May 3, 2014.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
People and Culture Manager
World Vision International – Somalia Program
Email: recruitsomo@wvi.org
