Finance & Grant Manager at Youth Alive Foundation

Job Summary

• The Finance & Grants Manager work closely with the Executive Director and the management team to protect the financial health and integrity of the organization with enforcing appropriate accounting and financial procedures and policies;

Primary Responsibilities

• Manages the finance department, partakes in recruitment, orientation and training of staff with financial functions.
• Gives a clear picture of the financial position of projects with reports on donors’ budget adherence or budget variances.
• Meets external reporting deadlines; prepares budgets and reports with exactness and compliance; liaises with donors when necessary.
• Acts as a focal point during audits, enforces internal and external audit recommendations in a timely fashion.
• Manages finance related risks
• Ensure finance related audit actions are implemented and alternative actions taken as required to address weaknesses in financial controls and procedures identified in finance and other forms of audit reports.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in similar position within the NGO sector.
• Professional accountancy qualification or Master's Degree in Finance, Accounting or similar qualification
• Proficient in the use of accounting software systems (preferably Peachtree), Q&A reporting tool and excel.
• Donor/contract management experience and donor policy knowledge
• Ability to handle multi donors and multiyear budgets.