Sub Recipient Support Accountant at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Specific Responsibilities

• Work closely with ARFH program and other finance teams, and sub-recipients (SRs) to ensure smooth operation and effective grant’s fund management by the Sits.
• Support in preparation/review of the fund request by the SRs to ensure reasonability and compliance with approved budgets
• Review retirement documents and follow upon all outstanding advances with Sits staff and partners at Federal, State and Local communities, to ensure timely and proper retirements.
• Review Sits monthly transactions including cash book and bank reconciliation, and track each SR’s budget and expenditure, and variance analysis report
• Ensure that both internal and external auditors’ findings and recommendations are followed up and addressed appropriately and timely.
• Conduct financial pre-award visits to potential sub-recipients to assess their capability to manage grants funds.
• Provide continuous technical assistance and training to sub-recipients and monitoring the grants expenditures, budgets and reporting to ensure projects implementation compliance with terms and conditions of contracts.
• Support in designing, installing, implementing and maintaining adequate accounting and internal control systems.

Qualifications

• Degree in accounting, finance or other relevant field plus any of the following professional accounting certification: ACA or ACCA or CPA.
• At least 5 years’ experience in grant management in a dynamic & multi-cultural international NGO setting with excellent accounting and auditing skills.
• Knowledge of Global Rind and other international donor rules and regulations as related to contracts and cooperative agreements is essential.
• Good computer skills in Ms Office Excel, word and Power-point and accounting software- QuickBooks are highly essential.