Grant Accountant at Plan International

Purpose

• Ensure financial accountability for grants according to Plan and donor requirements.
• Provide timely and accurate financial information on grants.
• Act as finance focal person for finance-related grants issues (budgeting, cash flow management, reporting, auditing etc).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in the preparation of grants-related Country Budget and its subsequent modification.
• Maintain a budgetary control system to monitor grant budgets vrs expenditures and advice management on variances and corrective actions required.
• Review and make recommendations to Grants Manager on grants related POs.
• Prepare regular cash flow forecasts/funding requirements for donor-specific bank accounts.
• Monitor funding requirements for donor-specific hank accounts and liaise with the Finance Manager and Grants Manager to ensure availability of adequate funds to meet forecast expenditure requirements.
• Regularly reconcile funds receipts and expenditures on donor-specific hank accounts to ensure that they match.
• Ensure timely preparation and review of donor-specific bank reconciliation statements and receipts/deposits reconciliations,
• Prepare and update financial reporting maths for grants.
• Ensure that grant transactions reports as per GL Smartlist match expenditures reported on the SAP and discrepancies corrected on a timely basis.
• Monitor and advice the status of grants on the SAP.
• Ensure that grant financial reports are timely and accurately prepared in the required formats as per donor contracts and grant agreements..
• Provide quarterly, year-end and other grants financial reports and analysis as required for management as per required instructions.
• Ensure proper filing (electronic and hard copy) of grants financial reports.
• Prepare and update matrix of grant-required audits.
• Support the Grants Manager on the preparation, conduct and finalization of grant-required audits.
• Prepare all required information prior to the arrival of grant auditors

Qualifications and Experience

• University degree in Accounting and/or Level 2 of a professional accounting qualification
• 3-5 years experience in a similar role
• Experience in the NGO sector preferably with child-related development issues. would bean advantage

Travel requirements:

• This position entails 20% traveling within program areas.