Job Opening at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Specific Responsibilities
Finance Duties:

• Prepare and track budget, liability, and capital accounts and monitor financial status.
• Manage fund disbursements (payment vouchers, cheques, and other banking transactions).
• Ensure compliance with internal control and adherence to donors’ financial policies and procedures.
• Prepare accurate and timely bank reconciliation statements, . accounts payable, and account receivables, balance sheet and other reports for submission to donors, management and, internal and external auditors.
• Efficiently manage payroll and monthly local statutory returns (i.e. payee, pensions, etc)
• Coordinate activities of accounting staff and provide necessary mentonng to subordinates.
• Work closely with program team and support other staff for effective operation of ARFH and project activities.
• Ensures proper record keeping and manages data base backups.

Grant Management Duties:

• Identify and mitigate the program risks.
• Collect and review financial reports from sub-recipients and provide necessary mentoring
• Review grant compliance controls with respect to the terms and conditions of the donor.
• Conduct grant reviews of OVC operations.
• Conduct oversight visits to sub-recipients and partners
• Provide guidance to project team regarding best grant management practices that minimize risk to the grant.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field plus any of the following professional accounting certification: ACA or ACCA or CPA.
• At least 7 years experience in grant management in a dynamic & multi-cultural international non-Governmental organization setting, excellent accounting and auditing skills.
• Knowledge of USAID and other international donor rules and regulations as related to contracts and cooperative agreements; working knowledge of OMB Circulars.
• Good computer skills in Ms Office and accounting software- QuickBooks are highly essential