Grant Accountant
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Management and Budget Monitoring
- Offer financial advice and
facilitation of project team to undertake activities
- Ensure strict adherence to the
approved budgets and the grant guideline by the donor
- Deepen the understanding about
the donor’s regulation on financial management based on the advice by
Japan Grant Supervisor
- Ensure vendors are paid within
the stipulated time
- Ensure staff advances are
properly managed
- Analyse grant financial
performance and advice management
- Review grants procurement
requests for budget availability and coding
- Ensure assets purchased through
donor funds are properly utilized and safe guarded
Monitoring and Compliance
- Monitor Project expenses against
the approved budget.
- Reconcile timesheets with payroll
for the project staff under grants.
- Ensure donor regulations are
adhered to for the assigned projects.
- Support and coordinate grants end
closure processes
Financial Reporting:
- Preparation monthly site
financial reports to the grant finance manager for consolidation
- Prepare management reports for
decision making purposes
- Review receipts, vouchers and
journal listings to ensure proper use of the fund
- Prepare and implement the Agreed
Upon Procedure (AUP) in line with the Grant guideline and the donor’s
regulations.
- Ensure monthly accrual of
completed activities
- Support and participate in year-
end processes
Risk Management
- Identify finance risks facing the
grant and share with management
- Support with implementing
mitigation measures for the identified risks.
- Support with internal and
external audits done on the grant
- Provide relevant information for
audit responses
- Follow up on implementation of
audit recommendations
- Provide and maintain grants
financial information for safe custody and access
Administration
- Ensure smooth and efficient
running of the office facilities
- Attend program technical meetings
and give feedback and updates on financial aspect of the assigned grants.
- Ensure good storage of financial
reports and records in line with the WVK and donor requirements
- Ensure all copies of final signed
Grant agreements documents between donors and WVK is available on file
Other
- Perform any other duties as
requested by the supervisor
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Commerce, Economics,
Accounting or Finance or related field
- CPA Section 4
- Minimum 2 years of relevant
experience
- Practical experience of using SUN
system accounting Software is preferred
- Advanced excel and analytical
skills
- Compatibility with WV’s Mission,
ethos, policies and core values.
- A team player.
How to Apply