Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Senior Grants Accountant – SomRep

The Role
The senior grant accountant is the primary point of contact under the line manager supervision when it comes to providing finance technical support throughout the life cycle of a project. The position holder is responsible for ensuring compliance to donor regulations and relevant policies for both World Vision and the implementing agencies. The position holder will provide support such as budgeting; reporting; internal & external audits; expenditure verification; risk management; capacity assessment & performance tracking of the Implementing partners as well as timely funding of partner requests; posting verified data into SUN System and ensuring balance sheet items are reconciled and are up to date.

This position requires excellent analytical skills, keenness to detail & accuracy, vast experience in managing EU and other multilateral and government funded grants/contracts, grants with multicurrency and dealing with both International and local NGOs in a consortium context.

Key Responsibilities
• Financial Reporting and Accountability
• Budget Management & Control
• Policy Management & Internal Control
• Risk Management & Internal Control
• Record Keeping & Other Finance Duties

Essential:
• Holder of a bachelors’ degree in Business related field (Accounting, Finance) or another relevant field.
• Accounting professional qualification- Chartered/Certified Accountant finalist- (CPA, ACCA) or other comparable/equivalent qualification.
• Over 5 years working experience managing donor funded grant and/or contracts.
• Working experience with EU, SIDA, SDC, DANIDA and DFAT and other government& multilateral funded grants is desired.
• Experience managing contracts will be an added advantage.
• Experience in working with partner organizations (INGOs and LNGOs) and subgrants management.
• Experience in proposal development and negotiating the same with partner agencies and donors.
• Demonstrated success in achieving results under challenging implementation circumstances.
• Sound knowledge of project management cycle.
• Well-developed and effective organizational skills, including the ability to multi-task and work in a high-pressure environment.
• Demonstrated ability in analyzing financial documents, projections, expenditures and accruals.
• Fragile context experience is an added advantage.
• Proficiency in Computer applications (Excel, Sun systems, Word etc.)


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to World Vision Kenya on worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com to apply


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