Grants Accountant NGO Job Opportunities – Plan International
Job Title: Grants Accountant
Organisation: Plan International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Grants Accountant
About US:
Plan International was founded over 75 years ago and is one of the oldest and largest children’s development organizations (non-profit / INGOs) in the world. We work in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plan’s vision is of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity. Plan is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations.
Job Summary: The Grants Accountant coordinates grants management, financial reporting and contract matters to ensure timely and effective implementation of institutional donor funded project activities
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Budget management and monitoring
- Create funded and sponsored programmes for each new and modified grant in SAP
- Generate a list of all grants that are closing in respective month and share with the Finance and admin teams
- Link all grant related account codes to each grant upon approval of the grant Project Outlines
- Timely upload original budgets and subsequent changes for all projects in SAP
- Reconcile the project finance and grants modules and ensure that all WBSs are linked to the grant
Financial Reporting
- Consolidate and submit timely and accurate financial reports in accordance with donor reporting schedules
- Keenly analyse financial reports and provide recommendation to the Project Coordinators on future forecasts and planning.
- Align the financial and narrative reports, demonstrating progress to meet targets and staying on budget
- Reconcile the finance and grants module reports to ensure that no NRGRANT transactions remain outstanding at end of period
- Compare the Project report to the Fund report to ensure that project expenditure has been charged to the grant and there are no mapping issues between project and grant data
- Realistic explanations provided for all variances
Grants and Compliance:
- Support all project audits and also implement any audit recommendations
- Complete the financial report at the CO for the period to be audited
- Provide auditors all requested supporting documents related to the sampled transactions
- Ensure adherence to financial controls, donor compliance, processes and procedures
Dealing with Problems: Managing a budget that is utilized by staff he/she doesn’t directly supervise
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Plan International Grants Accountant job opportunity must hold a Bachelor’s degree (hons) in Commerce or Business administration majoring in accounting
- Previous experience in grants management.
- Part professional qualification in accountancy (CPA, ACCA) at intermediate or affiliate level.
- Three to five years’ experience in a similar role working in a computerized accounting office in an NGO set-up.
- NGO experience is an added advantage
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Proficient in computer skills and use of relevant accounting software package such SAP, QuickBooks, SUN systems, etc.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their letters of application, together with updated CVs, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact details of three references plus salary history and send to:
The Country Human Resources and Organizational Development Manager,
Plan Uganda
Email to: uganda.recruitment@plan-international.org
Deadline: 1st June 2018
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