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Job Description
- The Finance and Grants Manager shall be dedicated to the project full-time.
- S/he will provide overall technical and administrative leadership in the areas of financial management and grants management for the project.
- General responsibilities will include accounts payable, cost allocation, quarterly reporting, payroll, budget preparation, grants management, and tracking support.
- In addition, the Manager will be responsible for setting up, managing, and providing technical assistance related to the grant-making component of the program activities.
- S/he will ensure that all financial and grants management and reporting are compliant with grants management and financial management regulations.
- Develop annual fiscal year budgets with the Project Director as well as developing and implementing grant budgeting and forecasting systems.
- Keep the grant files updated with budgets, grant contracts and agreements.
Job Requirements
- Prior experience working with implementing partners
- Self motivated with demonstrated ability to generate financial reports and meet set deadlines and with good integrity.
- Team player with good interpersonal/communication, documentation, and facilitation skills and the ability to work under minimum supervision. Computer literary and fluency in English are a must.
- Ability to maintain personal professional development and competencies on financial issues.
- Strategic management and people management skills – team building and delegation.
- Strong negotiation, diplomacy and Confidentiality
- Computer literacy skills – MS office applications, word, excel, powerpoint, spread sheets.
- Good Policy Development and analytical skills
- Ability and willingness to undertake periodic field travel to up-country and in insecure areas.
