Grants Accountant at Plan International

Plan International is an independent child-centered international development organization committed to advancing the rights of children and fight against poverty. Plan has no religious, political and government affiliation. For over 78 years, we have supported girls and boys and their communities around the world to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to claim their rights, free themselves from poverty and live positive fulfilling lives. Plan currently works in 70 countries including Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Grants Accountant

Location: Abuja
Department: Finance
Reports To: Country Finance Manager
Duration: 1 Year

Purpose

• To ensure financial accountability for grants, according to Plan and donor requirements on the humanitarian programme. Provides timely and accurate financial information on grants.
• Position holder acts as finance focal person for finance-related grants issues (budgeting, cash flow management, reporting, auditing etc.)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in the preparation of grants-related Country Budget and its subsequent modifications.
• Support FAD set-up and subsequent budget modifications in SAP and updating the Grant Pipeline Monitoring Tool (GPMT).
• Support the preparation of budgets for concept notes and proposals and the preparation of Indicative Grant Funding (IGF) Report
• Maintain a budgetary control system to monitor grant budgets vs expenditures and advice management on variances and corrective actions required.
• Prepare regular cash flow forecasts/funding requirements for donor-specific bank accounts.
• Monitor funding requirements for donor-specific bank accounts and liaise with the CFM and Resource Mobilization Advisor to ensure availability of adequate funds to meet forecast expenditure requirements.
• Ensure timely preparation and review of donor-specific bank reconciliation statements and receipts/deposits reconciliations.
• Ensure that grant transactions reports as per SAP smart list match expenditures reported on the SAP and discrepancies corrected on a timely basis.
• Ensure that grant financial reports are timely and accurately prepared in the required formats as per donor contracts and grant agreements.
• Provide quarterly, year-end and other grants financial reports and analysis as required for management as per required instructions.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by Supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience

• University Degree in Accounting or equivalent;
• At least 4 years’ experience in a similar role;
• Good knowledge of grants and project management.
• Experience providing capacity development assistance to sub-grantees strongly preferred
• Experience in preparation of budgets for concept notes and proposals
• Knowledge of SAP will be and added advantage.

Physical Environment and Demands:

• Travel to Programme Units when necessary

Level of Contact with Children:

• Low contact, no contact or very low frequency of interaction.
• The job responsibility of this position does not require the post holder to have any one-to-one contact with children on a daily basis. There would be occasional contact with children and it is expected that children shall be protected at all times.

Application Closing Date
16th June, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's and a comprehensive cover letter setting out your reasons for applying for the post and outlining the qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills that you feel you can bring to the role, to: Nigeria.Recruitment@plan-international.org Indicate the Job title and location as subject of the mail.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.