Job Title: Grants Accountant
Location: Abuja
Reporting to: Finance Director
Organisation: Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSN)
Sector: NGO
The Grant Accountant is a managerial role that will closely support the project management teams to implement projects to budget and in time.
Responsibilities:`
• Cost project activities and prepare project budgets project / work plans and donor requirements, ensuring that the full cost of implementation is budgeted
• Ensure MSN's co-funding /cost-share liability is minimized and wherever possible funded by another donor
• Monitor actual spend against project budgets, producing monthly spend-to-date reports, and feeding back to the project teams on over / under spend at regular project meetings
• Ensure a proper Transaction Filing System is maintained for all projects
• Ensure that the appropriate level of cash is available to project teams at all sites
• Prepare and submit all project financial reports as per project contracts and / or MSN's request
• Ensure financial compliance with contracts, donor, and MSN regulations
• Facilitate internal and external compliance audits
• Any other duties requested by the Finance Director or other senior management team members
Qualifications, Capabilities/Skills and Experience
• 5 years experience in a similar role within an NGO or similar organization
• A relevant tertiary qualification
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Excellent interpersonal communication and negotiation skills
• Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to multi-task, manage a workload and produce high quality, on-time work
Please send your application and CV (as a single document). Applications that do not follow this format will not be considered.
Deadline: 3rd August, 2012.
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