Grants Accountant - Abuja Job at Marie Stopes Nigeria

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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.

Grants Accountant - Abuja Job