About Plan:
Founded 75 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children’s development organizations 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 will be supporting Plan International in the finance and accounts function through the management of grants related projects focusing on budget management and ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and value for money transactions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Review of Proposals and Agreements:
· Regularly review sub-contract agreements to ensure they are within each grant budget and consolidate for the country
· Review grant proposals to ensure that the planned activities are correctly coded according to the corporate coding system
2. Reporting:
· The Accountant will prepare monthly grant indicative fund report
· Tasked with the preparation of financial reports for all grants according to the donor reporting requirements
· Prepare monthly and quarterly analysis of the spend position of the respective grants
· The incumbent will prepare grant expenditure information for external audit including Fund Accountability report and coordinate and provide the necessary information as required by the auditors
· Reconcile the finance and grant module expenditures for each grant on a monthly basis
3. Grant Record Management:
· Create funded and sponsored programs for each new and modified grant in SAP
· Generate a list of all grants that are closing in a respective month and share with the CFM for onward sharing with the Finance Team
· Link all grant related account codes to each grant upon approval of the grant Project Outline
· The Grants Accountant will prepare an Annual grant audit schedule to facilitate tracking of grant audits.
· Generate a list of all grants that are closing in a respective month and share with the CFM for onward sharing with the Finance Team
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· All applicants must be qualified accountants with either ACCA or CPA
· The applicants should also preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in finance/Accounting or related field
· At least four years’ experience as an Accountant in a busy organization preferably an NGO experience
· Working knowledge of donor requirements
· Past exposure and experience in handling multi-Donor projects
· Experience in grant accounting will be an added advantage
· Excellent interpersonal analytical and communication skills
· Keen attention to detail
· Good report writing skills
· Computer literacy skills i.e. proficiency in Ms Office packages.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their electronic copies (of not more than 2MB) including application letters together with updated CVs, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact details of three references plus salary history should be included and sent to the undersigned; The Country Human Resources Manager, Plan Uganda.
Email to: uganda.recruitment@plan-international.org.
NB: Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted. Please consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from us by 16th September, 2015
Deadline: 16th July, 2015