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• Carry out sub grants pre-award assessments
  and recommends for substantial involvements and compliance requirements
  and modifications to the sub grant agreement and/or monitoring plan to
  lessen financial and compliance risks.
• Follow up, collect and review sub grantees
  financial reports and fund requests, keep up-to-date records and report
  all sub grantees financial status. Review sub grantees financial reports
  for correctness, completeness, timeliness and compliance.
• Conduct site financial review or audit and
  report findings with recommendation to the supervisor communicate agreed
  upon findings to the sub grantees and follow up its implementation.
• Handle sub grants close-outs ensuring that
  all requirements of the sub grant agreement have been met and that sub
  grant funds have been properly settled.
• Follow-up all grant compliance issues and
  document all required information.
• Provide on-going training and support to
  subgrantees and Mercy Corps program and finance staff on Mercy Corps and
  respective donor’s rules and regulations.
• Responsible for Grant and budgets
  management and production of monthly budgets vs actual reports in a timely
  manner.
• Closely monitor sub grants to ensure that
  no grants are overspent or under spent. Prepare regular expenditure
  projections to ensure that the budgets at all times have sufficient funds
  to cover fixed costs of the office and program expenses for the duration
  of the grant. Verify correct coding of expenditure
• Keenly review and track all sub grants and
  grants/budget purchases and contracts and other commitments. Update the
  contracts and communicate monthly.
• Follow up VAT regulations for the VAT/DUTY
  taxes exemptions, reimbursements and reporting to USAID and other donors
  as per their specific requirements.
• Mentor and train field managers on budget
  tracking, review burn rates and provide advise if spending is not
  happening according to plan.
• Make frequent field visit and work with
  the program manager to ensure grant implementation is on course.
• Ensuring donor regulations are adhered to
  for all aspects of the operations
• Maintain all donor and sub grant files and
  ensure they are well labeled, fully updated with all contracts, submitted
  reports, governing clauses and all other relevant documents.
• Ensure all grants are closed in a timely
  manner and that all financial reports are submitted on time. Follow the
  finance manual to be in full compliance with Mercy Corps’s requirements.
• Be adaptable and flexible to take board
  new tasks and new assignments as requested from time to time.
• Ensure compliance with GAAPs, Ugandan and
  US law and standard accounting practice.
• Conduct himself/herself both
  professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy
  Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.
• Support other finance functions when ever
  need arises.
• Any other tasks to be assigned by the
  supervisor.

• The ideal candidate for the Mercy Corps
  Sub Grants and Compliance Senior Finance Officer job placement should
  preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in accounting or finance
  is required.
• A minimum of six years’ experience in
  grants, financial and contracts management.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of donor
  rules and regulations is required.
• At least three years international NGO/USG
  experience is required.
• Previous experience and skill with budget
  preparation and analysis, financial reports preparation and presentation
  and proven ability to translate technical financial data into informative
  reports.
• Strong accounting skills and experience,
  including management of the general ledger, journal entries, payroll,
  payables and balance sheet.
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office
  programs, particularly Excel
• Prior management experience and strong
  organizational skills
• Excellent oral and written English skills
• Willing to travel regularly to Mercy Corps
  and sub grantees field offices and project sites approximately 50%.

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