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• Assist the Grants Finance Manager and the
  resource mobilization team in proposal budgets development
• Keenly monitor spending on projects to
  ensure that they fall within acceptable variance limits.
• The incumbent will coordinate cash flows
  and project funding for budget portfolio
• Actively promote financial accountability
  & reporting for the grants under your budget portfolio
• Ensure timely, accurate & complete
  relevant reporting to the donors and internal users
• Ensure Grants Projects Bank
  Reconciliations prepared on a monthly basis.
• Updated Fixed Asset listings for grants
  projects
• The jobholder will ensure Projects budgets
  are updated regularly and posted on time.
• Ensure that receivables for projects are
  invoiced and reimbursed on time.

• Ensure that projects are properly closed
  (no under/over expenditure) as per the donor project close out requirements
• Ensure that appropriate financial systems
  and controls are in place to avoid significant audit risk ratings at
  project levels
• Provide support in internal and external
  grants/ donor audits during the year to achieve an unqualified audit
  opinion. Internal control systems being observed for all grants & Non
  sponsorship funded projects
• Ensure all grants projects audited during
  the Financial Year obtain at least acceptable audit risk rating in
  internal audits, timely management responses submission and audit
  recommendations are implemented within 90 days
• Follow up and ensure 100% submission of
  Labour Distribution Reports for Grants project staff.

• Conduct performance reviews for supervised
  staff and identify training gaps.
• Conduct training sessions on key finance
  technical aspects – Financial Reporting, Accruals, Budget management etc.
• Facilitate Projects Manager and other
  non-finance staff in understanding donors’ requirements, partnership
  financial policies and procedures.

• Provide the required support to support
  office by ensuring that all the budgets and financial reports are done and
  submitted in time.
• Support all World Vision new Initiatives
  to ensure that they are implemented at the projects level
• Ensure that partners/sub grantees
  understand World Vision work, and are properly supported to achieve
  intended objectives.
• Effective Communication with Support
  Office and National office and providing feedback as required
• Perform any other duties as required

• The ideal candidate for the World Vision
  Senior Finance Officer- Grants job opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s
  degree in Business Administration, Accounting & Finance with a
  preference for post-graduate qualifications.
• At least five years of grants finance
  control experience applied to institutional donor funded projects.
• Previous exposure and experience in
  managing bilateral and multilateral Grants from large Agency such as UN,
  USG, DFAT, EC
• Strong results orientation with ability to
  handle a heavy work load, manage and satisfy multiple conflicting
  organizational, donor and other stakeholder demands.
• Demonstrated experience working in complex
  humanitarian contexts, preferably in East Africa.
• Excellent analytic, organizational and
  computer skills; MS Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ability to travel frequently
  in the field
• Ability to communicate effectively and
  maintain effective working relationships with all staff and other key
  partners.
• Impeccable level of integrity

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