Job Title: Grant
Management Controller
Management Controller
Organisation: Agricultural
Business Initiative (aBi) Trust
Business Initiative (aBi) Trust
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Head of
Finance
Finance
About US:
The Agricultural Business
Initiative (aBi) Trust is supporting agribusiness development in the private
sector to achieve the objective of the Government of Uganda’s Competitiveness
and Investment Climate Strategy (CICS). The Trust is a multi-donor entity
jointly founded by the Governments of Denmark and Uganda. The mandate of aBi
Trust is to support the private sector actors to increase their contribution to
the agricultural sector by increasing land and labour productivity, and market
competitiveness thereby contributing to poverty reduction through economic
growth, wealth, and employment creation.
Initiative (aBi) Trust is supporting agribusiness development in the private
sector to achieve the objective of the Government of Uganda’s Competitiveness
and Investment Climate Strategy (CICS). The Trust is a multi-donor entity
jointly founded by the Governments of Denmark and Uganda. The mandate of aBi
Trust is to support the private sector actors to increase their contribution to
the agricultural sector by increasing land and labour productivity, and market
competitiveness thereby contributing to poverty reduction through economic
growth, wealth, and employment creation.
Job Summary: The Grants
Management Controller is responsible for ensuring that the financial
performance of grants that are awarded to successful implementing partners is
as presented in application and that technical support is provided throughout
the grant life cycle/project.
Management Controller is responsible for ensuring that the financial
performance of grants that are awarded to successful implementing partners is
as presented in application and that technical support is provided throughout
the grant life cycle/project.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the leadership of the
Head of Finance, develop and manage a robust grants management system that
reliably identifies suitable implementing partners and ensures precise
monitoring of projects to ensure grant objectives are achieved:
Head of Finance, develop and manage a robust grants management system that
reliably identifies suitable implementing partners and ensures precise
monitoring of projects to ensure grant objectives are achieved:
- Keeping
up to date with developments in international best practise in grants
management, with donor requirements and relevant legislation - Maintain
an up – to – date system of a database of grantees, including a tracking
system that provides frequent updates on fund-flows, reporting
requirements and budget revisions - Monitor
and prepare accurate forecasting of the projects - Provide
accurate and timely delivery of financial advice that ensures appropriate
grant management decisions are taken - Maintain
a database of key financial variables in each of the value chains aBi is
involved in, to enable cross-project comparisons to be made and to assist
and speed up the preparation of new project budgets by technical staff
To lead and manage the Grants
Management team, including consultants, in a manner that empowers them to
deliver aBi’s goals and objectives:
Management team, including consultants, in a manner that empowers them to
deliver aBi’s goals and objectives:
- Communicate
to the Grants Management Team a clear and exciting vision for the work of
the organisation - For
each aspect of the Grants Management work plans, ensure that appropriate staff
and/or consultants are deployed and given clear expectations
To develop and implement
strategies for bridging the partner capacity gaps that have been identified
during partner assessments
strategies for bridging the partner capacity gaps that have been identified
during partner assessments
- Tasked
with reviewing partner capacity assessments in order to identify themes of
common difficulties; liaising with Accountable Managers in order to
develop plans and budgets for addressing key issues - Developing
and overseeing the roll-out of tools, training interventions, learning
materials and other strategies which will improve partner capacity - Working
with mixed teams to ensure that they have plans for developing the
capacity of each partner on an individual basis
Ensure that staff and partners
involved in projects follow best practice in grants management
involved in projects follow best practice in grants management
- Actively
contribute to the design and appraisal of new projects/programmes and
provide procedural guidance - Ensure
that aBi funds are used according to their intended purpose by providing
thorough and diligent oversight - Train
the mixed teams in appropriate methodologies required for their roles in
the grant making process such as financial modelling, budgeting and budget
control etc - Assist
project managers to plan future expenditure and cash needs; take remedial
action where there are overspends or underspends - Monitoring
compliance with best practice and taking assertive corrective action as
required; reporting any difficulties to the appropriate accountable
manager
Ensure that aBi’s Department
and Project Managers are provided with quality financial information and advice
in order to aid their decision making concerning partners:
and Project Managers are provided with quality financial information and advice
in order to aid their decision making concerning partners:
- Liaising
with the Department and Project Managers in order to understand their
implementation plans and potential partnering requirements - Ensuring
that assessments of financial capacity have been carried out for all of
aBi’s potential partners according to procedures for due diligence found
in the Funding Manual - Supporting
Project Managers and the Evaluations, Performance & Results Department
with financial information and insight as they make appropriate decisions
concerning partners and draw up contracts - Ensure
annual reviews and project completion reviews are carried out on a timely
basis
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
applicant must hold a first degree in Accounting and/or Business
Administration ACCA or CPA - Proven
ability to carry out performance measurement - Strong
analytical skills - Considerable
knowledge of principles and practices of accounting and ability to apply
them - Knowledge
of current industry trends in financial and business management
(agribusiness preferred) - Data
management skills; experience in developing and managing financial
information systems previous experience in working for International
Development Organisations, giving insight into Donor expectations and
reporting requirements - Experience
in training / capacity building managers in finance management
How to Apply:
If you feel you meet the above
requirements, please send your application enclosing detailed curriculum vitae
giving three referees and copies of academic and professional certificates
/testimonials by e-mail only to [email protected].
requirements, please send your application enclosing detailed curriculum vitae
giving three referees and copies of academic and professional certificates
/testimonials by e-mail only to [email protected].
NB: The
attached documents should not be more than 2 MB. Only Shortlisted candidates
who meet the criteria will be contacted.
attached documents should not be more than 2 MB. Only Shortlisted candidates
who meet the criteria will be contacted.
Deadline: 19th January 2018 by 12:00 Noon
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