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• Offer technical support to partner organizations in the development
  of work-plan and budget to be followed during the award contract period
• Review work-plans and budget from partners to ensure compliance with
  Diakonia’s planning, monitoring and evaluation (PME) policy guidelines
• Ensure implementation of donor reporting by partners
• Facilitate and process grant payment to partners, obtain and record grant
  payment receipts in accordance with PME guidelines
• Receive and assess financial reports from partners ensuring
  compliance with PME hand book requirement on proper reporting of
  expenditures, invoicing, procurement and asset management
• Receive and assess audited financial reports, including management
  letter from partners
• Follow up on issues raised by auditors in the management letter from
  partners and ensure resolution.
• Upload and track processes in relation to disbursement receipts,
  financial reports, completed assessment tools and audited financial
  statements to Diakonia’s FixIT
• Provide guidance and facilitate partner institutional capacity
  strengthening plans, ensuring partner organizations implement programmes
  effectively, efficiently and sustainably
• Participate in assessment and induction of new partners on financial
  management
• Prepare grant financial reports in relation to the allocated
  programme
• Monitor adherence and compliance to financial control systems,
  policies and procedures
• Support the coordination, planning, and execution of annual
  audit  from partner organizations

• Track partner grants disbursement and expenditure and provide
  internal reporting schedules
• Monitor partner compliance, conducts field office site visits to
  ensure consistency with grant terms and conditions, timelines, budgets,
  and performance measures.
• Conduct financial assessment of partners, identify and mitigate
  risks in situations where contractual obligations may not be met
• Establish and maintain electronic and hard copy files for each
  grant-funded project to be used for tracking and reporting purposes
• Ensure monitoring log for the respective partner organization is
  updated in respect to financial information
• Review and assess  partner
  procurement processes to ensure purchases comply with policy guidelines
• Review partner records and archiving system to ensure compliance
  with policy guidelines

• Ensure strict adherence and compliance to financial control systems,
  policies and procedures
• Post financial data into the ledger and maintain custody of scanned
  payment vouchers monthly.
• Maintain up to date assets register including undertaking annual
  asset inventory
• Maintain a monitoring log in respect of financial information due
  from partner organizations.
• Review and verify that partners maintain proper books of accounts,
  including an up-to-date register of assets as well as proper filing and
  archiving of financial documents
• Support the coordination, planning, and execution of annual audit of
  partner organizations

• Review partner procurement processes and ensure that purchases
  comply with policy guidelines
• Liaise with procurement unit to provide sound advice on procurement
  actions
• Review partner records and archiving system to ensure compliance
  with policy guidelines
• Perform other related duties and functions as requested.

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance,
  Business Administration, Commerce, Economics or equivalent qualification
• Fully qualified accountant from recognized accountancy body CPA/ACCA
• Computer training in accounting software and MS Word, Excel, etc.
• Training in human resources management and development
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Analytical, report writing and communication skills
• Demonstrates consistency in upholding integrity and ethics
• Acting as a team player and facilitating team work
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and accounting software
• Effective communications and interpersonal skill

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