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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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