Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or finance or CPA, ACCA equivalent.
  
• Degree in Accounting from recognized College/Institutions with a minimum of ten (10) years of accounting experience.
  
• With least 5 years of experience managing big projects at a senior level doing similar roles.
  
• Donor Experience: FCDO, USAID, UN (CBPF/UNHCR), EU (ECHO), bilateral donors
  
• Computer literate with significant experience in excel, accounting package knowledge of ERP system will be an added advantage.
  
• Staff supervision: Capacity building of national finance officers and assistants; performance management
  

• Lead the annual project budgeting process with the support of the technical and granted teams and oversee regular budget analysis
  
• Review spending plans and spending reports linking them to BVA and ensure the project is spent as expected and discuss with the Deputy Director Finance and the Project Director for any areas that require support and improvements.
  
• Execute monthly Budget Variance Analysis for IRC and partners in collaboration with program budget holders.
  
• Oversee the financial sub-award management including ensuring timely disbursement of funds in collaboration with other finance and partnership teams.
  
• Review financial reports from sub-grantees and ensure they are fully supported before entering them in the IRC accounting system.
  
• Be part of the entire finance team, and support all other financial management processes for the department as may be assigned by the DDF
  
• Verify completeness and accuracy of all accounting documents related to the projects.
  
• Check partner reports and arrange and ensure their CTRs are paid timely
  
• Assess partner risks and generate support plans to ensure compliant and quality reports are produced with well supported documentation.
  
• Prepare donor financial reports, ensuring reported information is accurate and compliant with donor rules, regulations, and reporting requirements.