Finance and Grants Manager at Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU)

Job Purpose

Lead in grants management, financial management and in ensuring compliance to policies and procedures as well as team leadership.

Main Responsibilities Of The Jobs

Managerial / Supervisory/ Operational Responsibilities or roles:

• Lead in the implementation of grants and financial policies and procedures in line with IMLU’s strategic goals and prescribed guidelines.
• Consolidating and developing IMLU’s institutional and grants budget.
• Monitor and ensure adherence to donor agreements including record maintenance and staff awareness on the same.
• Timely and quality preparation and dissemination of the expenditure, donor and management reports for informed decision-making.
• Coordinate the preparation of the annual institutional audits and grants audit.
• Review internal financial controls and ensure compliance.
• Maintain appropriate accounting records and ensure timely backup of digitalized accounting data.
• Ensure prudent resource management by expenditure verification and ensure that budget and expenditure reports are timely disseminated to staff.
• Any other duty assigned from time to time.

Responsibility for physical assets

• Office laptop
• Printer
• Nature of Decision Making
• Strategic decisions
• Operational decisions

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

Minimum level of academic qualification, skills and knowledge required to perform effectively in the role:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or any other related field.
• Minimum level of professional qualification required to perform effectively in the role:
• CPA-K
• Minimum level of personal and professional experience required to perform effectively in the role:
• Finance accounting, management and Grants Management. Team leadership/human resource management. Performance management experience.

Minimum months or years of experience required to have to be appointed to the position :

• Minimum – 4 years
• Desirable – 6 years’ experience in similar position

Key Performance Indicators

• Increase resource optimization at IMLU.
• Institutional compliance
• Effective Human Resource information system.
• Timely reporting of grant management.
• Timely preparation of Budget.
• Real time financial reporting
• Availability and optimal utilisation of resources.