Grant Accountant - Beyond WASH Project at World Vision Kenya

Role and Responsibilities

Financial Reporting:

• Preparation of timely and accurate financial reports for submission to support offices, donors and management as required.
• Prepare and submit timely, accurate and complete grants financial reports.
• Load grants reports in FFR database.
• Prepare management reports for decision making purposes.
• Support and participate in year- end processes

Budget Monitoring

• Help Project staff in linking Grant Budget to Grant Work-plans, so that the activities to be undertaken in the projects matches to the budget.
• Ensure strict adherence to the approved budgets.
• Monitor and review activities to ensure that only budgeted costs have been incurred.
• Prepare analysis of grant expenditure for management action to help in monitoring the burn rate for grants and special projects.

Monitoring and Compliance

• Monitor Project expenses against the approved budget.
• Reconcile LDRs with payroll for the project staff under grants. 
• Ensure donor regulations are adhered to for the assigned projects.
• Perform Vendor screening.
• Support and coordinate grants end closure processes

Risk Management

• Facilitate audit process for assigned grants both internal and external audits
• Provide relevant information for audit responses
• Follow up on implementation of audit recommendations
• Review grants PRFs for budget availability and proper coding
• Provide and maintain grants financial information for safe custody and access
• Ensure assets purchased through donor funds are properly utilized and safe guarded

Administration

• Attend program technical meetings and give feedback and updates on financial aspect of the assigned grants. 
• Ensure good storage of financial reports and records in line with the WVK and donor requirements
• Ensure all copies of final signed Grant agreements documents between donors and WVK is available on file

Other

• Perform any other duties as requested by the supervisor

Knowledge & Qualification

• Bachelor of Commerce, Economics, Accounting or Finance or related field
• CPA Section 4
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience in the humanitarian sector
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, good interpersonal skills.
• Practical experience of using SUN system accounting Software is preferred
• Advanced excel and analytical skills
• A team player.