Finance and Operations Associate

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Description

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Reporting to the Manager, Finance and Operations, Food, Land & Water Program, you will work with colleagues in the Food, Land and Water Program team to provide financial and budgetary support for all projects under the Food program. This will include liaising with individual project managers to manage and monitor grants and contracts, support project budgets for new proposals, track expenditures, prepare financial reports and discuss them with the Finance and Operations Manager, process invoices, manage and monitor subawards under the Food Program, participate in project audits, prepare invoices and donor accountability for all financial aspects of the projects. Your other duties will include supporting program operations and with administrative tasks, and events coordination.

Responsibilities

• Manage annual project budgets, in coordination with the Finance and Operations Manager, the Director of Food Program and the WRI Africa finance staff.
• Develop project budgets, notes and narratives for funding proposals on a need-by-need basis following different donor requirements while adhering to WRI cost and pricing rules and regulations.
• Regularly review, update, and monitor all transactions, commitments, and revenue flows for the Food Program and projects to support healthy financial management.
• Prepare quarterly projections and reviews to be discussed with the respective project managers and the Finance and Operations Manager, while advising on any risks and providing risk mitigation strategies, or course correction.
• Update and maintain project budgets utilizing WRI’s budgeting and forecasting software (TM1) and soon to be introduced Workday.
• Lead all grant finance aspects of the projects for grant close-outs
• Prepare all financial reports for donors for all projects under the Food Program.
• Create and implement financial best practices for the projects, in line with WRI and donor policies for effective operational efficiency.
• Manage all Project audit processes for the projects providing detailed feedback to audit queries on financial matters of the grants.
• Monitor all subgrants including budgets, financial reports and provide relevant advice for effective operational and financial efficiency.
• Perform periodic financial analysis on all projects to detect and resolve problems.

Requirements:

• You have a completed bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, business or a related field. Relevant work experience is accepted in lieu of a degree.
• You have 3+ years full-time relevant work experience in financial management, grant administration and project operations preferably in a non-profit setting.
• Professional qualification: You have attained the highest level of Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Kenya or other accredited institutions.
• Experience organizing and managing detailed and complex budgeting structures, donor reporting and/or grant or financial management.
• Experience working with international teams or on projects involving international donors or partners.
• Experience preparing financial proposal and reports for donors.
• Budgeting experience with Excel and complex spreadsheets, or other budgeting software.
• Experience handling multiple projects with varying deadlines as well as rapidly changing priorities.
• You are proficient in English, additional proficiency in French would be a bonus.

Source: https://jobs.jobvite.com/wri/job/ooTiwfwP

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