GAA Leadership, Project Management and Reporting:


Lead the project implementation and coordination process, its financial management, monitoring and evaluation, and risk management, reporting, and learning.
Support the CoP to coordinate the formulation of work plans. Monitor the workplan, supporting the COP to lead delivery by ensuring activities are on track and within budget.
In... collaboration with the COP, ensure optimum consultant inputs and the achievement of desired results. Hold monthly meetings with the COP to go over consultant burn rates and discuss performance. Escalate performance issues to PD.
Set program policies and refresh these on a periodic basis, working from the i) Technical Manual ii) Operations Manual and iii) Finance Manual established by the previous PM.
Provide the team with confidence that the ASI systems and processes will support them in delivering on their work, whether that be from a DoC, operational, or personal perspective. This is an integral part of the PM role given the remote field presence.
Develop reporting templates and manage the quarterly reporting on activities (alongside the Chief of Party) finances, and performance.
Work with the CoP to identify technical needs and develop individual ToRs of team members. Work with ASI’s People and Talent team to advertise roles, screen, and review candidates.
Participate in management calls, setting direction and escalating issues as appropriate, including: weekly SMT call, Workstream Calls, Finance and Operations, and regular USAID catch ups.
Compile and submit final reports with a strong focus on progress against log frame milestones and targets.


GAA Financial Management and Risk Management:


Maintain all elements of the contract on PSA including approvals, project structure, cost disaggregation, onboarding project team, and pull and upload actuals on a regular basis.
The PM should maintain thorough knowledge of the GAA budget and the contract. Ensure that key figures (such as value of milestones, fees, budgets allocated to key expense lines/categories, resources leveraged, etc) are kept up to date on PSA, that data is clean, and reporting is passed to the Executive Team.
Review and spot check project costs, including local operational expenditure, subsidies and grants, and sub awardee invoices.
Issue client invoices for each quarter, accompanied by quarterly Accrual Reports and Financial Performance Reports. This includes:
SF425 – Federal Financial Report
SF270 – Request for Advance or Reimbursement
A USAID-compliant invoice cover
A follow-up report with disaggregated cost analysis
Maintain accurate financial forecasting for both the ET and USAID, communicating any changes to forecast early and justifying variances when incurred.
Working with ASI support staff, ensure that financial and administrative processes and procedures are fit-for-purpose and are effectively implemented in line with USAID and ASI’s internal requirements.
Act as focal point of programmatic risk management with USAID and partners, updating of the programme RAID register on PSA. Incorporate RAID into periodic risk reporting.
Work with the Global Head of Security to ensure the application of duty of care and security provisions and protocols for the project team.
Manage project partnerships including initial assessment, screening, contracting, and due diligence for those looking to join The Alliance platform.
Work with USAID’s Procurement Department to ensure that all compliance processes are followed, that changes to the team structure and budget are communicated and approved, and that contractual obligations are met (see contract Special Provisions).
Ensure any incidents of fraud and corruption are raised with the PD and USAID in a timely manner.
Working with the Head of North America, continue to develop indirect cost accounting, analysing indirect costs on a quarterly basis, ensuring appropriate billing from support staff, and adapting our indirect cost methodology throughout the year. Support the Head of North America to eventually apply for a USAID-approved NICRA.


GAA AMEL, Learning and VfM:


Adapt flexible program management while also capturing and sharing learning and changes, and following up on recommendation from quarterly Steering Committee and pause & reflect sessions.
Track leverage generated by the Alliance and report this alongside project expenditure, both to meet contractual obligations but also demonstrate a strong value for money case.
Develop a Value for Money framework alongside the Chief of Party and MEL Lead, combining unit cost information with results indicators to provide additional quality assurance to USAID.   
Participate in regular calls and workshops under the USAID CARPE umbrella. Draft literature for the project, both for internal and external use, and contribute to communications pieces.


GAA Relationships, Team Performance and Management:


Establish and maintain strong collaborative and effective working relations with USAID Agreement Officer Representative and the USAID Procurement Team.
Be responsible for (or delegate responsibility) coordinating and sharing minutes for all regular meetings, particularly with project partners (implementation, and resource partners).
Contract and establish and maintain strong relationships with counterparts and implementing partners, to ensure effectiveness in delivery of outputs.
Manage the recruitment and contracting new team members, including negotiating fee rates, filing and managing their contracts. Provide the COP such information on contract terms needed to perform their role.
Ensuring GAA Teams/SharePoint folder is used by all team members and is always up to date; GAA works online to ensure version control, with very few exceptions.
Agree with the COP a line management structure and division of responsibilities, as part of a SMT RACI, and assuring team members’ performance, deliverables, and professionalism.
Support COP in conducting regular performance reviews of all team members.
Maintain ASI’s network in DRC to better understand innovations in the private sector, current themes in donor programming, maintain brand visibility, and identify upcoming opportunities.


DRC Country Management:


Contribute to Business Development efforts in the DRC.
Maintain a network of consultants, primarily across Economic Growth, Security, Peacekeeping, and Natural Resource Governance, ensuring that ASI maintains a strong position within the market.
Manage the relationship with lawyers and tax advisers in DRC, seeking advice for, and resolving, any issues concerning compliance and authorities.
Administer our local entity, including contracting, tax declarations, and supporting our regional finance teams on audit.


KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES


Achieve all contractual requirements including: Special Provisions, Leverage Targets, Quarterly Deliverables, all on time and within project budget.
Accurate expenses and fees accruals submitted on time.
Achieve regular KPIs established by the Finance Department.
All classified risks to project documented, mitigated and escalated if necessary.
Strong and effective relationships developed with GAA counterparts: USAID, Kibali and other key stakeholders.
Development and maintenance of a culture within the GAA team that reflects ASI values.
Increased corporate knowledge of industry and political developments within DRC.
Ensuring Duty of Care is provided for all staff.


QUALIFICATIONS:


A post-graduate degree in Economics, Business Administration, Social Sciences or equivalent.


EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:


Between 3-7 of relevant professional experience.
Some experience in fragile states.
Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa preferred. more

Technical inputs


Provide on-the-job capacity building and training to identified beneficiary institutions with a strong focus on capacity building rather than capacity substitution
Support the identified SAI in increasing its ability to effectively undertake its mandate and deliver annual compliance and financial audits
Support the customisation, introduction and application of ISSAI... (International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions) based financial audit manual (including the development of audit manual for, support to the preparation of audit reports based on the methodology and training of auditors and managers)
Support Quality Assurance processes (including the preparation of report and recommendations, suggestions on improvements and support to their implementation)


Project design, implementation, and reporting


Coordination, communication and stakeholder engagement activities; including facilitating constructive and effective co-operation and coordination across team members and workstreams to ensure all are working towards the overall programme objective
Preparation and revision of the project’s workplan, including oversight activities to ensure all deliverables are submitted in a timely manner and are of the highest quality
Providing expert Audit advice and support to the planning, implementation and continuous monitoring of all activities in the program
Regular program reporting as required (weekly updates, monthly updates, lead the drafting of bi-annual reports, periodic political economy updates, quarterly Key performance Indicator reports, Risk management reports and any other reports as required by the client)


Leadership and strategy


Providing technical input to, and quality assurance of, any communications products related to the project
Primary point of contact with the client and senior government stakeholders on a range of PFM and Audit issues and assignments
Identification of strategic capacity support gaps to be addressed by the program. This will include the design and delivery of activities that will be curated to address this, with a focus on capacity building rather than capacity substitution where possible
Robust engagement with the development partner, including include face to face interactions, to deliver strategic advice, high level briefs and political economy analysis as required
Build strong relationships with key counterparts across beneficiary institutions
Providing leadership and setting the strategic direction of the project, ensuring overall alignment of the workplan with strategic priorities and leading its implementation
Promoting a culture of learning, adaptation, thinking and working politically
Regularly consulting senior counterparts to build/maintain relationship, understand their priorities, incentives, concerns, satisfaction with the project’s team and outputs and their motivation underlying any new requests
Leading relationships with other in-country stakeholders, including other donors, to build understanding of the political context and Government priorities and to coordinate with other reform efforts and projects


Team management


Providing oversight, guidance and support to the team regarding the implementation of the workplan, ensuring: approaches taken by advisers are effective; connections between workstreams are leveraged; deliverables meet quality expectations, are completed on time and within planned resources; lessons are continually identified and fed back into implementation approaches; deliverables remain aligned with strategic priorities, coherent with wider reform processes, sensitive to the political context and targeted towards maximum impact
Providing leadership to the technical team where relevant, supporting high performance, retention, well-being, and positive behaviours in line with ASI values and culture
Coordination of the different project workstreams to ensure that activities are in line with the project’s overall objective


Job requirements

Key competencies and experience


A qualified audit and financial management expert with a postgraduate degree qualification in public finance, accounting, economics or in a relevant field
At least 10 years of professional working experience advising, assisting, overseeing or implementing audit reforms
Experience implementing programs in Fragile and Conflict affected states
Proficiency in broader PFM reforms such as financial governance, macro-fiscal and financial management
Political awareness, technical skills and ability to work in complex operating environments and Fragile and Conflict affected states
Team leader experience with relevant supreme audit institution or ministry of finance in developing countries
Ability to deliver technical advice and effectively work with government counterparts.
Ability to demonstrate experience and knowledge of using initiative and being client oriented
Proven track record of working to the highest ethical standards.
Ability to work as part of a team, an aptitude to effectively transfer technical knowledge and maintain effective and cooperative relations with national authorities and donors, as well as capacity to handle sensitive issues with discretion in a multicultural environment.
High level proficiency in English (written and verbal) and excellent report writing skills.
Excellent communications skills, being able to communicate effectively and diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders. more

Technical inputs


Provide on-the-job capacity building and training to identified beneficiary institutions with a strong focus on capacity building rather than capacity substitution
Support the identified SAI in increasing its ability to effectively undertake its mandate and deliver annual compliance and financial audits
Support the customisation, introduction and application of ISSAI... (International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions) based financial audit manual (including the development of audit manual for, support to the preparation of audit reports based on the methodology and training of auditors and managers)
Support Quality Assurance processes (including the preparation of report and recommendations, suggestions on improvements and support to their implementation)


Project design, implementation, and reporting


Coordination, communication and stakeholder engagement activities; including facilitating constructive and effective co-operation and coordination across team members and workstreams to ensure all are working towards the overall programme objective
Preparation and revision of the project’s workplan, including oversight activities to ensure all deliverables are submitted in a timely manner and are of the highest quality
Providing expert Audit advice and support to the planning, implementation and continuous monitoring of all activities in the program
Regular program reporting as required (weekly updates, monthly updates, lead the drafting of bi-annual reports, periodic political economy updates, quarterly Key performance Indicator reports, Risk management reports and any other reports as required by the client)


Leadership and strategy


Providing technical input to, and quality assurance of, any communications products related to the project
Primary point of contact with the client and senior government stakeholders on a range of PFM and Audit issues and assignments
Identification of strategic capacity support gaps to be addressed by the program. This will include the design and delivery of activities that will be curated to address this, with a focus on capacity building rather than capacity substitution where possible
Robust engagement with the development partner, including include face to face interactions, to deliver strategic advice, high level briefs and political economy analysis as required
Build strong relationships with key counterparts across beneficiary institutions
Providing leadership and setting the strategic direction of the project, ensuring overall alignment of the workplan with strategic priorities and leading its implementation
Promoting a culture of learning, adaptation, thinking and working politically
Regularly consulting senior counterparts to build/maintain relationship, understand their priorities, incentives, concerns, satisfaction with the project’s team and outputs and their motivation underlying any new requests
Leading relationships with other in-country stakeholders, including other donors, to build understanding of the political context and Government priorities and to coordinate with other reform efforts and projects


Team management


Providing oversight, guidance and support to the team regarding the implementation of the workplan, ensuring: approaches taken by advisers are effective; connections between workstreams are leveraged; deliverables meet quality expectations, are completed on time and within planned resources; lessons are continually identified and fed back into implementation approaches; deliverables remain aligned with strategic priorities, coherent with wider reform processes, sensitive to the political context and targeted towards maximum impact
Providing leadership to the technical team where relevant, supporting high performance, retention, well-being, and positive behaviours in line with ASI values and culture
Coordination of the different project workstreams to ensure that activities are in line with the project’s overall objective


Job requirements

Key competencies and experience


A qualified audit and financial management expert with a postgraduate degree qualification in public finance, accounting, economics or in a relevant field
At least 10 years of professional working experience advising, assisting, overseeing or implementing audit reforms
Experience implementing programs in Fragile and Conflict affected states
Proficiency in broader PFM reforms such as financial governance, macro-fiscal and financial management
Political awareness, technical skills and ability to work in complex operating environments and Fragile and Conflict affected states
Team leader experience with relevant supreme audit institution or ministry of finance in developing countries
Ability to deliver technical advice and effectively work with government counterparts.
Ability to demonstrate experience and knowledge of using initiative and being client oriented
Proven track record of working to the highest ethical standards.
Ability to work as part of a team, an aptitude to effectively transfer technical knowledge and maintain effective and cooperative relations with national authorities and donors, as well as capacity to handle sensitive issues with discretion in a multicultural environment.
High level proficiency in English (written and verbal) and excellent report writing skills.
Excellent communications skills, being able to communicate effectively and diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders. more

Project objectives

The project acknowledges fully that there are diverse and locally-specific, yet interconnected, dynamics at play in the border areas. Understanding these dynamics and how they evolve is therefore at the heart of the project. It equally recognises that solutions for long term peace and stability are only effective when designed in close consultation with partners and... communities. The project therefore places knowledge and joint working at its core, ensuring that solutions at national, sub-national and community levels are sensitive to dynamics and developed in partnership with partners and communities.

The project’s three primary objectives are to:

Support effective policy and programming, informed by a comprehensive understanding of the conflict and violent actor dynamics, structures and actors. Support at national, sub-national and community level is rooted in an understanding of the locally-specific social, economic and political dynamics, resulting in effective policy and interventions.
Strengthen formal and informal mechanisms (including cross-border mechanisms) to build resilience. Support at national, sub-national and community-level strengthens relationships between countries, between local administrations, and between communities, in a way that is sustainable and inclusive.
Address community needs to mitigate against drivers of instability and violent extremism. Interventions respond to needs at community-level, and support national partners to demonstrate commitment to reducing insecurity in the border areas.
The project is committed to working in a sustainable way and ensuring lasting changes beyond the lifetime of the project. This can only be achieved by working closely with national and sub-national partners, hard-to-reach communities and civil society to include voices across the border areas in order to strengthen understanding, support policy, and design interventions which will collectively strengthen the joint purpose of building peace and reducing instability.

Role Description

Overall responsibility over project finances, through delegated authority from the Project Manager, including financial management; oversight of expenditure; accurate financial forecasting; financial reporting; procurement; fiduciary risk management; due diligence; and respect of relevant laws and regulations.
Overall responsibility over the project’s granting mechanism, including establishing and/or revising processes and procedures; ensuring adherence to conflict sensitivity; risk management; and establishing and/or revising the project’s grantee due diligence and capacity building strategy
Overall responsibility grantee financial reporting and expenditure verification; oversight of the Field Team supporting financial and grant management; support to tracking grant progress; and oversight of grant portfolio financial reporting
Responsible for grant portfolio risk registers, including identifying and escalating risks to the project team
Overseeing grant application and budget submissions ensuring packages reflect cost allow ability, cost reasonableness and consistency. Also overseeing budget negotiations, ensuring favourable terms and conditions for Deris Wanaag and CSSF
Responsible for project and grant portfolio VfM tracking and reporting.
Responsible for project Asset management and reporting.
Overall responsibility for ensuring adherence to Grant Mechanism SOPs, including financial management procedures, grantee procurement procedures (selection, due diligence, contracting, expenditure, reporting)
Responsible for developing tailored grantee capacity building plans, ensuring inputs from the project team; and oversight of their implementation
Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders (e.g. grantees in delivery locations), and contributing to the project’s stakeholder engagement strategy
Contributes to project monthly and quarterly reporting, and to project learning products/events
The role is expected to include up to 70% travel to project locations.

Location: 

Border areas between Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia; namely Mandera, Garissa, Wajir and Lamu (Kenya), Jubbaland (Somalia) and Dolo Ado, Somali Region (Ethiopia)

Implementing partners: 

Adam Smith International (ASI), the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Reporting

The Grant Manager will report to the Team Leader and Programme Manager, and who will direct and manage tasking.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

A degree or post-graduate qualification in a relevant field (Finance, Procurement and Grant Management)
Minimum seven years of experience managing large and complex development projects
Demonstrable experience in overseeing grant and/or project implementation in conflict environments Demonstrable experience in conducting downstream partner capacity assessments, and designing and delivering partner capacity building plans
Good command of English, including report-writing skills; and Somali
5 years’ experience in Somalia;
Substantive knowledge and prior experience working on governance, stabilisation or peacebuilding programmes.
Experience in managing small teams, including remote management more

Programmatic sectors include:

Climate policy
Energy transition
Sustainable mobility
Nature-based solutions (NbS) including forests
Green finance
Just transition objectives

Requirements:

Key tasks and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Project and Grant Management

Manage small, analytical as well as large, complex climate change programmes with... oversight
Ensure project outputs (reports, technical assistance, grants, workshops etc) are delivered as required by the project terms of reference and/or activity plans subsequently agreed
Ensure high standards of delivery and accountability reflected in audits, financial management, annual reviews
Conduct basic data collection, monitoring and verification for grants under implementation
Ensure compliance of procedures and processes in line with FCDO and ASI requirements

Strategy, engagement and analysis

Build and maintain strategic relationships and partnerships in-country
Lead strategic planning and develop a roadmap for action for country activities
Contribute to the wider programme strategy and make recommendations for improvement

Business Growth

Analyse the market to identify opportunities for growth and expansion and ensure we capitalise on opportunities
Write small, large and complex winning proposals with little assistance
Support the Climate Change Team on the strategy and approaches to achieve success in ‘must win’ tenders

About You

A Senior Manager – Climate Change should have the ability to build effective relationships with experts from a wide range of professional and cultural backgrounds, and to work effectively in politically sensitive and challenging environments.
The candidate should relish working in a team, should be innovative, energetic, positive, and genuinely committed to making a lasting contribution to international development.

Adam Smith International seeks the following skills and experience:

A graduate degree in social sciences, business administration, project management or other relevant fields;
7-15 years of relevant professional experience in management of programmes, grants, technical assistance;
An excellent understanding of HMG values, principles and structures is desirable;
Experience working on climate mitigation and/or development projects is an asset, and knowledge of Middle-Income Countries would be highly valued;
Outstanding written English and oral communication skills;
Knowledge of local languages spoken on the continent is advantageous;
Demonstrated experience of initiative, planning and organisation skills, results-focus and working in complex and time-pressured contexts;
Excellent inter-personal skills and teamwork;
Strong attention to detail;
Willingness to travel to ODA-eligible countries. more

Purpose

SSF III requires a Procurement Officer to provide specialist support and lead on the procurement of investments for the Fund. The Procurement Officer will ensure that SSF procurement is compliant with SSF Procurement Policies and Procedures Manual, the SSF Handbook and FCDO requirements. They will be responsible for engaging closely with the SSF technical team to clearly understand the... needs for each procurement. They will be responsible for timely procurements in line with SSF policy that ensure SSF selects investees that deliver effectively on investment objectives.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Ensure good coordination between all relevant units and technical experts during the procurement process.
Engage closely with the SSF technical team and leadership to understand the shape and needs of an investment to inform the type of procurement.
Support the understanding of the SSF team on procurement including providing guidance throughout the procurement and call process to include reviewing the SSF standard bidding documents, and any other solicitations, reviewing evaluation process and reports to ensure SSF procurement policies and procedures are adhered to.
Lead all SSF procurements from end-to-end including ensuring appropriate documentation and communication to tenderers and prospective tenderers under SSF.
Lead the day-to-day support and assistance on all procurement related processes and documentation; on the job training and guidance on all aspects of procurement within the SSF process to include but not limited to review of standard bidding documents and Calls for Concepts and Proposal documents; documenting the procurement process undertaken and the Value for Money justification to ensure adherence to SSF’s strategy and objectives.
Update the SSF Finance Risk and Procurement Manager on all procurement related risks.
Support the SSF Finance Risk and Procurement Manager to update SSF procurement and due diligence policies and procedures.
Ensure the storage of all procurement documentation to ensure that it is up to date.
Provide guidance and support to the Investment Managers with contract management and modification as required.
Deliver on any other tasks assigned by SSF Finance Risk and Procurement Manager or Team Leader.

Job requirements

Qualifications and Experience

Degree in procurement, supply chain management or finance/accounting related degree;
Minimum of seven years of relevant experience working in procurement for FCDO or other donor funded programmes;
Experience working in Somalia or other fragile country and environment;
Previous demonstrated experience in leading procurement and contracting on donor-funded programmes;
Minimum of five years of experience managing the effective procurement of goods and services at scale;
Essential IT skills inclusive of MS Office and demonstrated experience working with spreadsheets Applicant must be able to demonstrate and may be required to undertake a short test during the selection process to verify skill level.
Excellent communication, inter-personal and team-working skills.
Political awareness, technical skills and ability to work in complex operating environments like Somalia. more

Oversee operational platforms in all countries of operation in Africa, to support projects deliver effectively for their clients and beneficiaries. This will include:

Management and administration of local offices;
Procurement according to company policy and the principles of transparency, competition and value-for-money;

Asset management, including regular checks of all assets in the... region
Local travel and logistics;
Regional journey management, including travel, visas and accommodation;
Maintaining an up-to-date log of the locations of country personnel.
Oversee the roll out and management of the JMP (Journey Management Plan) in the region
Establish and/or improve policies and standard operating procedures for all of the above.
Manage personnel working for country platforms, including recruitment, capacity building and mentoring, supervision, and performance management.
Implement environmental and climate change-related policies in consultation with ASI policy and requirements of ASI environment champions.
In countries where ASI starts new projects, guide and support the PM in project-set up, and ensuring compliance with all in-country legal and tax requirements.



 Compliance

Ensure that policies, procedures and activities in countries of operation are compliant wth global company policies and standards.
Ensure that policies, procedures and activities in countries of operation are compliant with local laws and regulations at lowest cost.

Efficiency

Plan and budget for regional and country operations.
Ensure that operational platforms and compliance is achieved within global, regional and country budget envelopes.
Continually drive innovation, quality and efficiency in regional and country operations.

Relationships

· Work closely with business service functions that have overlapping mandates with regional and country operations.
· Work closely with project managers and project directors to understand and deliver against their needs.
Problem solve to overcome internal and external challenges.
Communicate frequently and constructively with internal stakeholders to keep them informed of activities and challenges and escalate issues.

QUALIFICATIONS
A post-graduate degree in Economics, Business Administration, Social Sciences or equivalent.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

5 years or more in a senior operations capacity in a multilateral or pan-African professional services organisation.
Proven experience in all relevant functions, people management, facilities, logistics, event management, business registration, asset management, and procurement
Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa/horn of Africa.

COMPETENCIES/SKILLS:

Fluent spoken and written English (French is an advantage)
Leadership demonstrated ability to motivate colleagues – both peers and those under your management – to high performance over several years.
Ability to manage complex situations and problem solve.
Ability to manage commercial relationships and negotiations.
Relationship-building.
Ability to work effectively with multicultural and multinational teams.
Quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Ability to work under pressure.

KNOWLEDGE

People Management
Finance & Procurement
Contract management, duty of care, occupational health and safety issues.
Asset management.
Planning and budgeting.

SKILLS:

Good negotiation skills.
Good people management and leadership skills.
Good budget, finance and forecasting skills.
Ability to build effective, credible supplier relationships and networks.
Excellent computer skills, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Outstanding written English and communication skills.
Superb attention to detail.

ATTITUDE:

Energetic, positive, and solution-oriented
Enthusiastic, dynamic, and flexible.
Self-starter, showing initiative and readiness to take the lead..
Proactive communicator, interacting frequently via informal and formal channels with key internal stakeholders. more

About the role
The Project Accountant is responsible for bridging the delivery needs of the projects (s)he is supporting, and the central needs of the Group Finance cycle. The role will support Project Managers, and will have at it’s core a client delivery focus ensuring the Group financial systems are core to servicing the client needs, and the system outputs are designed and managed to be... easily digested by all project stakeholders.
The responsibilities of the Project Accountant are detailed below:
Project Accountant Role

Working closely with the project team, to facilitate the set up of project finance and procurement policies where required.
Understanding and constructing project structures within ASI finance systems

Setting up of project contracts (and amendments) on the ERP
Design and development of project tools beyond the ERP standard offering


Supporting projects team in core monthly financial management processes

Project forecasting and variance reporting
Supporting PM in cost approval processes and review of supporting documentation
Project accruals (cost and revenue)
Project financial reconciliations


Support to project debtor management

Client billing processes, ensuring compliance with contract specific demands
Processing of client sales invoices
Monitoring of debtor balances owed across responsible portfolio




Support to project financial management reporting

Project performance data analysis
Written narrative of project delivery (financial perspective)
Project KPIs
Project cashflow and budget variances


Lead on project financial audits, supported by wider back-office teams.
Project asset management – Prepare, record and maintain a project asset register in line with donor requirements.
Project Finance knowledge management (including archiving on Sharepoint)
Support to project close out activities.
Ad hoc project finance tasks that may be assigned by the Project Managers in line with client requirements
Adherence to the Group SLA commitments
Training of colleagues for Group financial processes and requirements.

Corporate Finance Role

Support to the weekly payment run – Payment processing and postings
Support to the corporate audit
Office petty cash management
Corporate finance knowledge management (including archiving on Sharepoint)

Key Relationships

Regional Finance Manager – Africa
Project Accountant Manager
Project Delivery team (project manager, project directors etc)
Client engagement and relationship management
Wider finance colleague to support the overall financial management efforts.

Educational Qualifications Required:

A graduate degree in Accounting (equivalent) with a minimum of 4 years accounting/auditing experience, including project financial management. CPA/ACCA qualification is an added advantage.

Experience Required:

ERP experience
Advanced Excel skills highly desired (including Power BI)
At least 3 years practical and relevant experience on corporate accounting.

Competencies Required:

Planning and delivering results
Quality and accountability
Continuous improvement
Managing complexity
Innovation and change management
Communication and knowledge management
Leadership and direction
Collaboration and teamwork more