AMURT’s mission is to help improve the quality of life for the poor and disadvantaged people of the world, and those affected by calamity and conflict. We encourage and enable individuals and communities to harness their own resources for securing the basic necessities of life and for gaining greater economic, social and spiritual fulfillment, while honoring their customs, language, and religious beliefs. AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team) is one of the few private international humanitarian organizations founded in India. Since its inception in 1965 its original objective was to help meet the needs of the affected population after disasters that regularly hit the Indian sub-continent.
Description
(Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team) AMURT seeks a Finance and administration Manager for the anticipated KENYA HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS FOR QUALITY SERVICES (KHPQS)- HIV, FP/RMNCHN, Nutrition and WASH program.
The Finance and Administration Manager (FAM) reports to the COP and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of budgeting; financial management and reporting; contract/sub-award procurement and management; human resources management, asset management, logistics, and prime award compliance with terms and conditions of the award. The FAM oversees all activity operations.
Responsibilities
Preparation of donor reports
- Prepare donor reports in alignment with AMURT and USAID requirements
- Maintain files for approved grants and special projects showing:
- Agreement and donor regulations
- Approved budget and proposals
- Financial reports sent to donors
- Any other grants correspondence
- Review and where necessary provide appropriate expense codes for items requested by project staff to ensure accurate postings
- Prepare analysis of grant expenditure for management action to help in monitoring the burn rate for grants and special projects.
Compliance with grants regulations requirements
- Review expenses charged to grants for accuracy and completeness.
- Ensure grant projects close out procedures are done according to the donor guidelines.
- Ensure donor requested information is submitted on time.
- Ensure grant implementation and reporting follows donor rules and regulations.
- Work closely with the procurement department to ensure compliance with grants procurement guidelines
- Reconcile with the payroll.
- Coordinate grant project audits & reviews and follow up on audit recommendations to ensure 100% implementation.
- Actively participating and facilitating in project start up workshops to ensure financial aspect of projects are fully understood.
- Field monitoring visits.
Sub grantee Management and capacity building
- Conducting due diligence for new sub-grantees to ascertain strength of partners’ systems.
- Taking lead in sub-granting process, ensuring grant agreement are well executed.
- Monitor sub-grantee financial performance and adherence to donor regulations
- Enhance financial capacity of Sub grantees through continuous training based on need and the due diligence outcomes
- Review of sub-grantee’s financial report
- Maintain records and files on each sub-grantee
Leadership and Staff Management
- Ensure strong and positive leadership is provided to fiancé administration team of the assigned grant.
- Coordinate professional and personal development of finance project staff for assigned grant through adequate orientation, on the job coaching, identification of training needs and opportunities
- Ensure effective performance management as per AMURT guidelines and standards
- Ensure staff capacity is developed to enhance efficiency in execution of duties
- Create an environment that enhances team development
- Ensure positive supervisory skills are developed
Grant Financial risk management
- Ensure all grant projects are audited according to the donor requirements.
- Ensure that findings and recommendations from audits and various donor accountability mechanisms are acted upon in a timely and effective manner in consultation with Operations Team.
- Ensure the grant operate within AMURT internal control systems to mitigate risks and ensure accountability that will result in good audit ratings
- Ensuring payroll grant charges for assigned grant are accurately captured through the system.
- Work with the donors to develop Terms of reference for special purpose grant audits
Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or other relevant fields.
- Professional accountancy qualification (Certified Public Accountants – CPA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants – ACCA, or equivalent membership of a recognized professional accountancy organization in good standing).
- A minimum of 7 years of experience overseeing grantee compliance with donor requirements for activities of similar dollar value
- A minimum of 7 years of experience supervising overall operations of donor-funded activities (e.g. teams of human resource, logistics, grant/contract, and finance staff).
- Demonstrated financial management, strong analytical and computer skills, with emphasis on budgeting and financial analysis
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