Finance Manager
Full Time
Job Description
- Participate in application information sessions and communicate expectations in terms of financial, grant assurance and counter-fraud to potential applicants
- Provide guidance to Regional Hubs on their review of financial information supplied as part of grant applications for new grants and/or extensions
- Commission the external grant assurance provider to undertake Grant Assurance (GA) on preferred applicants as part of due diligence
- As part of the Leadership Team, review the financial quality and risks of grant recommendations put forward by Regional Hubs for funding approval at recommendation meetings, including a summary of the GA findings and the risk profile presented by applicants
- Provide recommendations for any follow-up actions for Regional Huns in relation to applications and downstream grant monitoring during implementation
- Input, update and communicate financial policies, processes and templates of the Programme
- Ensure verification of grantee bank accounts is undertaken and recorded
- Provide advice to Regional Finance Officers on their review of grantee financial reports, including their expenditure reconciliations and spot checking.
- Undertake periodic reviews of the Regional Hubs’ implementation of financial procedures
- Review quarterly claims from grantees that have been reviewed/approved by Regional Hubs to ensure claims are valid, funding is required and that any queries/concerns have been satisfactorily addressed prior to approving them for payment
- Provide cross-programme oversight of routine monitoring, spot checks, GAs and AUPs, feeding back lessons into best practice guidance and recommendations to strengthen procedures
- Provide cross-programme oversight of the ‘live’ risk presented by specific grants and/or grantees during implementation, escalating any issues or patterns of concern to the Leadership Team
- Oversee reconciliations between the grant management software (MatsSoft), programme records of grant claims/receipts and the client bank account
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Educated to degree level
- Qualified Accountant (only candidates with strong essential experience will be considered in lieu of a qualification)
- experience of implementing Grant/Fund management programmes in low and middle-income countries
- Extensive experience of financial monitoring and reporting of grant expenditure, including sampling, validation, and compliance checking
- Experience of working in international development or low and middle-income settings
- Experience of due diligence, financial assurance, and/or fiduciary risk assessments
- Financial forecasting and reporting of complex programmes to public bodies
- Experience in developing and implementing finance processes, policies and templates for internal controls and counter fraud measures
- Evidence of advanced Excel skills
- Understanding of value for money, ethics, and transparency
- Demonstrable ability to work accurately and to deadlines
- Excellent written and spoken English A good communicator with strong relationship building skills, reliable and a team player
- Pro-active to raise issues with management and resolve identified problems
- Able to undertake periodic travel to overseas offices and locations in low and middle-income settings
- Experience of major grant/fund management programmes (>£50m)
- Experience of designing and updating counter fraud policies
Reference no: 98110