JOB DETAILS:

These projects aim to assist smallholder farmers, with an average landholding of 2 hectares (minimum 0.5 hectares, maximum 20 hectares) to diversify production within their agroforestry systems, including through payments for carbon sequestration through integration of trees into their plots. The projects also aim to incentivize smallholder farmers to be able to invest in activities which restore health to their soil and increase productivity over time, as well as meet their own food security and economic needs.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Accounting and Financial Reporting: Set and monitor sound accounting and financial reporting procedures for projects, grants, subrecipients, and partners in line with established standards. Ensure proper setup and maintenance of all data required for processing financial transactions in the Project Insight financial accounting system.
• Transaction Review and Validation: Review and validate supporting documentation before processing financial transactions to ensure accuracy, completeness, and proper authorization.
• Recording and Analysis: Record financial transactions following approved authorizations. Review and analyze accounts to detect irregularities, advise on corrective actions, and prepare necessary adjustments or correcting entries.
• Subrecipient Financial Management: Assess, evaluate, and monitor subrecipient financial management processes in accordance with CRS policy, and strengthen partners’ capacity in financial accounting and transaction management.
• Disbursement and Receipts Monitoring: Monitor disbursement and receipt schedules, alert relevant projects and grants staff on due payments or liquidations and maintain appropriate communication and follow-up to ensure timely financial resource management and compliance with deadlines.
• Financial Reporting and Budget Support: Prepare periodic and ad hoc financial reports, perform variance analysis, and assist project/grants staff with informed decision-making. Support budget maintenance to ensure proper management of financial resources.
• Policy Guidance and Capacity Building: Provide guidance to project/grants staff, subrecipients, and partners on financial accounting policies and procedural compliance. Deliver training and other capacity-building activities as required.
• Treasury Operations: Perform assigned treasury duties related to projects and grants (e.g., cash payments, receipts, and cash forecasting) while ensuring proper segregation of duties.

Basic Qualifications and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or business administration is strongly preferred. Courses in accounting, or a qualification in accounting (CPA/ACCA or equivalent).
• A minimum of five years’ accounting experience.
• Additional education may be substituted for experience.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• Knowledge of the relevant public donor regulations is preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio) and web conferencing applications.
• Knowledge of the Project Insight financial accounting package or similar financial reporting software preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• • Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify and report inconsistencies.
  • Conscientious, accurate, and thorough, with exceptional attention to detail.
  • Demonstrates ethical conduct in line with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics.
  • Proactive, resourceful, solutions-focused, and results-orientated.
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a team and across stakeholders.

Required Languages: Excellent command of written and spoken English required; knowledge of local languages from districts where RESAf is implemented an advantage.