This position is responsible for ensuring smooth implementation of project accounting activities, including (but not limited to): timely and accurate financial report, partner review, donor compliance, invoicing, monitoring of expenditure levels against budget and funding obligations, financial projections and submission of donor financial reports as needed and mandated by contract term.
- Oversee the preparation of all financial statements, invoices, proposals, etc as required.
- Ensure that financial transactions are properly updated and recorded in the system.
- Verify accuracy and compliance of expenses and reporting.
- Develop and maintain an expertise on DCA’s financial reporting platform, Maconomy.
- Imply financial oversight and control mechanisms and procedures to ensure that all projects, including partner expenses, are in accordance with donor financial policies, procedures and country rules and regulations.
- Facilitate timely, accurate month-end closing, cash requests and cash reconciliations related to the project and partner fund transfer.
- Support financial closing processes with the project reporting guidelines to ensure organize, complete, and transparent financial reports are delivered to donors and HQ; these will also be complete in accordance with DCA’s month-end closing schedule.
- Support in the project audit process, in providing timely information and responses.
- Build and develop meaningful and effective relationships and communication with partners at all levels.
- Regularly prepare and present financial reports, analyses, and recommendations concerning relevant financial issues.
- Maintain project financial filing systems to ensure complete and organized accounting files.
- Review and support financial aspects of contract execution of local sub-implementing partners including partner assessment, monitoring review, training
Provide partner finance teams with information and guidance on financial performance.
- Review partner spending in relation to budgets and develop monthly budget pipelines for d.
