Principal Duties/Job Responsibilities
Leads and oversees compliance for all grant activities. Assists in internal and external year end audits.
Supervises a team of 2 to 3 Grant Accountants. Provides leadership, coaching, counseling, performance feedback and appraisal to an assigned group of employees.
Reviews grant operating expense reports for completeness, accuracy, allowability and compliance in line with 2 CFR 200, ABA policies and donor’s requirements
Prepares and uploads journal entries for monthly actuals for program related expenses (e.g., field offices business expense report, in-kind contributions, reclassifications, etc.).
Reviews and approves journal entries, payment requests of the supervised team.
Prepares spending trackers, calculates burn rates, accounts for outstanding commitments, runs general ledgers on a monthly basis and distributes the spending reports to program staff.
Prepares donor financial reports (e.g., SF-425 for USG donors; private donor reports on their own reporting template and schedule per provisions of the agreements).
Functions as the subject matter expert on all compliance activities related to grants and activities and counsels program leadership on such issues.
Develops, recommends, and implements approved modifications to policies and procedures to enhance internal controls and enhance business processes.
Train program staff in grant and organization financial policies, procedures, and regulations.
Travel to overseas ABA ROLI field offices to perform compliance reviews, provide trainings to staff and assist with any other financial related matters.
Liaises with ABA departments and responds to requests for information from outside auditors, donors,members, staff, and vendors.
Performs other related duties as required. Basic Qualifications & Interests
Possession of a Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting. At least three (3) years’ experience in grant accounting, reporting, and grant/program compliance. At least three (3) years’ experience interpreting and applying grant rules and regulations from government entities (e.g., OMB circulars) and/or private donors. Advanced-level skill in the Microsoft Office Suite of products.
Preferred Qualifications & Interests
At least two years’ experience leading/supervising a staff group of grant accounting/compliance team members.
Fluency in a language of a host country for which support is provided.
Possession of an advanced degree and/or CPA.
