Description
The Senior Officer Partnerships will assist the Finance Manager Budgeting & Reporting by managing the day-to-day budget and grants management functions. The successful candidate will ensure that budgets and grant rental management issues are immediately attended to and submitted on time to the relevant stakeholders.
Main Responsibilities:
- Champion the application of IRC's Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERS) across all financial interactions
- Work collaboratively with partners to develop and finalize budgets and budget amendments
- Review partners' documentation supporting each type of reported costs
- Ensure timely disbursement of funds to partners in accordance with the partnership agreement
- Collaborate with partners' finance staff to ensure completeness, correctness, and accuracy of their financial reports and cash requests
- Review partners' financial reports and relevant supporting documents to ensure compliance with the partnership agreement, donor regulations, and IRC policy
- Maintain audit-ready, organized, and complete financial documentation for all sub-awards
- Participate in the Partner Capacity Assessment (PCA) and collaborate with cross-functional teams and partners to identify, analyze, and manage financial risks
- Train staff on Shared Program Cost allocations methodology and assess the skill and experience of Finance staff
- Ensure appropriate projections of shared program costs allocations to grants as per IRC methodology
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, or Finance
- Minimum of four years of managerial experience in the financial area of a non-profit organization or an international commercial organization
- Experience in working with computerized accounting systems, standard spreadsheet, and database programs
- Good leadership and management skills
- Ability to function effectively in a complex work environment and set priorities
- Committed to staff training and development and effective at facilitation
- Proficiency in English is required