The Sr. Grants Manager will work closely with the Grants team to manage grants supported by Systems for Health. This includes maintaining a tracker of grantee expenditures and advances, reviewing grantees’ financial reports, building financial management capacity among grantees, ensure compliance with USAID rules and regulations, and orienting grantees on sub-grant requirements.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

•   Work collaboratively with other members of the grants management team to develop and implement the Systems for Health grants management systems.
•   Carry out the financial reviews and project audits processes of grantees to ensure donor compliance.
•   Follow up on accountabilities from sub grantees in a timely manner to necessitate processing of additional funding.
•   Reviewing deliverables/ milestones in respect of FOGs and issuing the necessary certifications prior to sending additional funds to the grantees.
•   Maintain an up-to-date tracker for Grantee expenditures and advances.
•   Work closely with the Finance team in ensuring that the grants tracker in quick books is updated and reconciled with the excel tracker.
•   Perform thorough reviews of grantee’s financial reports (liquidation reports) and related supporting documentation and ensuring that only allowable, allocable and reasonable costs are charged to the project.
•   Work closely with the Finance team in developing plans/budgets for the financial needs of sub grantees.
•   Work collaboratively with the other grants management team members in overseeing sub-grant functions and coordinate preparation of grant agreements, monitoring of grant periods and close out of the sub-grant awards.
•   Work closely with other Systems for Health staff members in developing and carrying out annual work plans.
•   Prepare sub grantee reports to be submitted to Supervisor, Systems for Health Finance & Admin Director and to the URC Headquarters.
•   Ensure budgetary controls of grantees and provide technical assistance to recipients, as required by the program.
•   Implements policies and procedures around the administration and monitoring of grants, and procedures designed to comply with donor regulations.
•   Work closely with the members of the grants management team to put in place a consistent- hard copy / electronic filing structure and system for financial information and contracts related to grants.
•   Provide mentoring and training to sub-grantees/ building financial management capacity of sub-grantees.
•   Ensure proper interpretation and application of donor procedures and regulations.
•   Provide support in tracking and reporting of financial performance of grants.
•   Work closely with Grants management team to establish tools to track supervision visits to partners and provide necessary updates to technical teams.
•   Other duties as assigned by the Finance & Admin Director or Chief of Party

Qualification Required & Experience

Education:  Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or related field.  Full or part professional qualification in Accounting/Finance will be an advantage.

Prior Work Experience:  Minimum of 7 years' experience in grants management in a project set-up with at least 3 years in sub-award management.  Familiarity with USAID Grants administration, including OMB circulars, and 22 CFR 226

Language Proficiency:  Strong verbal and written English communication skills is required.

Skills and Abilities:

•   Proven financial management skills
•   Ability to make considered decisions
•   Excellent numeracy skills
•   Accounting skills
•   IT skills, especially in spreadsheets.
•   Strong inter-personal skills.
•   Ability to pay close attention to detail
•   Ability to correct, direct, develop, motivate and coach staff
•   Understanding of the importance and requirements of good team working, with the ability to promote and facilitate these.
•   Ability to perform effectively under pressure with good personal organization and time management skills.
•   Ability to prioritize work.
•   Ability to think creatively to find viable solutions
•   Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
•   Excellent numerical skills and the ability to do complex calculations, manipulate and present financial data
•   Ability to perform detailed-oriented work with high level of accuracy.
•   Use judgment to execute duties and responsibilities
•   Relevant computer software skills, particularly Microsoft Office

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

To apply, please email your CV and cover letter to:-

s4hrecruitment-operations@urc-chs.com

Closing Date: 07 January, 2015

Due to the large number of inquiries we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience and qualifications for this position will be contacted. No phone calls, please. However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise. Thank you very much for your interest.

URC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.We value and seek diversity in our workforce.