Project Accountant #925

Accounting for International Development; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity is seeking a Project Accountant to join their collaborative team in London. This role focuses on finance business partnering, grant management, and compliance oversight. The successful candidate will have at least 3 years' experience in financial accounting, and will support various financial processes, including budgeting and reporting, along with some travel opportunities.

Qualifications

• Accountant with at least 3 years experience in financial accounting & reporting.
• Experience in managing institutional grant budgets for donors like FCDO and USAID.
• Strong numeracy and financial analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and strengthen financial systems for grant management.
• Prepare financial reports and assist in program finance elements.
• Oversee financial administration of programme grants.

Skills

Numeracy

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cashflow monitoring

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Project Accountant #925

£45,000 - £50,000

Hybrid, London UK

Permanent

Our partner is a global charity, and are looking to recruit a Project Accountant. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to join a close-knit, collaborative team, with the role having a strong focus on finance business partnering and programme delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing and strengthening financial systems, procedures and controls on grant management and compliance, regularly reviewing and updating these; and training staff as required
• Monitoring programmatic activity and spend, and maintaining the grants management tracker tool.
• Preparing financial information for internal reporting, and assisting in the preparation of the programmes finance elements on statutory financial statements
• Overseeing the financial administration of programmes grants. This includes reviewing concept notes and proposals, preparing donor and sub-grant agreements, setting up grant codes, and preparing donor reports.
• Supporting on budget proposal development and refinement for new grant proposals; and ensuring that donor and the foundation rules on accounting, procurement and project implementation are adhered to.
• Supporting in reviewing and approving due diligence assessments on potential partners, and carrying out monitoring visits and audits of projects.
• Supporting in the preparation of and implementing the recommendations of donor grant audits.
• Undertake overseas travel (around 2-3 trips a year)

Person Specification

• Accountant with at least 3 years of experience in programmes financial accounting & reporting; developing and managing administrative systems; and budgeting, forecasting and cashflow monitoring.
• Experience of institutional grant budget proposal development, compliance, monitoring and reporting; this includes experience in managing FCDO, EU, ECHO, German government, Swedish government, and USAID funding.
• Excellent numeracy & financial analysis skills
• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of MSOffice, especially MSExcel
• Excellent command of the English language, both in a written and oral capacity.
• Strong business partnering skills, including experience of working with field staff in an INGO setting.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines.

The organisation offers hybrid working with the successful candidate expected to be in the office in London 1-2 days/week.

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.