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• Conduct sub grants pre-award assessments and recommends for
  substantial involvements and compliance requirements and modifications to
  the sub grant agreement and/or monitoring plan to lessen financial and
  compliance risks.
• Follow up, collect and review sub grantees financial reports and
  fund requests, keep up-to-date records and report all sub grantees
  financial status.  Review sub
  grantees financial reports for correctness, completeness, timeliness and
  compliance.
• Perform sub grantee monitoring visit for financial and programmatic
  deliverables review or audit and report findings with recommendation to
  the supervisor communicate agreed upon findings to the sub grantees and
  follow up its implementation.
• Handle sub grants close-outs ensuring that all requirements of the
  sub grant agreement have been met and that sub grant funds have been
  properly settled.
• Follow up all grant compliance issues and document all required
  information.
• Closely monitor sub grants to ensure that sub grantees are not
  overspent.
• Create sub award card in navigator and update all milestones and
  expenditure in navigator
• Maintain sub grantees tracker and update monthly.  Share the updated tracker and list.
• Review contracts and maintain/assist in maintaining and updating the
  contracts tracker.  Distribute monthly
  tracker for projection and related use.
• Review and track all sub grants and grants/budget purchases and
  contracts and other commitments. 
  Update the contracts and communicate monthly.
• Track VAT/DUTY taxes exemptions, reimbursements for USAID and other
  donors as per their specific requirements.
• Maintain sub grant files and ensure they are well labeled, fully
  updated with all contracts, submitted reports, governing clauses and all
  other relevant documents.
• Participate in procurement or contracts biding and other procurement
  processes whenever required.
• Perform any other tasks to be assigned by the supervisor

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Five years of experience in grants and financial management and
  accounting and 2+year’s supervisory experience.
• Strong management Skills, Technical & Supervisory Skills and
  experience required.
• Strong accounting skills and experience, including management of the
  general ledger, journal entries, payroll, payables and balance sheet.
• Strong knowledge of, and experience in donor regulations, and
  management of sub grants required.
• Adequate understanding of donor rules and regulations is required.
• International NGO/PVO experience required.  
• Demonstrated experience and skill with financial reports preparation
  and presentation and proven ability to translate technical financial data
  into informative reports.
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office programs, particularly Excel
  and accounting software experience.
• Excellent oral and written English skills
• Willing to travel regularly to Mercy Corps and sub grantees field
  offices and project sites approximately 25%.

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