Grant Coordinator (Budgeting and Reporting)

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Grant Coordinator (Budgeting and Reporting

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible to maintain an up to date BVA/PFR for each of project by ensuring all the required tabs/sections are properly completed with a detailed and quantifiable commentary on the variances and prepare a consolidated summary that shows all our project status by project and channel.
• Responsible to properly phased all approved donor budget by Channel/DRL in collaboration with programs using our internal phasing template and transfer same to the MSI project upload template for SUN upload within the set timeline.
• Responsible for developing a well robust project budget in collaboration with programs for new business development (NBD) for each of the channels' cost centres using the approved MSI internal budget template.
• Responsible for performing a monthly reconciliation on Deferred Income by the project including UNFPA donated stock with a detailed schedule that reconciles with each project balance and ensures no balances is sitting on closed project.
• Responsible for working with P1 BH/Channel Leads to prepare an accurate rolling forecast/quarterly forecast and BP within the set internal timeline.
• Responsible for preparing an error-free donor report and submitting it to the Finance Manager for approval two days before MSI deadline.
• Responsible for coding and Posting all Intercompany related transactions and ensuring it is fully reconciled with a detailed explanation of the outstanding items.
• Preparation of monthly presentation report where all current project updates are provided, in terms of all project YTD/FY status, reasons for over/under spent, challenges and their implication with clear action plan to address them.
• Responsible for providing a project status report for all our current projects in a consolidated format approved by the Finance Manager
• Responsible to review and approved all recoding journals which must be saved in the recoding month folder before it can be posted to SUN.
• Responsible for monitoring all project-related expenses by validating/providing donor/account codes on all submitted requests (PRF/PR) to prevent the recording and using the PRF tracker to track all approved requests that are in the pipeline with the procurement that are yet to be submitted to finance for posting to SUN. This process is to ensure there is no overspending in any of our project budgets.
• Responsible for providing an updated funding pipeline/cost matrix monthly, including the implementation of the support office cost allocation policy by fairly attributed SO cost across our current project.

Key Experience/Qualification

• Good team player and flexible while working with other colleagues
• 6-8 years’ proven experience in managing donor budgets in an international NGO.
• Advance Excel skills preferred.
• Ability to multitask, manage a workload and produce high-quality reports.
• Good administrative and organizational skills.
• A degree in accounting with a minimum of 2nd class Upper division or its equivalent, and a recognised professional qualification such as ACA, or ACCA.
• Ability to use SUN Accounting package and other accounting packages.

Skills Required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to effectively juggle competing priorities.
• Excellent drafting and document review skills.
• High professionalism, self-motivation, efficiency, and results-oriented delivery on short timelines.
• Good understanding of general and specific Company and commercial law
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to interact effectively with other external counsel, global MSI team members, diverse in-house client groups, senior executives, and third parties.
• Ability to interact effectively with business and technical clients in a fast-paced environment.
• Good judgment and strong initiative.
• Good team player and strong problem solving and interpersonal skills.
• Candidate must be able to work under pressure with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to manage and motivate teams to achieve targets.
• Strong ability to think strategically, creatively, and innovatively.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note

• There are no relocation allowances available for this position.
• MSI Nigeria is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and operates a zero tolerance approach to abuse, exploitation, and harassment on any kind.
• Children by Choice, not Chance.
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• MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices provides equal opportunity in employment and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, colour, religion, age, marital status, or disability.
• This role is open until filled, and we will be conducting Interviews on a rolling basis even while the advertisement is still active.