Grants Accountant

Job Summary

Under the direct management of the Supervisor, Grants Accountant supports NU’s general grants unit operations by controlling and verifying the accuracy and effectiveness of all financial transactions, ensuring their compliance with the country's legal framework, sound accounting principles, NU’s internal procedures, legal requirements, and donor guidelines.

Job Description

• Perform grant-related post-award functions, including budget and expense analysis, periodic invoicing, financial reporting, labor distribution adjustments, reconciliations, re-budgeting, and grant closeout functions as required.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports for donors as needed.
• Prepare detailed financial reports on grants for internal management purposes.
• Review invoices and assign account codes, where appropriate, to ensure accurate accounting.
• Generate budget and expense analysis reports.
• Prepare and distribute periodic invoices for project reimbursement.
• Review monthly financial results and communicate the financial position of programs to the relevant program staff.
• Coordinate with the Staff Accountant to process journal entries for various projects, if necessary.
• Ensure grants and contributions comply with ASC-606 standards, internal policies/procedures, and donor rules/regulations.
• Prepare detailed staff cost report on grants for internal management purposes and payroll process.
• Responsible for submitting the HR requests on HR system.
• Prepare the PRs within the authorization limit and check budget allocations and availability before committing purchases.
• Prepare the advances register and follow up on the clearance of all advances monthly.
• Responsible for submitting the internal/external correspondence on Laserfiche system.
• Perform any additional new tasks assigned by management that are within the same specialty and nature of daily work.

   

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field required.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Previous experience in NGOs is preferred.
• Solid awareness with compliance audit procedures
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

   If you are interested, kindly submit your CV to: Recruitment@nu.edu.eg
   Please mention (Grants Accountant) in the subject field.