Finance Officer-Sub Recipient Compliance & Capacity Building 45 views

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding. For nearly 60 years, CRS has taken the lead in responding to natural and man-made disasters affecting Ethiopia’s most vulnerable communities. Moving beyond emergency response, CRS’ disaster mitigation and recovery projects in drought and flood-prone areas have rebuilt individual and community assets through non-food aid in the form of agriculture, livestock, health, nutrition, and water and sanitation assistance. CRS’s humanitarian work in Ethiopia also provides livelihoods support to farmers and entrepreneurs, promotes equality and inclusion, and mitigates the impact of COVID-19.

As part of CRS family, you will join the more than 5000 strong and vibrant individuals working globally to accomplish the mission of CRS. CRS/Ethiopia invites you, the qualified candidate, to apply for the following position.

Job Title:                        Finance Officer-Sub Recipient Compliance & Capacity Building

Band:                              VI

Required number:        Two

Department:                 Finance

Employment Term:      Indefinite term

Reports To:                    Sr. Finance Officer-Sub Recipient Compliance & Capacity Building

Country/Location:        CRS Ethiopia/Addis Abba

Application deadline:    October 15, 2023

Job Summary:

You will help coordinate and contribute to the implementation of the Country Program’s (CP’s) accounting systems, policies and procedures in compliance with CRS’ established accounting standards, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), donors’ rules and regulations, and legal requirements to support high-quality programs serving the poor and vulnerable. You will efficiently perform accounting services through documenting financial transactions by compiling, analyzing, and verifying account information; preparing account entries; and delivering financial reporting services.

 Job Responsibilities:

Subrecipient financial management

• Assess and regularly monitor subrecipients ability to safeguard financial resources entrusted to them. In addition, assess and monitor their ability to accurately record and post all financial transactions.
• Work closely with sub-recipients to ensure that they design and implement effective internal control improvement plans.
• Build and strengthen the capacity of sub-recipients in the area of financial management.
• Ensure donors’ requirements are included in subrecipients’ agreements, and systems are in place to promote compliance.
• Ensure the sub-recipients advances and liquidations are managed in accordance with the Subrecipient’s Financial Management Policy and the terms of the related sub-recipients agreements.
• Monitor grant agreements to ensure spending is within obligated budgets and the approved project periods; communicate with budget holders/program managers when new agreements are signed, or existing agreements are modified.
• Understand and keep abreast of changes in the local legal environment and ensure that the subrecipients adhere to local laws that pertain to taxation and other areas of financial management.
• Maintain good working relationships with sub-recipients based on mutual respect and effective communication.
• With collaboration with the finance staff assist internal, government and/or donor audits.

Managing Gateway

• Update the Monitoring Schedules with planned Visit Dates when monitoring trips are planned and actual Visit Dates after the monitoring trips are completed.

• Upload monitoring trip report and other related documents.