Roles and Key Responsibilities
- Support Finance Manager in preparing BVA/Monitoring and participated during BVA review meeting.
- Ensure all program/project advances are accounted for as per advance policy
- Regularly reviews outstanding travel advances and aging reports to verify their accuracy and resolve any discrepancies or issues promptly.
- Review and ensure that all ensures account balances are supported by appropriate documentation.
- Responsible for bank reconciliation statement and update of financial data in accounting system.
- Support the finance manager to create and sustain a healthy finance team environment of mutual respect and accountability where team members strive to achieve excellence
- Support Finance manager in performing month-end-end closing and ensure management reports are processed on time.
- Provide other support to volunteers, interns and other staff as may be necessary
- Support the Senior Managers in the provision of relevant grant information that includes but is not limited to agreements, budgets, and reports as may be requested during annual statutory audits.
- Participate in other non-routine audits as may be required for a specific grant for a specified award period, as directed by the Senior Manager, Grants, and Budgets.
- Assist in Coordinating the quarterly budget reviews at the end of the quarter
- Conduct regular cash flow analyses to ensure the availability of funds and the accurate maintenance of bank balances.
- Manage the organization’s credit cards issued to staff by ensuring that expenses are reported on time and reconciliations prepared in the system.
- Support in the consistent application of internal controls throughout the organization.
- Other duties as assigned by the Finance Manager and Chief Operations Officer
Required Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance,
- CPA finalist
- Experienced in Excel and Online QuickBooks system
- IFRS and GAAP knowledge and Computer literate with significant experience in Excel and Word.
- Minimum working experience of 3 years in financial management in INGO or non-profit organization
- Familiarity with institutional and other donor guidelines is a strong advantage.
- Ability to communicate financial information to a non-financial audience.
- Skilled in handling sensitive and confidential issues with utmost professionalism.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision during deadlines.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
- Capability to handle pressure with adaptability, staying organized, and meeting deadlines effectively.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, exercise good judgment, identify, and resolve problems.
About La Isla Network:
La Isla Network is an occupational health research and advisory nonprofit dedicated to ending heat-related illnesses among workers and their communities worldwide. Our mission is to protect workers in a changing climate. We develop and implement data-driven worker protection and management assessment protocols to improve the resiliency of workforces and businesses to heat stress. Our work is backed by best-in-class researchers, industry leaders, and government and multilateral institutions like the ILO.
