Finance & Grants Officer

Posted date15th May, 2025Last date to apply23rd May, 2025CountryPakistan. Since its establishment in 2005, CARE Pakistan has been responding to major disasters and undertaking an array of development projects. CARE works through its local partners and a range of stakeholders for development, as well as emergency response related interventions, which makes collaboration a key component of its work, across the country. Health and . The post holder has the main responsibility for vendors payments, bank reconciliation in adherence to the GAAP principles and CIP policies and procedure while ensuring accuracy and completeness of documentation.He/She is responsible for processing vendors’ payments, withholding of taxes as per the prevailing tax laws of Government of Pakistan, staff advances, advances’ liquidation, accruals of expenses in GL module and subsequently reversing of the accruals at the time of payments.This . The . for remedial actions or adjustment. Financial Management (40% of the time)Responsible for financial management of the project, reviewing documents for financial transactions and certification for recording transactions (expenses and payments).Manage project budgeting and respective forecasting, adaptive planning management for the project and review on periodic basis.Manage compliance at transactional level, review financial documentation for completeness, accuracy and compliance with GAAP, applicable donor regulations and local applicable laws.Manage the project fund flow, cash forecasts and fund transfers. Cash is managed for all cash-based activities with respect to targeted beneficiaries in a timely manner; ensure that financial documentation for all Cash-based activities are properly and completely done, reconciled and reported.Assure compliance on field office level documentation; plan and coordinate funds flow for field office, resolution and closure of partner’s compliance and reporting issues and related documentation.Coordinate and manage the plan for donor contracts, related to audit preparation.Provide pro-active diagnosis for potential financial problems/issues including non-compliance issues and raising to appropriate management level for resolution where required.Ensure that expenses are charged timely and appropriately to the respective Fund Code.2. Management of Grants, Sub Grants and Contracts, and Ensure Compliance (40% of the time)Support the program team in preparation of budgets (e.g. project operating budgets, etc.); coordinate and support the CO in creating forecasts and future months’ budgets.Produce reports that can support the monitoring of actual expenses against budgets and support the PM in ensuring that expenses are managed properly within the approved budgets.Ensure that CARE’s grants and contracts compliance protocols are consistently satisfied to manage organizational risk.Ensure accurate and timely monthly (re)forecasting is in place, by running regular reports in FGMS on actuals, monitoring outstanding purchase orders, reviewing commitments, analysing and commenting on reasons for variances to plan and recommending corrective actions.Review all the financial documents of partners in order to ensure compliance with donor and CIP policies and procedures and applicable laws.Prepare project financial reports for internal review and donor submission.Work closely with Team Lead, ACDP and Director PS on monthly BVA and make adjustments as necessary.Ensure adherence to CARE grant management policy, standards and internal control mechanisms.3. Documentation Digitization, Archival, Retrieval, and Disposal Management (10% of the time)CIP record keeping as per the policy.Coordinate with vendors for timely submission of all invoices and collect supporting documents from the program team for further processing.Hands-on filing and scanning of the documentation.Coordinate the transfer of records to other .Create dis.4. Handle Peoplesoft Functions (5% of the time)Handle people soft related financial reporting, and confirm data integrity and quality of reports.Manage the People Soft Donor’s Accounts Receivable aspect of the financial management. This includes reconciliation of funds from donor against expenses, cash calls and settlement of receivables against payables.5.Other Responsibilities (5% of the time):Any other tasks or responsibilities based on organizational and programming needs as assigned by the Line Manager.A) Qualifications (Know How)Required:B. Com/ ACCA Finalist/ CA-Inter/ICMA finalist/BBA in related fields (Finance, Accounting, Business)/EquivalentDesired:CA, ACCA, ICMA, MBA shall be preferredB) .Desired.CARE participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we hereby request information from the candidate’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the candidate left employment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. By submitting an application, the .CARE is an Equal Opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.