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Finance and Grant Assistant, SPICE, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Finance and Grant Assistant, SPICE, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Company Profile:
MSI is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 30-year history of helping to deliver development results across the developing world. In 2008, we became the America’s operation of the international development arm of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we have greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with our sister offices in the UK and Australia. We operate in some of the most challenging and political and economic climates in the world, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Iraq. MSI currently employs 800 development experts in the fields of public sector management, monitoring and evaluation, governance and anti-corruption. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
The Support for Professional and Capacity Enhancement (SPICE) project is a 3-year initiative to support civil society strengthening, citizen participation, gender equity and corporate social responsibility in Sri Lanka. SPICE is a project funded by the United States Agency of International Development (USAID) and implemented by MSI. Its main office is in Colombo with regional offices in Batticaloa.
**Please note: Only Sri Lankan citizens are eligible for this position. **
Position Summary:
The Finance and Grants Assistant will assist the Finance and Admin Manager and the Grants Manager. The position is for a renewable full time one year contract, based on a 40-hour work week. He/she will be based in Colombo with travel to partner organizations within the country.
Responsibilities:
Finance
  • Assist in preparation of petty cash reconciliation, payments and reimbursements. Support in the preparation of financial reports, statements and projections, for submission to MSI.
  • Preparation of travel advance and meals & incidental expenses and settlement of local staff.
  • Assist in Payroll activities and preparation of EPF/ ETF/ PAYE Tax documents for relevant government departments.
  • Maintain list of inventories used by all offices and updated list should be submitted to home office monthly. Making periodic physical verification and random checks of inventories.
  • Support staff, grantees and partners understand and comply with USAID and MSI financial regulations and procedures in collaboration with the Finance and Admin Manager and Senior Grants Manager.
  • Ensure that office procurement and payment follows MSI and USAID procedures.
  • Review budgets for field activities to insure cost containment policies are applied and costs are in line with market value, in collaboration with Sr. Finance and Admin Manager.
  • Support in all administrative and clerical functions related to the financial department
Grants
  • Assist in conducting pre-award assessments of potential grantees to assess financial and accounting systems and determine grant award worthiness.
  • Assisting Grants Manager to complete and update files for all grant activities.
  • Guide the grantees in completing required forms and reports for the grants.
  • Monitor grant expenditures against budget
  • Assisting Grants Manager to maintain the grants tracker and database
Qualifications:
  • A minimum of 2 - 3 years’ experience in financial accounting and/or auditing, preferably in an international development organization.
  • Should have at least intermediate accountancy qualifications with strong computer skills.
  • Fluency in English and one national language required; proficiency in a second national language desired and will be a distinct advantage.
  • A good understanding of and commitment to gender and diversity considerations.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

To apply: Please visit our website, www.msiworldwide.com

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