Senior Officer – Project Accounting

The Senior Officer – Project Accounting is responsible for managing and overseeing ICBA’s project accounting processes, ensuring accurate recording, allocation, and reporting of financial transactions in accordance with established finance policies, IFRS, and donor requirements. Job Responsibilities: Review proposal budgets prior to submission, ensuring alignment with ICBA's financial framework and donor requirements. Manage and control project codes and dimensions in the ERP, ensuring accurate booking and allocation of expenses. Upload approved budgets into the ERP and process budget revisions and rollovers. Review and issue budget clearance for purchase requests, consultancy requests, and job cards. Review and process financial transactions in the ERP, validate general ledger entries, and initiate correcting adjustments. Review and process staff timesheets for unrestricted and restricted projects. Compute project accruals and process necessary adjustments at project closeout. Review, validate and account for project partners and sub-grantees’ financial reports. Prepare and submit periodic project financial reports to donors. Oversee project audits from planning through to closure. Maintain the integrity of the general ledger. Verify, process, and account for monthly staff payroll. Review and process staff final settlement calculations. Process and post CRM transactions including job cards and vehicle usage. Review and validate expense claims and fund requests from offshore offices. Ensure accurate and compliant accounting for lease transactions in accordance with IFRS 16. Support month-end and year-end closing activities. Reconcile bank statements with ERP records. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration. Minimum 4–6 years of progressive experience in accounting, with at least 2–3 years in project accounting within a donor-funded, research, or non-profit organization. Solid working knowledge of IFRS and IFRS 16. Hands-on experience with ERP systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Strong knowledge of project costing, cost allocation methodologies, and budget management. Professional accounting certification (CPA, CA, ACCA, or CMA) is desirable.