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Grants Lead

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Salary
$38,181 to $55,909.09 annual gross, paid in local currency
Location
Remote (Africa)
Type
Contract
Deadline
23 Oct 2026
Closes today
Job Description
  • Initial 12-month contract.
  • Assess the financial capacity of prospective partners and classify them into risk tiers that determine disbursement methods.
  • Design budget templates and manage fund disbursements for the incubation funding envelope.
  • Ensure subrecipients follow financial reporting standards and eligible-cost rules.
  • Run monthly budget-to-actual reviews, audits and corrective action plans.
  • Consolidate subrecipient spending into unified financial statements in QuickBooks and report to the Director of Finance.
  • Manage the subgrant pipeline from call for proposals through closeout, including training, desk reviews and monitoring visits.
  • Prepare accurate multi-currency donor reports and enforce restricted-fund compliance.
  • Co-design proposal budgets, track donor tranches and support donor-commissioned audits.
  • Lead the new Grants & Compliance Unit and perform other duties assigned by the Director of Finance.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field.
  • CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent certification preferred.
  • 5+ years of grant administration, subgrantee management, auditing or financial compliance experience, or a senior finance manager role at an international nonprofit, incubator or aggregator in Africa.
  • Proven record managing large institutional funder grants.
  • Proficiency in accounting software (e.g. QuickBooks), grants management applications and advanced Excel.
  • Strong analytical skills, sound judgment in capacity assessment and risk tiering, and excellent technical writing.
  • Ability to coordinate multi-country partners and work with remote collaboration tools.
  • Currently based in Africa with a valid work permit for your country of residence and able to travel within Africa.
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Posted14 Oct 2026
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