Grant Manager, China Program

Reports to: Finance Manager, China Program, Wildlife Conservation Society

Country Program/Sector: China Program, Temperate Asia Region

Position Type: Full-time, local hiring plan

Location: Beijing, China

Summary Of Position Function

The primary responsibility is to support finance manager in grant reporting, budget monitoring and auditing.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist Finance Manager with overall grant management to ensure the operation is in accordance with the rules and policies of WCS and compliance requirements of donors
• Coordinate for the grant code request and modification with the parties involved, including program team and regional team and update the China ongoing grant database.
• Maintain accurate records of grant agreement, budget, donor-specific regulations and reports.
• Initiate grant kick-off meeting with parties involved
• Monitor the WCS China grants through the life cycle in terms of expenditure, budget variance and donor compliance, grant close-out procedure and ensure the program team has the same understanding
• Prepare grant financial reports in timely manner and liaise with the regional team if needed
• Support grant external / internal audit
• Other tasks assigned by Finance Manager

Specific Responsibilities For EU

• Review payment request of EU advance payments to subgrantees
• Provide support to program team on financial management of EU grants
• Review quarterly and annual financial reports of subgrantees as well as the supporting documents, and prepare the consolidated financial report
• Liaise with regional EU management team on grant finance and compliance issues
• Assist Finance Manager on grant annual audit

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in finance, accounting or equivalent field is required.
• Sound knowledge of accounting fundamentals
• Fluency in both written and oral English is required.
• A minimum of 5+ years working experience in finance, or accounting or relevant experience in a highly computerized environment is required
• Experience with financial systems / finance modules of enterprise resource planning (ERP)such as Oracle, SAP is desired
• Experience working with International NGO is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of compliance and reporting requirements of EU funded project is preferred

Only Shortlisted Candidates Will be Notified.

EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled