ThaiNGO

• Thoroughly reviews budgets submitted by potential applicants and provides technical assistance to grant evaluation committee for selection process. 

• Participates and plays an active role in Grant Development Meetings, as well as relevant internal and external meetings.

• Verifies costs proposed and submitted by potential partners and ensuring that activities and budget are consistent and ensures that costs in final awardee budgets are real, reasonable, allowable and allocable.

• Ensures that necessary cost verification information is recorded in Project files, including in Negotiation Memos, Drafting the Cost Verification and related sections of the Negotiation Memos.
• Provides technical assistance to recipient organizations to present costs in an accurate manner and consistent with IIE budget templates and requirements.

• Reviews financial reports and verifies supporting documents from partner organizations and provide technical assistance as needed.

• Reviews grantee financial statements and reports to ensure alignment of actual expenses and backup documentation; confirms payment requests are aligned with proposed activities; and verifies if necessary IIE prior approval was received. This includes reviewing grantees’ expense reporting and financial account analysis. Performs, reviews, and issues policy-compliant contracts and purchase orders for DISP.

• Ensures that questions posed by IIE staff members reviewing awardee financial documentation are promptly and accurately answered.

• Liaises with awardees to procure the needed documentation and information verifying costs and other backup documentation.

• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Education and Work Experience:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in order to apply a working knowledge of the theories and principles in a specialized field or work discipline.

Requires at least five years of related work experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• At least five years of experience managing finances in a similar funding environment.
• Familiarity with accounting software.
• Experience working with Grants and knowledge of USAID rules and regulations is preferred.
• Ability to recognize and analyze difficult situations and to take appropriate action.
• Ability to complete work assignments within established time frames with a high level of
• accuracy.
• Professional working level language skills (written and oral) in English and Thai.
• Ability to work independently, in teams, and across departments.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work in a multicultural workplace.
• Ability to read and interpret documents.
• Ability to organize and maintain large amounts of detailed information.