Analyst - Project Financial Analysis and Support PLANS

About the position

Provide financial support for the projects that are being developed by the Alliance Research Areas and This involves a budgetary analysis of proposals and financial support during the project management lifecycle, ensuring compliance with donor requirements (coordinating opening of a BUS, coordinating uploading budgetary information and necessary adjustments, confirming funds availability for the projects staff contracts and signing of partner agreements, consultancy among other tasks). The position will interact closely with the PLANS team based at the Alliance headquarters in Rome and the other Reporting to the PLANS Regional Associate

The position will be based in the operations center of the Americas, located in the Campus of Palmira,

Key Responsibilities

Prepare budgets and financial reports of the assigned

- Prepare financial reports for donors and ensure reconciliation with the accounting

- Analyze the information for reclassification of the

- Collect data and documentation to support the preparation of financial

- Prepare supporting documentation for financial report submissions and

- Coordinate the signature process of financial

- Support PIs in proposal preparation ensuring internal and external

- Reviewing and approval of the grants and partners contracts, ensuring the alignment between the donor financial conditions with the Alliance

Monitor the budget execution, based on the funds allocation and prepare consolidated financial reports according to the guidelines and procedures established by the Alliance and aligned with donor and stakeholders

Coordinate the audits of the projects and support the monthly closing and fiscal year-end accounting

Provide financial support focus on budget preparation, analysis and execution to research managers/coordinators accountable for agreements/projects/contracts at the institutional

Assure compliance with financial and contractual obligations for the assigned

Contribute to the optimization of the different processes in the PLANS

Support the PLANS Office with financial management of grants assigned to other

Review partner s financial reports and provide relevant

- Review the partner financial reports and ensure that the financial reporting checklist is complete; detect and report

- Review the transaction list provided by the partner and ensure it matches with the financial

- Review supporting evidence provided by the partner and take the necessary actions as

- Make the GRN and prepare the transaction entry to include reported expenses by the partner in our

Coordinate the grant opening and data management in our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

- Prepare the grant opening template for the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system opening

- Prepare budget uploads in a timely manner to ensure budgets in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system are up to

- Monitoring the budget execution of the projects under her/his

Other tasks as required from the PLANS

Requirements

Qualifications and requirements

Bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related

Accounting/project management certification

Three (3) years of relevant work experience in a closely related field (including budgeting, accounting guidelines and financial management of projects).

Strong knowledge of accounting, budgeting practices and procedures relevant to not-for-profit

Strong proficiency of the English language, both written and

Benefits

Terms of employment

This is a nationally recruited position placed at a BG6, on a scale of 14 levels, with level 14 being the

This is a Colombian national search and will be managed through a fixed term contract of a one (1) year period, subject to a probation period according to the local legislation and is renewable depending on performance and availability of

The Alliance Bioversity-CIAT offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with a competitive salary and excellent We are an equal opportunity employer, and strive for gender, diversity, and inclusion in our staff, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, or any other

Applications

Applicants are invited to send a detailed curriculum vitae, including names and addresses of three referees knowledgeable about the candidate s professional qualifications and work All correspondence should be addressed to the Human Resources Office, at () and should indicate Application: Analyst - PLANS .

Closing date for applications: We invite you to learn more about us at:

Qualifications and requirements Bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related Accounting/project management certification Three (3) years of relevant work experience in a closely related field (including budgeting, accounting guidelines and financial management of projects). Strong knowledge of accounting, budgeting practices and procedures relevant to not-for-profit Strong proficiency of the English language, both written and