Grants And Finance Specialist - Tenders Global

Grants And Finance Specialist

World Resources Institute

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The World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Food, Land and Water Program is focused on shifting the world’s food, land and water system to meet the needs of all people while protecting nature and halting climate change. Our approach is to: • Produce more food on the same or less land while minimizing environmental impacts. We work to increase agricultural yields, reduce water stress and safeguard ocean health through better farming, fishing and management. • Protect remaining natural ecosystems on land and in the ocean. We monitor forest loss and map and set strategies to alleviate water risks, help companies rid supply chains of deforestation, increase finance for nature-based solutions and empower Indigenous Peoples to secure their ancestral territories. • Shift consumption patterns and reduce food loss and waste. We work with companies and governments to measure and cut waste, while employing behavioral science to help consumers adopt lower-carbon diets. • Restore degraded and deforested lands back into healthy ecosystems. We identify restoration opportunities; provide technical assistance to farmers, entrepreneurs and local actors; build project pipelines; line up financing and monitor progress.    

Job Highlight:  

Reporting to the Operations Manager of Land and Carbon Lab, you will work in close coordination with the Senior Operations Manager, Land and Carbon Lab. You will be anchored in the Land and Carbon Lab Program and will work with other Grants and Finance Specialists across the FLW Program team, and with WRI’s central finance teams including the cost and pricing team, grants and contracts team, and accounting team. This will involve working colleagues across programs to provide grants, contracts, and financial management. This will also include managing grants and contracts, developing budgets for new proposals, tracking and updating project budgets, preparing financial and program narrative reports, processing invoices, and managing subawards.    

What will you do:    

Grants and Contract Management:    

  • Negotiate, prepare, and maintain grant and contract agreements with donors and contractors
  • Monitor project performance against contract requirements and deliverables and ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of grants and contracts
  • Monitor the life of grant reporting requirements and prepare detailed financial and narrative progress reports for donors and ensure that all reports are submitted promptly
Financial Management :    
  • Develop fiscal year and funder budget forecasts on a yearly basis in coordination with your Land and Carbon Lab colleague
  • Regularly review, update, and monitor all transactions, commitments, and revenue prospects for team projects to support healthy financial management and help prepare for quarterly projections and reviews
  • Follow WRI’s internal processes and deadlines related to funding, including quarterly reviews, monthly & annual closeouts, and annual budget planning
  • Update and maintain project budgets utilizing WRI’s budgeting and forecasting software (TM1)
Administration :    
  • Process documentation for project commitments (i.e., agreements, contracts, work orders, and purchase orders)
  • Advise team on budget management, raise and address any financial issues with managers
What will you need:    

Education:

  • You have completed a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, management or similar discipline related to the job description
Experience:
  • You have 3 years full-time work experience in grant administration, financial management or operations preferably in a non-profit setting
  • Experience organizing and managing detailed and complex budgeting structures, donor reporting and/or grant or financial management
  • Experience with oral and written communication, working with international teams or projects
  • Experience using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), especially Excel along with project management tools such as Monday or Asana. Budgeting experience with Excel, or other budgeting software is highly desirable.
  • Experience handling multiple projects with varying deadlines as well as rapidly changing priorities
Languages:
  • Verbal and written English proficiency.

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