Delia Chinodzama

Financial coordination:

• Daily recording of transactions
• Monthly reconciliation and close of accounts
• Financial planning and forecasting
• Price modelling and adjustments of course prices

Administration

• Booking and preparations for in-person trainings and workshops
• Communications with trainees and other relevant stakeholders
• Coordination of events and managing payments
• Preparation for monthly in-person meetings
• Preparation of certificates post trainings

Bookkeeping

• Processing daily payment requests and banking
• Daily posting on Accounting System,
• Documentation checks, verifying supporting documents, and systematic filing of daily transactions
• Accurate transaction coding, vouchering, and stamping.

Budgeting

• Budget creation in line with approved project proposals and donor requirements
• Budget reviewing and monitoring, highlighting areas with financial risks in line with donor policy requirements and bank balances
• Variance analysis on accounts, noting, reconciling, and reporting on discrepancies found in records
• Budget utilization analysis and reporting on them timeously

Accounting

• Maintaining cash books and performing monthly bank reconciliations for 12 bank accounts
• Preparation of monthly financial statements
• Ensuring timely and accurate monthly close of accounts and producing donor reports according to contractual reporting agreements
• Policy checks on expenditure and matching expenditures with budget lines and bank balances
• Assisting the Finance Manager in 5 cycles of annual audit processes
• Petty cash management

Grant Management

• Strict implementation of donor regulations according to contractual agreements
• Follow-up duties and verifying travel reimbursements of project funds by programs officers, checking all supporting documentation, as well as adherence to internal control procedures
• Preparation and circulation of monthly expenditure reports for discussion of project performance with the Head of Programs
• Timely preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual reports according to reporting requirements
• Preparation for donor spot checks, monitoring and assurance visits, and micro assessments.

Other Duties

• Periodic training of staff and new employees on financial policies procedures and to ensure policy compliance
• Performing checks and verifications on asset procurement documents
• Asset register updating, coding, and verification
• Assuming duty in the absence of the Finance Manager
• Prompt and efficient execution of any other tasks assigned.

The Master of Commerce Degree in Development Finance offered by the Development Finance Centre (DEFIC) is designed to build capacity on how to design innovative financial instruments and the approaches to incorporating responsible investment strategies in the allocation of funds for impact and sustainability. It is designed to equip professionals with the skills to design financial instruments and investment strategies for sustainable growth, focusing on mobilizing and structuring finance for impactful projects in developing economies.