Finance Officer – Grants Compliance

Landscape Alliance is a collaborative initiative formed by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF). Established in 2025, the organization focuses on environmental conservation through research and sustainable land management practices.

The Finance Officer – Grants Compliance at Landscape Alliance plays a crucial role in upholding donor compliance, ensuring audit readiness, and meticulously managing grant documentation. This position offers essential operational support for audit procedures, grant-related paperwork, and compliance oversight, thereby strengthening the organization's overall audit preparedness. By fulfilling these functions, the officer contributes significantly to enhancing donor compliance, organizational accountability, improving audit readiness, better documentation practices, fostering continuous learning, and promoting consistent compliance standards across all teams.

1. Conduct pre-audits, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions to ensure audit readiness.
2. Lead and execute legacy audits, liaising with auditors and providing necessary documentation.
3. Monitor and respond to auditor comments and queries, coordinating meetings with stakeholders.
4. Prepare reports detailing lessons learned and recommendations from audit processes.
5. Assist the Assistant Manager, Grants Compliance with grant-related queries, risk assessment, and policy updates.
6. Maintain and ensure compliance with Grants SharePoint guidelines for project documentation.
7. Review and monitor country SharePoint folders for completeness and updates.
8. Create internal guidelines for partner supporting documents, defining mandatory requirements.
9. Develop a centralized Knowledge Hub for donor rules, requirements, and audit findings.
10. Compile lessons learned from ended grants and prepare guidance notes for internal reference.
11. Train Budgeting, PMU, Procurement, and Grants Teams on donor agreements and compliance.
12. Review new grants monthly, preparing compliance summaries for relevant teams.
13. Collaborate with PMU to develop and implement partner financial monitoring tools.
14. Conduct onboarding and recurring training for staff on FSU grants team functions and donor financial rules.
15. Monitor the end-to-end invoicing cycle across grants, ensuring timely submission and tracking.
16. Develop a tracking mechanism for invoice status, resolving delays, and supporting cash flow planning.
17. Perform any other tasks assigned by the Assistant Manager, Grants Compliance Reporting, Finance Manager Grants, Compliance, or Chief Finance & Operations Officer related to institutional Grants Compliance.

1. Bachelor's Degree in accounting or audit.
2. At least 5 years of relevant work experience, preferably with an international organization, with progressive responsibility in audits, project management, and/or operations.
3. Demonstrated experience in financial, accounting, and auditing services.
4. Experience in audit, compliance, or risk management.
5. Familiarity with ERP systems; experience with Agresso Unit 4 and Vision XL is an advantage.