Readvertisement: Grant Finance and Compliance Officer

WCS PNG seeks an experienced Grant Finance and Compliance Officer to provide support for the Finance/Grant Management team to strengthen their budgeting, grants reporting and monitoring, and work closely with the program/ project implementation team to enhance capacity on Donor compliance.

A full-time position, it is based at the Headquarters in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province.

Role Summary:

Compliance management

• Support the Grant Finance and Compliance Coordinator to ensure that all WCS offices in PNG use and comply with WCS and donor guidelines and policies
• Ensure Grants budget has required match as per grants regulations and agreements with donor
• Support the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) Solwara na Graun Blo Pipol (SONG) project in general admin management aspects, its donor compliances and policies.

Grants development and management

• Assist and support the Grant Finance and Compliance Coordinator in the development and management of overall grant activities, including project budget proposal development.
• Assist in preparing financial-related reports according to WCS and donor requirements.
• In conjunction with program managers/sector managers, prepare/revise grants budgets
• Ensure accuracy allocation of grant expenses, in particular the AFD SONG project.
• Assist in preparing and analyzing grant financial reports and initiate any corrections as necessary.

Monitoring

• Conduct monitoring visits to WCS field/ Partners offices and follow-up on corrective actions taken as required
• Assist in reviewing financial reports submitted by Partners and ensure compliance with donor requirements as well as WCS policy and procedures.
• Ensure that payments made adhere to established and agreed upon WCS and donor’s policies and procedures
• Assist in reviewing and ensuring the cost allocation for the grant’s projects considering the donor’s limit.
• Assist in ensuring time and effort reports are prepared, signed and filed as required. Specifically, those related to salary and benefits charged to grants funded projects (including AFD funded projects).
• Assist in grants tracker updates.
• Support in the audit process – internal, external, donor audit

Position Criteria:

Education/Credentials

• A degree in accounting / Business Administration or qualification from a recognized professional accounting body (CA/ACCA)

Experience

• At least 3 years experience in accounting and grants finance management experience in similar business entities as WCS.
• Accounting system experience in SAP and Citrix will be an advantage.
• Prior experience in supporting financial report and ensuring compliance for multiple donors is highly desirable.
• Experience in managing sub-grants or sub-awards is an added advantage.

Critical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Preferably familiar with requirements of different donors/funding agencies.
• Good knowledge of accounting system.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint etc.
• Require knowledge of financial systems, internal controls and procedures
• Able to work and interact with diverse groups of people
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
• Being a self-starter with drives and initiative and able to work as a team/individual with a positive attitude and open minded
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• Excellent communication and high confidence level
• Considerate and deliberate in dealing with people and managing conflict
• Ability to work with less supervision and under pressure
• Excellent multi-tasking, organized and follow-up skills,

Job Descriptions are available on request. Please provide a cover letter addressing all the position criteria listed and an up-to-date curriculum vitae with professional references by email to [email protected] All electronic files must have the applicant’s name clearly labelled in the subject line. Previous applicants need not apply.

Applications Close: Thursday, 9 October 2025 at 5pm