Opportunity International

The Grants Accountant will oversee the financial management of grants within our Agriculture Finance (AgFinance) program. This role ensures accurate coding, monitoring, and reporting of grant-related expenditures in alignment with donor requirements and organizational standards. The role will support the development of proposal budgets, prepare internal and donor-facing financial reports, and ensure the alignment of grant budgets with the broader AgFinance budget. The role is ideal for a mission-driven professional with a strong background in donor financial compliance, grant reporting, and stakeholder coordination.

RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Grant Expense Tracking & Monitoring

• Review and provide coding guidance to ensure accurate allocation of grant and operational expenses.
• Verify that expenditures comply with both internal policies and donor-specific regulations.
• Maintain complete and organized documentation of grant-related financial transactions.
• Support staff with timely and compliant expense submissions, payments, and reconciliations.
• Track and manage funds transfers to subrecipients and grants to external parties.

Financial Reporting and Compliance

• Prepare monthly financial reports including budget vs. actuals, variance analysis, cash flow, and forecasts.
• Collaborate with the Finance team to record journal entries and adjust budget lines as needed.
• Maintain and update the AgFinance Available Funding Report to track restricted funding on a monthly basis.
• Prepare quarterly (or donor-required) financial reports to ensure audit-readiness and accuracy.
• Train program and field teams on financial compliance requirements.
• Participate in internal and external audits, as well as donor monitoring visits.
• Oversee and monitor subrecipient financial management, including assessing partner capabilities, tracking expenditures, or conducting monitoring reviews.

Proposal Budget Development and Support

• Collaborate with Business Development and Philanthropy teams to draft and review cost proposals.
• Align budget proposals with both donor guidelines and programmatic goals.
• Develop tools and templates to support activity-based budgeting and costing.

Financial Reconciliation and Oversight

• Reconcile restricted funding reports with actual expenditures and program budget forecasts.
• Ensure that expenses are properly attributed to the relevant grants or funding sources.
• Flag discrepancies or funding gaps to Finance and program leadership.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required. BS/BA in Accounting, Finance, or Economics or related degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in financial grant management, experience with institutional (USAID, BMZ, GAC) or corporate funders preferred.
• Experience with accounting software required (preferred experiences with Financial Edge, Sun Systems are an advantage)
• Proficient in Microsoft 365, with strong Excel skills required
• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and accuracy.
• Passionate about Opportunity International’s mission to end poverty through financial inclusion and education.

LANGUAGE AND TRAVEL

• Fluent English required; knowledge of one or more local languages preferred.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time.

ABOUT AGFINANCE

Opportunity’s AgFinance model is structured to bring scalable and high-impact loans and training to rural families living in poverty to build thriving rural communities. AgFinance accomplishes this by building relationships with financial institutions to support the provision of tailored agricultural credit products and services to smallholders and agribusinesses while providing technology-enabled training and services directly to farmers. Learn more at agfin.org.

ABOUT OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL

Opportunity International is a global non-profit that has been equipping people to build sustainable livelihoods and educate their children for 54 years. Opportunity provides 21 million families with innovative financial resources, training, and support to grow their small businesses and send their children to school. In 2024, Opportunity International and its partners helped fund 19,000 schools that reached 3.4 million children. We respond to Jesus Christ's call to love and serve people living in poverty. We seek to emulate the Good Samaritan, whose compassion crossed ethnic groups and religions. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Discover more at opportunity.org or join the conversation on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

CHILD PROTECTION COMMITMENT

Opportunity believes that all children have a right to protection from any form of abuse regardless of gender, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, or ability. Opportunity operates in line with international best practices for child protection and recognizes its responsibility to ensure that all employees. This policy applies to anyone acting on behalf of Opportunity or is involved in its programs in any capacity. All employees are subject to background checks, which include criminal checks and sex offender list checks, as allowed by local law.