Programme Accountant

Key Responsibilities

Financial Oversight and Grant Management

• Provide comprehensive grant management for donor-funded projects, ensuring full compliance with Trócaire and donor requirements (e.g., FCDO, Irish Aid, ECHO, UN, and other institutional donors).
• Monitor project budgets, expenditures, cash flows, and forecasts using Agresso (Unit4) and Salesforce, ensuring timely adjustments and reallocations as needed.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of financial and donor reports, including variance analyses and narrative justifications.
• Support the development of high-quality proposal budgets in collaboration with programme and BDGM teams.
• Coordinate project audits, maintain the audit tracker, and support programme teams in the implementation of corrective actions.
• Support monthly closure of accounts by preparing batch uploads, reviews, and postings to Agresso.
• Support the management and reporting of Donor Assigned Funds (DAF) and short-term Institutional Funding (IF) grants.
• Conduct monthly reconciliations of budget vs. actuals, advising management on variances and proposing timely corrective actions for underspends or overspends.
• Support Quarterly Country Budget reviews and provide input to the funding status report.
• Ensure Salesforce is updated on the finance side with donor reports, budgets, and audits.
• Perform donor grant reconciliation and close off with assistance from BDGM and HQ finance.
• Ensure participation in grant start-up meetings and provide grant management requirements to the team.

Partner Capacity Strengthening and Oversight

• Together with the programme team, undertake grant start-up meetings for any new grant with a partner.
• Conduct in-depth partner financial capacity assessments and risk profiling using Trócaire's PCAS tools and Minimum Requirements framework.
• Develop and monitor the implementation of tailored capacity-building plans for partners, focused on financial reporting, procurement, internal controls, and governance systems.
• Review and validate partner financial reports, fund requests, and reconciliation statements, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and compliance with donor and organizational requirements.
• Facilitate regular compliance check-ins, mentorship, and peer learning between partners to improve financial stewardship and accountability across the partnership portfolio.

Field Support and Audit Readiness

• Lead field-level financial verifications and spot checks, working directly with partners and field finance staff to resolve identified discrepancies.
• Coordinate preparation for internal and external audits, including drafting audit schedules, assembling supporting documentation, and addressing queries in real time.
• Ensure all audit recommendations are tracked, assigned, and resolved promptly through implementation of management action plans in coordination with partners and internal teams.

Systems and Process Support

• Ensure timely upload of donor and partner budgets into Agresso (Unit4) with correct cost and activity coding, maintaining data integrity in financial and grant systems.
• Lead the organization and facilitation of grant lifecycle processes such as grant inception/kick-off, mid-term reviews, and grant close-out meetings.
• Maintain and update grant documentation and financial records in Salesforce.

Strategic and Cross-functional Collaboration

• Contribute financial insights to strategic planning discussions, programme design sessions, and management meetings.
• Support the Head of Finance with financial analysis, forecasting, and identification of financial trends.
• Liaise with Business Development, MEAL, and Programme teams to ensure proposal budgets are realistic, donor-compliant, and reflective of operational needs.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply directly through Trócaire's job portal via Trocaire on jobs.workable.com.