Project Accountant - Cocoa Community Resilience Programme

About the role

Plan International Ghana is recruiting a Project Accountant for its Cocoa Community Resilience Programme (CCRP), which aims to reduce child labour and strengthen child protection systems in Ghana's cocoa-growing communities across the Central, Western, Western North and Ashanti Regions. The role provides financial management, oversight and accountability for the programme, ensuring resources are managed efficiently and in line with organisational policies, donor requirements and national financial regulations. It is a fixed-term contract (renewable) reporting to the Project Manager, with about 20% travel to project communities and partner locations.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee project budgeting, financial planning, forecasting, expenditure monitoring and reporting, giving timely and accurate financial information to support project decisions.
• Support project partners by reviewing their budgets, financial reports and fund liquidations, ensuring compliance with donor requirements.
• Monitor cash flows, oversee financial transactions and internal controls, and support financial audits and reviews.
• Identify and mitigate financial risks, including those linked to community-managed revolving funds and other partner financial mechanisms.
• Provide follow-up on financial matters and technical support and capacity development to project partners.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics or a related discipline; ACCA, CIMA, CPA or ICA Ghana is a strong advantage.
• Formal training in project financial management, donor compliance and financial reporting.
• At least five years of progressive experience in project or programme finance coordination, preferably in an NGO/INGO or donor-funded multi-partner programme.
• Experience managing donor-funded programme finances and preparing, monitoring and forecasting budgets for large, multi-component projects.
• Hands-on experience with partner financial management, including fund disbursements, liquidations and report reviews.
• Experience overseeing community-based financial mechanisms such as revolving funds, grants or village savings schemes.

Required skills

• Strong financial management, accounting and reporting skills, with good budgetary control and analytical thinking.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Pivot Tables.
• Competence in financial management systems, budgeting tools, spreadsheets and accounting software, particularly SAP.
• Good communication, negotiation, facilitation and influencing skills, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.