Non-profit and development organisations manage a complex web of restricted and unrestricted funds, multiple donors, and demanding reporting requirements — making grant and fund accounting a specialised, high-stakes discipline. This advanced programme equips senior finance professionals in the NGO and INGO sector to lead grant and fund accounting with rigour, transparency, and compliance.
Designed for an international audience from officer to director level, the programme addresses fund accounting principles, restricted and unrestricted funds, grant lifecycle accounting, multi-donor and multi-currency management, cost allocation and shared costs, and donor financial reporting. It integrates the standards and emerging practice shaping non-profit financial management.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Critically appraise grant and fund accounting
- Apply fund accounting principles
- Manage restricted and unrestricted funds
- Account across the grant lifecycle
- Manage budgets against grants
- Track and report grant expenditure
- Allocate shared and indirect costs
- Manage cost recovery and overheads
- Manage multi-donor and multi-currency funds
- Apply donor financial reporting requirements
- Reconcile funds and grants
- Manage sub-grants and partners financially
- Ensure grant compliance and eligibility
- Prepare for grant audits
- Strengthen non-profit financial controls
- Anticipate emerging trends in non-profit accounting
Course Outline
- Module 1: Grant & Fund Accounting
- Module 2: Fund Accounting Principles
- Module 3: Restricted & Unrestricted Funds
- Module 4: Accounting Across the Grant Lifecycle
- Module 5: Managing Budgets Against Grants
- Module 6: Tracking & Reporting Grant Expenditure
- Module 7: Allocating Shared & Indirect Costs
- Module 8: Cost Recovery & Overheads
- Module 9: Multi-Donor & Multi-Currency Funds
- Module 10: Donor Financial Reporting
- Module 11: Reconciling Funds & Grants
- Module 12: Financial Management of Sub-Grants
- Module 13: Grant Compliance & Eligibility
- Module 14: Preparing for Grant Audits
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Non-Profit Accounting
Who Should Attend
This advanced programme is designed for NGO and INGO finance managers, grant and fund accountants, finance directors, and senior finance officers responsible for grant and fund accounting in the non-profit and development sector internationally.
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