Position:
Finance Officer
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
About RI: Relief International (RI) is an international relief and development agency with cross-sectoral programmes bridging relief and development
Duration: 12 monthsLocation: Nairobi, Kenya
About RI: Relief International (RI) is an international relief and development agency with cross-sectoral programmes bridging relief and development
Reports to: Regional Finance Officer
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare purchase
requests, payment vouchers and all supporting documentation as required by
RI accounting procedures
- Prepare Requests
for Funds each month through close coordination with programme and support
staff
- Prepare payroll
and ensure it is effectively and accurately distributed to all staff on a
monthly basis
- Responsible for
payment and reporting of PAYE and other applicable taxes to KRA to ensure
compliance with Kenyan tax regulations
- Enter financial
data into QuickBooks for monthly HQ reporting and ensure submission of the
RI monthly finance report per RI policy
- Ensure all
backup documentation is properly organized and filed for complete
transparency and audit purposes
- Facilitate external
and internal audit, preparing required documentation and following up on
all queries as necessary
- Responsibility
for cash management of Nairobi office, including handling cash, the office
safe and maintaining a petty cash register (after successful completion of
probation period)
- Act as signatory
on all RI Kenya bank accounts and maintain good working relationship with
the bank (after successful completion of probation period)
- Coordinate and
maintain cash forecasting system to ensure that adequate funds are
available to meet monthly working requirements
- Perform
preliminary reviews on donor reports and BVAs prepared by Field Finance
teams
- Assist with
training and capacity-building of Finance team-members in the region
- Take the lead in
budget preparation and monitoring for the Nairobi office; preparing RFFs
when additional funding is required
- Assist Regional
Finance Officer in ensuring that the Regional office is compliant with RI
field accounting and procurement policies and procedures, donor agreements
and audit requirements
- Prepare specific
budgets and expenditure forecasts as and when required by supervisor
- Provide support
on finance issues to East African countries as and when required and
assigned by supervisor
- Any other tasks
as assigned by supervisor
Qualifications
and Experience
This position requires a dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast-paced environment.
This position requires a dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast-paced environment.
- Bachelors degree
in Accountancy, Business Administration, Bachelor of Commerce or equivalent
- Full- or
Part-qualified Chartered Accountant or CPA equivalent highly desirable
- At least 3
years’ experience as a Finance Officer, Accountant or Administrator
- International
NGO experience preferred
- Experience of
QuickBooks accounting package
- Excellent verbal
and written communication
- High level of
computer literacy including, but not limited to proficiency with MS Excel
& MS Word
Application
Procedure
To be considered for this position, please submit a cover letter, resume, salary history, 3 professional supervisory references (whom we may contact after interview) with your date of availability to hrkenya@ri.org.
To be considered for this position, please submit a cover letter, resume, salary history, 3 professional supervisory references (whom we may contact after interview) with your date of availability to hrkenya@ri.org.
Incomplete
applications will not be considered.
The
email subject line must include the following: Finance Officer Nairobi.
