The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in
helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally
displaced people.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has
approximately 4000 committed and competent employees involved in projects
across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest
standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72
hours notice when a crisis occurs
Vacancy: Finance Manager - Kenya
Vacancy: Finance Manager - Kenya
Duty station: Kakuma,
Kenya, with frequent travels to Dadaab and Nairobi.
The NRC Kenya programme is part of
the NRC Horn of Africa & Yemen regional programme. Operations in the region
began in Somaliland in 2004, expanded to Puntland in 2006, South Central in
Somalia and Kenya in 2007.
Since 2011, three more programmes
have been established in the region: Ethiopia, Yemen and Djibouti. Recently the
NRC South Sudan programme was incorporated into the region.
Prioritised activities focus on
shelter and infrastructure construction; water, hygiene and sanitation; emergency
education including youth education; protection; food security and
distribution; and Information, Councelling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) .
The Regional Office is situated in
Kenya (Nairobi), with a country office in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Juba (South
Sudan), Mogadishu (Somalia) and Sanaa (Yemen).
The role of the Finance Manager is
financial management and monitoring of NRC Kenya operations. He/she works
closely with the Programme Director, Area Managers, Programme Managers on
financial and budgetary issues.
Job Description
Financial Management
- Ensure that adequate financial management
routines and systems are in place, and that NRC’s accounting practices and
standards are adhered to, and are in accordance with quality and policy
requirements from NRC, donors, auditors and authorities.
- Maintain overall budget control and monitor
cash flows and expenditures.
- Provide up-to-date analysis and required
reports of the financial situation in the projects and the programme to
the Country Director, Programme Director, Area Managers, Programme
Managers, Project Coordinators and the headquarters (HQ) in Oslo.
- Take the Lead in Budget preparation, Budget
monitoring and Budget Revisions.
- Prepare financial reports to donors.
- Focal point for all audits in Kenya
- Reconcile accounts with NRC HQ in Oslo and NRC
HoA Regional Office on agreed dates.
- Maintain a particular responsibility towards
transparency and accountability within finance.
Training
- Conduct training in financial management and
maintain a supervisory role for the Finance team.
- Conduct training in financial management for
NRC’s Project Managers, Coordinators and other relevant personnel.
Personnel Management
- Management of staff reporting directly to the
FM
- Technical supervisory role for all the finance
staff in Kenya
- Identify the capacity building needs for all
the finance staff in Kenya and ensure those relevant trainings are
conducted.
Other duties
- Assist with any other duties assigned by the
Regional Finance Director, as and when required.
Qualifications
- Relevant university degree, preferably
business administration/financial management OR other relevant educational
background combined with relevant professional experience.
- Experience from accounting and management may
compensate for lack of formal education.
- Solid experience of work with windows based
computer software, and modern accounting-systems
- Ability to plan for different sets of
scenarios in relation to budgets and plans
- Proven skills and experience in report writing
- Understanding of issues in complex emergencies
and crisis contexts
- Strong communication, interpersonal,
analytical and negotiation skills
- Political and cultural awareness and
experience of working where insecurity is a major issue
- Fluency in the English language, both written
and verbal
- Holder of a valid and clean international
driver’s licence
Personal Qualities
- Ability to work with stress and under
pressure, independently and with limited supervision
- Ability and willingness to work and live under
difficult circumstances
- Willingness to travel to all areas of the
country/region where the programme is implemented, on a regular basis
- Knowledge of Kenya and/or the region
- Proficiency in the English language .
We Offer
- Commencement: ASAP
- Contract period: 16 months
- Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general
directions and free housing of moderate standard. Please note that tax
fees may occur for some countries.
- Duty station: Kakuma, Kenya, with frequent
travels to Dadaab and Nairobi.
Application procedures and CV
registration: Please note that you are required to
enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while
registering your CV. T
here is no specific field for this
information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field
for both company and location.
How to apply:
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How to apply:
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