Ananda Marga Universal Relief
Team (AMURT) is a voluntary charitable non governmental organization,
registered in Kenya as a non-profit organization in 1993.
The AJIRI DADA Project
(ADAP), is a recent award to AMURT under the Dreams Innovation Challenge. The
project targets to keep adolescent girls and young women HIV negative by providing
bridge to employment.
The project seeks to fill the
following vacant position:
Project Accountant
Responsibilities
- The project
accountant will support the Finance and Grants Manager by directly
supporting to provide financial reviews as well as monthly/ quarterly
partner’s expenditure from the program.
- S/he will
support capacity building on financial compliance to the project staff.
- compile
financial documents to ensure compliance.
- Responsible for
project stock and asset management.
- S/he will
prepare and submit timely partner reports based on program activities.
- Analyze
expenditure and provide budget reviews.
- S/he will
support to project manager by providing monthly budget updates.
- The accountant
will support AMURT Finance and grants manager in facilitating the project
audit.
- Facilitate the
finance manager and project team with budget preparation.
- Maintain the
project transactions and bank reconciliations.
- Ensure project
staff payroll is maintained in compliance with the statutory requirements.
S/he will also be required to
carry out any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in commerce/ accounting with 5 years of experience in project
accounting.
- Must be a
certified accountant for the last three years.
- Knowledge and
experience working in donor funded projects.
- Strong writing
and communication skills.
- Evidence of
previous generation of quality and timely project financial reports.
- High level of
integrity, values, ethics and competence.
- Demonstrate
high level of creativity, innovation and analytical thinking.
- Knowledge in
donor compliant, budget reviews and analysis.
How to Apply
All applicants should email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 21st October 2016 by COB.
All applicants should email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 21st October 2016 by COB.
Only short listed candidates
will be contacted.
Canvassing will result into
automatic disqualification.