Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
Project Accountant
Workplace: Kakuma
– Kenya
Contract type: National
contract
Background: The
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been providing relief and development services
in the Horn of Africa since 1997.
Using a protection of human rights
framework, DRC has mainly focused on Somalis who are displaced by conflict.
Programmes include protection, livelihoods, food and NFI distribution, water
and sanitation, and advocacy amongst others.
Currently there is over 150 DRC staff
in the region. The last 2 years have seen some growth in programme size, but
primarily there has been a growth in the number of support and management
functions demanded and required by the programme offices, in order to maintain
quality and accountability.
Purpose: The
purpose of the project accountant position is to support in managing and
coordinating all financial aspects of the program to ensure there is optimal
compliance with contract obligations.
In order to achieve this, the project
accountant, shall support the interpretation and enforcement of all contract
obligations in sub recipient contracts, provide on continuous support,
supervision and advice to sub recipients to comply with standard contract
clauses to enhance compliance.
The project accountant shall support
the finance and admin coordinator in developing grants portfolio performance
reports with a view to monitoring and ensuring that DRC, donor and sub-grants
budgets are effectively and timely utilized as per program work plan and
targets, review sub recipients financial reports submitted against program
targets and sub reciepient contract provisions in consultation with relevant
program staffs.
The project accountant will be
directly involved on day to day operations of Kakuma finance unit under the
supervision of Finance and Administration Coordinator.
Key Responsibilities
Sub grantees Management
·
Management of sub grantees by
ensuring financial reports are received on time as per specific contracts and
properly filed for future reference, reviewing financial reports and support
documents, follow up on any matters arising from received documentation.
·
Play a supporting role in Grant Kick
off and Close-Out meetings, as well as in general grant management meetings.
·
Monitor partners budget absorption to
ensure accurate tracking of implementation, progress and timely alerts to
potential challenges/obstacles
·
Ensure comprehensive grant files are
maintained up to date
·
Tracking of funds disbursements from
donors and to partners
·
Act as a liaison with the various
implementing partners on financial and compliance issues
·
Provide standard reporting templates
to partners
·
Consolidation of partner’s financial
reports and reconciliation to DRC financial reports (BFU).
·
Coordinate all internal, external
grant review and audit processes to partners
·
Finance operations
·
Maintain cashbooks as recommended and
ensure timely submission to DRC Country Office
·
Monitor petty cash and conduct weekly
cash counts.
·
Ensure cash counts are at least done
once per week and at the end of each month before closing cashbooks.
·
Monitor cash-flow and ensure timely
Kakuma programmes cash requests to Country Office
·
Ensure that there are proper
supporting documents for all the transactions.
·
Ensure costs are shared fairly,
transparently and consistently according to DRC and donor policies.
·
Ensure timely payment of salaries,
suppliers, partners, etc.
·
Supervise the submission of financial
scanned vouchers to Country Office
·
Monitor liability control accounts on
monthly basis and ensure timely clearance of any outstanding balances.
·
Preparation of quality financial
reports and submission to Country Office for approval before submitting to the
donor on timely basis.
·
Ensure that accurate financial
information is provided for purpose of planning, budget development and
expenditure controls.
Qualifications Required
·
Bachelor of Commerce
(Finance/Accounting option); Business management qualification such as CPA,
ACCA or equivalent is an added advantage
·
At least 4 years’ relevant experience
in a similar role.
·
Experience working with NGOs and
donor-funded projects
·
Experience in working in a consortium
and with implementing partners
·
Demonstrated experience in capacity
building and mentoring.
·
Fluent in written and spoken English.
·
Excellent interpersonal and teamwork
skills, working with different groups and nationalities.
·
Good knowledge of excel and other
analytical tools
Essential Competencies:
·
Excellent interpersonal and teamwork
skills, working with different groups, partners and nationalities.
·
Strong initiative and self-motivated,
with a strong commitment to teamwork and humanitarian principles.
·
Flexible, enthusiastic and
willingness to learn from others.
·
Ability to multi-task and cope with
competing demands under tight deadlines.
·
Identify priority activities and
assignments, adjust priorities as required.
·
Ability to establish and maintain
good working relationships in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and
multi-disciplinary environment.
Position Description
Start of Contract: February 2017
Duration: 15
Months (3 month probation)
Reports to: Project
Coordinator
Local candidates strongly encouraged
to apply
General
Commitments: DRC
has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global
accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the
achievement of this framework (http://www.drc.dk/HAF.4265.0.html).
All DRC staff must be committed to the Red Cross Code of Conduct, as well as
the Core Humanitarian Standards.
Posting details: This position is field based and a non-family duty
station. Kakuma lies at Safety Level 3.
Application Details:
Qualified candidates are invited to
submit their applications which should include a 1-page cover letter clearly
stating their motivation and qualifications and a CV.
Applications should include contact
details of three professional referees who have supervised the candidate in the
last five years. One referee must be the applicant’s most recent manager. Only
applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required
qualifications will be considered.
We
only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.ngo under
Vacancies or CLICK HERE to apply directly. Applications should
be sent no later than: 26th January, 2017.
If you have questions or are facing
problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk
Danish Refugee Council does not
charge any kind of fee at any stage of the recruitment process nor does it use
recruitment agents.
Danish
Demining Group (DDG) is widely recognised as provider of efficient and
community-oriented solutions to human security problems caused by landmines and
other explosive remnants of war as well as small arms and light weapons.
DDG
is part of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), which is a humanitarian,
non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in 1956 that works in more
than 35 countries throughout the world. We are the largest humanitarian NGO in
Denmark and consistently ranked as one of the world’s best NGOs according to
Global_Geneva.
We
fulfil our mandate by providing direct assistance to conflict-affected
populations – refugees, internally displaced people and host communities in the
conflict areas of the world. We also advocate on behalf of conflict-affected
populations globally on the basis of humanitarian principles and the Human
Rights Declaration. Our work and long-term strategies are guided by our five
core values: Humanitarian approach – Respect – Independence & neutrality –
Inclusion – Honesty & transparency.
You
can read more about our vision and work on drc.ngo.
