Internship Opportunity: Accountant
The African Population and
Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international non-profit, non-
governmental organization that carries out high quality, policy relevant
research on population, health and education issues facing sub-Saharan
Africa.
The Center seeks engage an
intern to be attached to the finance department for an initial period of three
months.
Responsibilities
- Provide
support to project staff by ensuring cost effective utilization of
resources;
- Monitor
project expenditure to ensure they are in line with donors’ agreements.
Prepare donor financial reports;
- Monitor
projects expenditure against the budgets and provide frequent feedback to
the project managers and project staff on budget matters;
- Review field
imprest / staff travel advance to ensure adherence to set procedures;
- Review partner
institutions’ expenditure accounting and prepare funds disbursements;
- Participate in
preparing budgets and other administrative sections;
- Prepare for
project audits by continuously reviewing accounts for accuracy and provide
support to auditors during project financial audits;
- Process
payments and funds transfer;
- Ensure proper
records management and compliance with internal and external requirements.
Qualifications and Skills
- Must have
graduated within the last six month - period of the advert. (CPA (K), ACCA
- Excellent skills
in Ms Excel and familiarity with accounting software, preferably Navision
(MS Dynamics);
- Ability to
meet strict deadlines.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are
encouraged to apply through our recruitment portal http://hrs.aphrc.org by
August 24, 2017.
The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center, Inc
APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru
P. O. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi
African Population and Health Research Center, Inc
APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru
P. O. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi
Website: www.aphrc.org