Job title: Finance Officer
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Supervisor/Manager
title: Finance Manager
Department: Finance and
Support Services
Job Grade 3: Location:
Nairobi
The jobholder is
responsible for ensuring timely, efficient and effective processing of
accounting and financial management transactions of the Trust. In addition, the
Finance officer will support the management in implementing the finance and
accounting strategies, internal controls and enforcement of policies,
procedures as well as generation of information for decision making.
Responsibilities
- Undertaking proper maintenance of finance and
accounting records of the trust and ensuring their
- Preparation and processing of disbursements to
partners, timely payment for supplies and services as well as management
of supplier
- Support management on smooth operationalization of
Uraia Trust internal controls, cost control and enforcement of policies
and
- Journalising and Posting of approved day to day
transactions to accounting ledgers and ensuring timely updating of transactions
in the computerised accounting
- Ensure timely preparation and remittance of
statutory payments and
- Assist and support management in preparation and
facilitation for statutory and project
- Processing of petty cash reimbursements and any
other cash float requirements g. Travels, workshops etc.
- Timely preparation of bank reconciliation
statements and funds flow management as well as proper filing for relevant
bank
- Undertake receipting of remittance of funds and
incomes and timely
- Close supervision and monitoring of staff personal
- Assist in Production of regular budgetary, donor
and work plan implementation progress
- Assist management in regular monitoring of
financial transactions and obligations against budget and grant
- Support the finance and programme team in partner
grant management
- Maintenance and timely updating of the fixed
assets register
- Perform any other duty as may be assigned to you
by your supervisor or Head of department.
Qualifications
- Holder of Bachelor’s degree in business
management, Commerce, Finance or related discipline from a recognized
University and professional accountancy training with minimum attain ment
of CPA part
- Those with full professional accountancy
certification and higher level diploma with relevant vast experience may
be
- Additional relevant training and qualifications in
financial management and donor reporting will be an added
- Minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience 3 of
which must be in project/grants accounting.
- Demonstrated work experience in computerized
accounting is essential. Those with competence in Navision financial
software will be
- Planning, organizing and coordination skills
- Record Management skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Excellent presentation, oral and written
communication skills
- Quality orientation skills
How to apply
If you believe your
career objectives match these exciting positions, please forward your
application letter and detailed CV by email on or before 4th September 2020 stating your expected
salary and contact details. The subject of the application email and letter
should indicate the position you are applying for including its reference
number and be addressed to:
The Human Resources Unit,
Uraia Trust,
P O Box 28151-00100, NAIROBI.
E-
Mail: jobs@uraia.or.ke
Please note that due to
the anticipated large number of applications only shortlisted candidates will
be contacted for interview. Applicants are encouraged to apply by email address
provided above only. In addition, canvassing by interested applicants is not
encouraged and therefore any form of canvassing will lead to automatic
disqualification.