Closing date: November 15, 2020
Vacancy:
Accounts Officer (100 %)
Embassy of Switzerland in Kenya
As the official representation of Switzerland, the Embassy covers all matters concerning diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Kenya, as well as Switzerland and Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda. It represents Swiss interests in the areas of political, economic and financial affairs, science, education and culture. It delivers consular services to citizens of Switzerland and other countries. It implements the cooperation strategy for the Horn of Africa.
For the Operations Management Division, responsible for Finance, Personnel
and Administration of the Embassy, we are looking for a fulltime
Accounts Officer (Monday to Friday).
The Accounts Officer (AcO) is responsible for the daily entries in the
accounting system and the timely/correct payments of the Embassy. He/she
follows IPSAS, IFRS, ISA and GAAP, local law and other internal FDFA
instructions. He/she assures a correct handling of all global budget contracts
in our internal system ESPRIT and works closely with all his/her internal and
external counterparts.
He/she also performs administrative tasks and reports directly to the
Senior Finance Officer.
Main
Tasks:
· Initiates and processes journal entries in the accounting software
Vision+;
· Prepares monthly reconciliations of bank accounts, cash checks, general
and related sub-ledger accounts and honorary consulate accounts;
· Prepares periodic financial reports including monthly and yearly accounts
closure in Vision+;
· Payment of invoices/bills in a timely manner and manages key vendor
relationships;
· Reviews invoices for VAT/Excise Duty exemption application;
· Enters and manages contracts in ESPRIT;
· Monitors all active rental contracts.
Academic
qualifications / Professional experience:
· Bachelors’ degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field;
· Minimum of 3-year post qualification experience in accounting or
financial related field;
· Professional Accountancy Qualification CPA or ACCA;
· Perfectly fluent in English language, written and spoken,
· Knowledge of a Swiss national language an asset;
· Excellent computer skills (MS Office, especially Excel, SAP and other
accounting software);
· Working experience in an embassy or an international organizations is an
added advantage.
Required
skills:
· Highly motivated, committed and able to work in a team;
· Ability to deal effectively and in a diplomatic manner at all levels;
· Ability to work independently and under pressure and with minimal
supervision;
· High degree of adaptability and capacity to learn;
· Good communication skills and interpersonal skills;
· Precise, dynamic and high level of integrity and loyalty;
· Strong service and customer orientation.
How to
Apply
Modalities of employment and
application:
· Duty station is
Nairobi.
· Application deadline
is 15th November 2020.
· Applicants should
include a letter of motivation (maximum 1 page), a CV (maximum 3 pages) and 2
references related to previous work experience.
· Applications have to
be sent to nairobi.vacancy@eda.admin.ch
· Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted.
· Start date: as soon as
possible
Note: Please be advised
that the Embassy of Switzerland does not charge any fees from applicants for
any recruitment, nor has it engaged a third party to facilitate this hire.
Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
