Closing date: August 2, 2021
Duration of the contract: 1 year (renewable)
Expected Staring Date: 15th August 2021**
Place of deployment: Nairobi with regular missions in the field as needed**
Name of the Project: Action to Relaunch Agriculture and Branding Internationalization of Kenya Coffee, in and out of Africa
The Organization:
CEFA
(The European Committee for Training and Agriculture) is an Italian
Non-Governmental Organization established in 1972 and active in 10 Countries in
Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. CEFA’s medium and long-term
interventions in agricultural, environmental and Human Rights sector are
focused on the sustainable development of the communities, achieved by
involving local counterparts and by promoting the active participation of the
beneficiaries.
Objective of the position:
CEFA
is implementing a 3 years project funded by AICS (Italian Agency for
Development Cooperation) on the coffee supply chain to support quality
improvement, capacity and management of cooperatives as well as marketing of
the final product. We thus require a project accountant to support CEFA in
financial and reporting throughout the life of the ARABIKA project.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The
Project Accountant will be responsible for the day-to-day cash management,
transaction recording, and accounting system updating on a daily basis, and for
ensuring correctness of support documentation for the ARABIKA project. He/she
will report to the Program Administrator (PA) and collaborate with the Project
Manager (PM) for all financial and accounting-related activities.
Detailed Responsibilities:
– Record
all transactions into the accounting system while ensuring proper coding as
assigned and exhaustive description of all the expenses;
- Ensure that monthly accounting documents from the
field locations are received in Nairobi within the set date of each month,
and are verified, recorded and properly filed;
- Prepare and process all project related financial
transactions into CEFA’s Accounting System (such as vouchers,
requisitions, etc.);
- Support the PA and PM in maintaining monthly bank
and cash reconciliations and ensuring the trial balances are reconciled
every month;
- Comply with CEFA financial system and help staff to
understand and work with them as needed;
- Provide support in all other financial matters in
collaboration with the PA and PM;
- Support the PM to manage and account for day-to-day
cash inflows and outflows ensuring proper systems and procedures;
- Preparation of payrolls and statutory deductions, in
line with CEFA internal policies and local norms and legislations;
- Management and disbursement of petty cash, in line
with CEFA’s internal policies and procedures and in coordination with the
PA and with the PM;
- Ensure operations adhere to CEFA’s and the donor’s
internal policies and regulations;
- Maintain an up to date Inventory register for the
project and ensure all assets are properly tagged.
- Ensure timely payment of all statutory taxes to the
relevant national authority/institution;
- Ensure that all administrative and financial records
are properly kept and filed based on;
- Ensure monthly PIT/withholding remittance to the
Authority within the set time frame at all times;
- Facilitate all audit processes availing documents as
needed;
- When needed, handle logistical requests for the
project;
Key Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in finance, Accounting or
Economics;
- Minimum of two years of work experience as an
Accountant with international NGOs;
- Honest and of high integrity;
- Familiarity with MS Words, MS Excel required,
Outlook. Familiarity with computerized Accounting packages will be a
definite added advantage
- Accurate and precise work style;
- Ability to use own initiative and to work with
minimal supervision.
Application Procedure:
Interested applications
can submit updated CV, cover letter and contact details of at least 3
professional references to the following email: vacancies@cefakenya.com
Please note that salary
range is between 80,000 KES and 87,000 KES, based on qualifications and
experience (it includes medical cover and gratuity + all other provisions by
law)
Closing date: 2nd August
2021 **