Title: Finance Assistant
Location: Nairobi
Job description
To support in provision
of sound financial and grants management to the department as part of AMURT’s
execution of its mandate to partners.
Responsibilities
- Receipt
of cash and cheques and acknowledgement of funds using AMURT’s accounting
systems.
- Receipt
of invoices and processing of payments using AMURT’s accounting systems.
- Management
of office petty cash, its replenishment, charging to various use projects
and staff Imp rests for trips and cash for office usage.
- Receipt
of requests from the filed-on activities for support, arrange them
appropriately, verify completeness of the documentation and accuracy of
the reports and give feedback to the respective finance officers for
action.
- Maintaining
records on all incoming invoices, cheques dispatched and assets movement
to ensure accuracy, completeness and traceability are duly complied to as
stipulated in the finance manual.
- Filling
of accounting documents in line with the accounting recording and system
codes.
- Support
the SFO where called upon to support in processing the organization
payroll and management of 3rd party
obligations i.e. HELB, NHIF and NSSF using a payroll software availed in
the organization.
- Preparing
and submitting of statutory returns as per requirement both in
documentation and within the stipulated legal times both for the month and
annual returns.
- Support
project accountants in cash books maintenance, bank reconciliations and
preparation of the monthly report.
- Support
in preparation of budgets and cash flow statements both for implementing
projects and HQ when called upon to do so.
- Support
in Logistics planning on activities, finances, and other related areas
concerning implementation and reporting of projects.
- Support
the finance and Admin office in assets verification both at the HQ and
field level.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in commerce/ accounting with 3 years of experience in project
accounting.
- Must
be a certified accountant for the last three years.
- Knowledge
and experience working in donor funded projects.
- Strong
writing and communication skills.
- Evidence
of previous generation of quality and timely project financial reports.
- High
level of integrity, values, ethics and competence.
- Demonstrate
high level of creativity, innovation and analytical thinking.
- Knowledge
in donor compliant, budget reviews and analysis.
How
to Apply
All applicants should
urgently email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant
testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org indicating
current and expected Salary. Candidates should clearly indicate the position
applied for and its Reference number FINANCE /ASST /O7/2021 as the email
subject. Interview will be done on a rolling basis and Only short listed
candidates will be contacted. Canvassing will result to automatic
disqualification.
