REPORTING TO: Chief of Party
LOCATION: Coast Region
FAM/LVCT/08/2021
Job Purpose
The Finance & Admin Manager will
establish and maintain sound financial management practices and ensure the
Organization’s compliance with LVCT Health and Donor procedures, rules and
regulations.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Provide leadership to finance and operations
aspects of the organization, including general administrative processes,
financial management, sub award management, accounting and logistics.
- Establish and maintain sound and transparent
accounting and fiscal control procedures for financial, sub award and
operations aspects of project.
- Ensure compliance of financial and operations
systems with LVCT Health policies and procedures, Donor rules and
regulation, award requirements, and Government of Kenyan laws.
- Develop, analyze and monitor program budgets;
monitor and track obligations and expenditures against budgets.
- Manage project procurement processes.
- Advise senior leadership regularly on financial
and operations–related matters.
- Provide technical assistance, as needed, to local
partners on financial compliance and reporting.
- Prepare and submit annual, quarterly and any ad
hoc financial and accrual reports to Donors.
- Contribute to the development of high –quality
work plans, quarterly and annual reports, financial reports and any other
reports required by Donors.
- Liaise with Internal Audit & Compliance
Manager and external auditors in the review of project financial
management.
- Supervise other project–based administrative,
finance, procurement, administrative and contract & grants staff.
Required Skills &
Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance
or related field relevant to the position requirements.
- Professional certification (CPA) is a requirement
and a member of ICPAK.
- At least 7 years of experience in financial
management for large complex projects, of which at least five years were
working in the field of international development.
- At least 3 years of experience working with USAID
contract mechanisms
- Proven track record in operations leadership.
- Highly innovative and motivated organizational
leader.
Required Competencies
- The ideal candidate will either be proficient or
advanced in the following set of competencies, specific to this position’s
level of Executive Management:
- Collaboration – ability to develop networks, build
alliances, and collaborate across boundaries to build strategic
relationships and achieve common goals.
- Creativity/innovation – ability to develop new
insights into situations, question conventional approaches, encourage new
ideas and innovations, and design and implement new or cutting edge
programs/processes.
- Influencing/negotiating – ability to persuade
others, build consensus through give and take, and gain cooperation from
others to obtain information and accomplish goals.
- Managing people – ability to build and manage
workforce based on organization goals, budget, considerations, and staff
needs.
How
To Apply
Interested and qualified
candidates are invited to submit their applications and CV along with a cover
letter expressing interest and indicating Salary history and expectations
to recruitment@lvcthealth.org. The position
applied for and reference number should be clearly indicated on the subject
line and cover letter.
The closing date is 19
August, 2021 Only short listed candidates will be
contacted. .
LVCT Health is an equal opportunity employer but female candidates are highly
encouraged to apply. Please visit our website http://www.lvcthealth.org/ for
more information about the organization.
LVCT Health DOES NOT CHARGE any fee whatsoever in any part of the recruitment
process.