Accountant
Purpose of Position
To promote Grants
financial stewardship, accountability, reliability and accuracy of financial
reports as well as implement financial policies. The role is required to
safeguard assets and ensures compliance to donor regulations.
Major Responsibilities
Budget Monitoring 25%
- Help Project staff in linking Grant Budget to
Grant Work-plans, so that the activities to be undertaken in the projects
matches to the budget
- Ensure strict adherence to the approved budgets.
- Monitor and review activities to ensure that only
budgeted costs have been incurred
Financial Reporting
20%
- Preparation of timely and accurate financial
reports for submission to support offices, donors and management as
required.
- Prepare and submit timely, accurate and complete
grants financial reports
- Load grants reports in FFR database
- Prepare management reports for decision making
purposes
- Support and participate in year- end processes
Monitoring &
Compliance 20%
- Monitor Project expenses against the approved
budget.
- Reconcile LDRs with payroll for the project staff
under grants.
- Ensure donor regulations are adhered to for the
assigned projects.
- Perform Vendor screening
- Support and coordinate grants end closure
processes
Risk Management 20%
- Facilitate audit process for assigned grants both
internal and external audits
- Provide relevant information for audit responses
- Follow up on implementation of audit
recommendations
- Review grants PRFs for budget availability and
proper coding
- Provide and maintain grants financial information
for safe custody and access
- Ensure assets purchased through donor funds are
properly utilized and safe guarded
Administration 10%
- Attend program technical meetings and give feedback
and updates on financial aspect of the assigned grants.
- Ensure good storage of financial reports and
records in line with the WVK and donor requirements
- Ensure all copies of final signed Grant agreements
documents between donors and WVK is available on file
- Any other Duty assigned by supervisor or designee
5%
- Perform any other duty as may be assigned by
supervisor or designee from time to time
Knowledge, Skills and
Abilities
- Bachelor of Commerce, Economics, Accounting or
Finance or related field with CPA Part 2
- 3 years of experience in accounting field and at
least 2 years in grants management
- Practical experience of using SUN system
accounting Software is preferred
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills,
good interpersonal relation skills.
- A team player.
- Demonstrable ability to work with minimum
supervision.
How
To Apply
Interested
and qualified? Go to World Vision Kenya on
worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com to apply