JOB DESCRIPTION
IDENTIFICATION
JOB TITLE Accountant
REPORTING TO Senior Accountant
DEPARTMENT/UNIT Finance
Shared Services
DURATION OF CONTRACT Two Years (Renewable)
NUMBER OF POSITIONS Two (2)
DUTY STATION Nairobi, Kenya
Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has
since grown to become the largest African–based international health development organization,
currently implementing more than 120 programs, directly reaching more than 12 million people across 35 African
countries. Headquartered in Nairobi,
Kenya,
Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa and an additional
eleven advocacy and
fundraising offices in Europe and North America. In the spirit of Ubuntu, partnership and networking are key elements of
our approach. Amref has a staff complement of over 1,500.
Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘To increase sustainable health access to communities in Africa through solutions in human resources
for health, health service delivery, and investments in health’.
JOB
PURPOSE
The job incumbent will provide timely, accurate
and efficient accounting and financial management support to projects as well as units within the Shared Service Centre
of Amref Health Africa in line with donor and corporate financial policies and
procedures.
Duties & Responsibilities
KEY
AREA ACTIVITIES
Management
of Creditors
• Ensure effective and timely processing of invoices or other payments
in
compliance to donor and government regulations.
• Reviewing of creditors’
accounts in the system and reconciling them
against
creditors’ statements.
• Accurate Computation and
recovery of withholding tax and value
added
tax on invoices
where applicable.
• Proactively respond to
supplier queries as per the set departmental
timelines.
Management
of Debtors
• Monitor staff and trade debtor
accounts & ensure account allocations
are
up–to–date.
• Follow up with staff debtors
to resolve any outstanding debts or
queries.
• Prepare journal vouchers to receivables accounts and ensure
information
posted in the general ledger is complete, accurate and
timely.
Processing of Payments – Treasury
• Process
approved supplier
payments and staff advances through EFT,
cheques
or M–pesa as appropriate.
Bank and Inter Ledger Reconciliations
• Prepare monthly bank and inter
ledger reconciliations and ensure
outstanding
entries are cleared promptly.
Cash
and Bank Management
• Monitor bank balances to
ensure adequacy of funds for smooth daily
operation
of the bank accounts and to detect and resolve any
reconciling
items.
Financial
Audits
• Participate
in internal and external audits by providing sample
documents
and respond to
audit queries.
• Support in implementation of
Audit recommendations.
Financial Reporting
• Preparation
of the Financial Reports for Donors and Management.
• Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual project
performance
reports
• Assist in preparation of any other Ad–hoc Financial Reports to
stakeholders.
Budgeting
and Budget Monitoring
• Assist in the development of
Proposal Budgets in liaison with the
project
teams.
• Assist in preparing the annual
budgets in liaison with the project
teams.
• Review of monthly income and
expenditure statements to monitor
the
budget performances.
Other • Perform other duties assigned by the Senior
Accountant and/or
Senior
Finance Manager
Qualifications
Education and Professional Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Administration, Finance,
Commerce or relevant field.
• Professional qualification – CPA II or its equivalent.
Experience
• Three (3) years’ relevant experience.
Skills and
Competencies
• ICT
proficient, accounting and ERP software
• Excellent oral and written
communication skills
• Analytical and attention to
details
• Good organization, planning
and coordination skills
• Problem solving skills
• Team player
• Ability to work under minimal
supervision
How to Apply
Interested? Please visit our website https://amref.org/vacancies/ to make your application. You
will be
directed to our online portal where you will need to create an account in order for you to be able to submit your application.
Your application should include a cover letter detailing why you are the best
fit for this position and your CV with relevant skills and experience. Closing
date will be
November
18, 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Duly note
that Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at
whatever stage of the recruitment
and selection process and have
not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Although Amref may use different job boards from time to time to further spread its
reach for applicants, all open vacancies are published on our website under the Vacancies page and on our
official social media pages. Kindly also note that official emails from
Amref Health Africa will
arrive from an @amref.org address.
Amref Health Africa is
committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people
and vulnerableadults
and expects all staff to share this commitment. Amref Health Africa is an equal
opportunity employer and has a non–smoking environment
policy.
