Job Title: Finance Assistant-NGO
Hiring Organization: Anonymous
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Non-Profit
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 09/27/2023
Salary: Kshs 100,000-110,000,
Our
client is an established world-wide Non-Profit organization operating in over
240 countries and territories to make sure that everyone who wants to can
access and engage with religious books. They are looking to hire a Finance
Assistant who will support the Finance & Admin Manager in delivering the
accounting and local statutory reporting for the Nairobi hub. The role will
primarily comprise transaction processing for invoices and expenses, together
with some reconciliations and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Responsibility
for processing & paying local and international supplier invoices in
an accurate and timely manner.
- Ensuring
that proper authorization procedures are followed before payments are
made.
- Responsibility
for processing & paying staff expense claims for both credit card and
cash claims in accordance with the organization’s policies and procedures.
- Perform
monthly bank reconciliations on or before the stipulated deadline.
- Reviewing
and monitoring bank balances as well as projecting cash flow needs and
requesting bank account refills from head office.
- Petty
cash management.
- Payroll
support by filing of statutory returns and payment of other payroll
deductions to the relevant bodies in an accurate and timely manner.
- Recording
rental income and maintaining rental schedules for tenants. Monitor rent
debtors and assist in debt collection.
- Monitor
operational costs and advise on cost management.
- Supporting
the Kenyan accounts audit process by providing support as may be required.
- Any
other duties as required by the Finance & Administration Manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s
degree in business, finance, accounts or related field.
- Qualified
Accountant (minimum CPA II or ACCA equivalent).
- High
transaction processing speed coupled with demonstrable self-time
management skills due to volume of payments handled.
- Proven
experience in a busy accounting office in the local and/or international
financial Environment, including accounting, reporting, and compliance
especially with local (Kenyan) tax laws e.g. VAT Exemption, Withholding
tax, etc.
- Experience
working with I-tax, NHIF byproduct, and the NSSF portal.
- An
intermediate level of knowledge of Excel for reporting purposes as well as
a proper knowledge of other MS Office tools for reporting purposes,
- Knowledge
of and experience with Accounting software packages.
- High
degree of self-initiative to handle varying situations presented by the
inter-cultural nature of the work especially when dealing with suppliers
and staff from other countries.
- Experience
of operating in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity to different
world views and diverse contexts.
- Comfortable
working in a Christian organization with sensitivity to the breadth of
church support that it enjoys.
- Self-motivated,
with enough personal confidence to be open to continuous learning and
development.
- Emotional
intelligence and personal resilience, able to manage one’s own emotions
and behaviours, particularly through times of change.
- Evidence
of ability to work in a team and is motivated to adhere to commitments and
keep strict deadlines
- Excellent
verbal and written communication skills (in English).
- The
ability to communicate confidently (verbal and written) in a language
other than English.
- Experience
of working with global networked teams, and a track record in using all
available communication tools in the context of a dispersed staff team.
- Experience
of using Zoom, Google meet and other Google suite applications.
- Ability
to manage own workload and work in a virtual team.
- Candidates
who can join immediately are encouraged to apply
How to
Apply
If you
are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualifications and experience;
please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Finance Assistant-NGO) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke by 4th October 2023
