Job Title: Finance Officer Job
Hiring Organization: International
Planned Parenthood Federation
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Health
Care
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 10/25/2023
To
support the implementation of projects, and in particular – but not limited to
– the Stand Up and Comprehensive Abortion Care projects, IPPFAR is looking for
a Finance Officer – Projects who will be responsible for leading and managing
all financial aspects of the above-mentioned projects, including but not
limited to planning and budgeting, preparing financial statements, ensuring
compliance with donor requirements/contracts, maintaining cash controls,
oversight of the sub-granting, preparing the payroll, maintaining accounts
payable and receivables, ensuring timely statutory deductions and remittances,
supporting and facilitating internal and external (independent) audits, and
providing technical support to Member Associations on all those matters indicated
herein. The appropriate candidate will also bring excellent interpersonal and
communication skills and be willing to travel internationally. The postholder
will work closely with the IPPF secretariat and IPPF Member Associations (MAs)
in the project implementation countries, as well as other relevant staff
members.
Education
Master’s
degree in accounting, Finance, Commerce or Business Administration;
professional qualification in Accounting/Finance (ACCA, CPA, or equivalent) and
proficiency with accounting software, word processing, and spreadsheets.
Work
Experience
Seven to
nine years of experience in Accounting/Finance Management and/or Business
Administration, preferably in an international humanitarian (NGO) and/or
development organization. Experience working in project management accounting
and experience working with multi-currency budgets; experience working with
restricted/statutory funded projects; experience working internationally,
ideally in a not-for-profit & often challenging environment; and experience
in audit and financial control systems. A track record in SRHR programming is
an advantage.
How To
Apply
Interested
individuals should submit an application form in the IPPFARO CV form and a
1-page cover letter to: hroffice@ippf.org with
the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 07 November 2023. Please
note that IPPFAR will not consider applications that are not done in the
requested format.