Land O’Lakes - International Development is a division of Land O’Lakes,
Inc., a U.S. food and agricultural cooperative that implements humanitarian and
economic development activities for donor agencies.
Program Accountant
The Program Accountant will be responsible for the accounting and financial reporting aspects of the program and will act as a business partner to the Chief of Party.
She/he will support the Chief of Party in executing day-today
administrative functions, in addition to working closely with the Grants and
Operations Manager to manage the grants under contract component of the
program.
This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and reports directly to the Chief of Party with a dotted reporting line to the Regional Accounting Manager. The key responsibilities for the position are:
- Preparation
of program budgets and forecast reports.
- Preparation
of accurate and timely financial reports for the program.
- Completion
of financial analyses for the program and provision of timely financial
information to the program team.
- Provision
of administrative support and coordination of program procurement.
- Ensuring
program compliance with donor regulations, government requirements and
Land O’Lakes policies.
- Liaison
with the regional accounting team to strengthen the internal control
environment.
- Conduct
of grantee audits.
Requirements
- Degree
in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or Commerce from a
recognized University, in addition to fully completed CPA or ACCA
professional qualifications.
- At
least 5 years’ experience in accounting and financial management within an
international development organization.
- Demonstrated
experience working on US Government funded programs will be distinctly
advantageous.
- Competency
in use of computer and accounting software; knowledge of Deltek Costpoint
accounting system will be an added advantage.
- Familiarity
with grant accounting.
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills in English.
- Ability
to work independently and proactively as a team member with little
day-to-day oversight.
- Strong
inter-personal skills, self-motivated, detail-oriented and result-driven,
with ability to effectively work with people of different cultures.
- Ability
to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor tasks.
- Highly
developed conceptual, analytical, and innovative problem-solving ability.
To apply
Applications for this position should be sent torecruit.kenya@idd.landolakes.com no later than Friday 3rd
August 2012.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
