Post
Title: Senior Finance Officer
Duty
Station: Nairobi
Duration: 1 year
No
of Positions: 1
Availability:
ASAP
Job Purpose
Provides financial information to management by researching and analyzing accounting data; preparing reports and maintaining a strong internal control environment.
Job Purpose
Provides financial information to management by researching and analyzing accounting data; preparing reports and maintaining a strong internal control environment.
Duties:
- Maintain accounting/internal
control systems, discuss and recommend improvements to policies and
procedures, ensuring accuracy of accounting data and performing internal
audit for MercyUSA.
- Coordinate donor
financial reporting and reconciling donor reports with QuickBooks reports
on regular basis. Proactively liquidate donor advances and put funds
requests for different projects to ensure smooth implementation of Mercy
USA programs.
- Keep custody,
understand and implement grant agreements/contracts requirements and
further organize training for finance and non-finance staff on the
requirements of donor agreements and ensure that such requirements are
also established within the organization’s internal control systems.
- Coordinate
government and government agents’ returns including tax remittances,
quarterly and yearly returns and NGO Board returns.
- Follow up with
Logistics regarding in-kind donation materials and agreements.
- Substantiate
financial transactions by confirming all supporting documentations.
- Liaising with
External auditors and answering queries on financial matters.
- Performing
reconciliations for all bank and cash accounts..
- Ensuring
Interbank transfers are done accurately and reconciled on monthly basis.
- Build the
capacity of Sub offices by undertaking training needs analysis and
organizing trainings for finance staff.
- Provide day to
day support to the sub offices
- Carry out other
duties as required and requested by the Finance Director
Job
Requirements
- University
degree in Bachelor of Commerce Accounting option or other business related
field with extensive experience in financial management preferably with
INGO in a busy office.
- Holder of CPA 2
minimum.
- Hands on
experience with quick books and/or other financial software.
- Well developed
interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be flexible in
demanding situations.
- Strategic
thinking and management
- Ability to work
both independently, and as part of a team.
- Ability to work
on own initiative and with minimal supervision.
- Computer
literate with fluency of Microsoft Word, Excel, internet and email
packages
- Good
communication skills
- Report
writing-ability to analyse and interpret data and write reports to a high
technical standard
- Problem solving
skills
Application
procedures
Interested
candidates should submit their application material to Mercy USA Human Resource
Department: wnjiru@mercyusa.org
Applications
shall be reviewed as received, deadline by close of business Friday, May
24th 2013
This should include:
1. Email subject should be “Application for Senior Finance Officer ”Cover letter clearly summarizing your experience as it pertains to this joband Curriculum Vitae with three professional references (as one document).
This should include:
1. Email subject should be “Application for Senior Finance Officer ”Cover letter clearly summarizing your experience as it pertains to this joband Curriculum Vitae with three professional references (as one document).
Please
do not attach copies of Certificates….
2.
Failure to adhere to the above shall result in application rejection
