The Ol Pejeta Conservancy (OPC) – a
leading wildlife conservancy that works to conserve wildlife, provides a
sanctuary for great apes and to generate income through wildlife tourism and
complementary enterprises for re-investment in conservation and community
development.
Job Title: Management Accountant
Department: Finance
Main Purpose of the Job: Coordination and implementation of budget preparation, administration and production of management accounting reports, the position reports to the Head of Finance and supervises the Accountants.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Daily report summarizing all revenue
transactions for the day , with cumulative MTD , YTD and comparison against
budgets
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Preparation of rolling weekly and
monthly Cash flow and Profitability forecasts derived from actual and
budgets performance
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Review and Update of inventory
costing and valuations on a monthly basis for Consumable stocks and Biological
assets, with any discrepancies in the movements, balances and valuation
identified and investigated exhaustively and corrective action proposed
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Participate in the annual budget
development and preparation with departmental managers
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Extract and review donor financial
reports on a monthly basis clearly identifying variances between actual and
budget activity and establishing the cause of the same and coordinate the
submission to relevant departmental heads and donors/stakeholders
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Review and reconcile general ledger
accounts, providing updated monthly audit schedules for all balance sheet
accounts, with recommendations for adjustments highlighted to HoF this process
involves the reviewing of journals , payments , receipts and related
transaction documents to determine valid and accurate posting to
the relevant general ledger accounts.
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Ensure timely general ledger month
–end closing and appropriate cut off is in place.
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Ensure timely communication to other
department in terms of accounting requirements and resolve queries in regards
to financial statements
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Preparation and coordination of the
annual audit schedules and working papers for approval and submission to the
external auditor.
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Determine the validity of entries and
corrections, evaluating variances, and analyzing the effects of transactions on
various account relationships.
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Analyze expenditure variances and
investigate the causes.
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Participate in maintaining and
updating of assets register;
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Participate in ascertaining proper
and optimal control systems and monitoring accurate recording of all financial
transactions
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Attend and advice for all enquiries
on all management accounting related matters;
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Perform any other duties as may be
assigned from time to time.
Job Specification
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Commerce,
Business Management, Economics or related field from a recognized University;
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CPA/ CFA or equivalent professional
qualifications
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Membership of good standing with
ICPAK/ACCA
Experience
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3 years relevant experience in a busy
environment
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Demonstrated experience in use of
computerized accounting systems , Sun Systems
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Must be proficient in MS Office
Suites.
Key Skills and Qualities
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Ability to work logically,
consistently and accurately
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Excellent numeracy skills combined
with an inquiring, analytical mind
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Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills
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Good report writing, presentation
skills and analytical skills.
Contacts Arising from the Job
Within the Organization
·
Head of Finance
·
Departmental heads
·
OPC staff
Job Title: System Administrator
(1 Position)
Dept / Division: Technology
/ Finance
Place in the Organization: Reporting to the Head of Technology and working with all Ol Pejeta Ranching Ltd staff on ICT areas
Main Purpose of the Job: The System Administrator (SA) is responsible for effective provisioning, installation / configuration, operation, and maintenance of networks, systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.
Place in the Organization: Reporting to the Head of Technology and working with all Ol Pejeta Ranching Ltd staff on ICT areas
Main Purpose of the Job: The System Administrator (SA) is responsible for effective provisioning, installation / configuration, operation, and maintenance of networks, systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.
Field of Responsibilities
Infrastructure and Provisioning
Infrastructure and Provisioning
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Install new / rebuild existing
servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories,
storage, etc. in accordance with standards and operational requirements.
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Install, configure and maintain
systems such as Infor Financials (sunsystems), Paymaster, HR Master, ArcGIS,
Enquest on servers and user computers
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Develop and maintain installation and
configuration procedures.
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Contribute to and maintain system
standards.
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Planning and installation of networks
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Assist the Head of Technology in
Research and recommendation of innovative and automated approaches for system
administration tasks.
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Identify approaches that leverage our
resources and provide economies of scale.
Operations
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Perform daily system monitoring,
verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources,
systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying
completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
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Perform regular security monitoring
of systems and network to identify any possible intrusions.
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Monitor the network and ensure it is
maintained at peak performance
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Identify and suggest solutions to
ensure the network meets global standards in performance and redundancy
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Perform daily backup operations,
ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up
to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and offsite
backup is updated as required
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Perform regular file archival and
purge as necessary.
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Create, change, and delete user
accounts per request.
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Provide support per request from
various users. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
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Repair and recover from hardware or
software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted users.
Maintenance
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Apply OS patches and upgrades on a
regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add
new services as necessary.
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Upgrade and configure systems such as
Infor Financials (sunsystems), Paymaster, HR Master, ArcGIS, Enquest.
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Maintain operational, configuration,
or other procedures.
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Perform periodic performance
reporting to support capacity planning.
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Perform ongoing performance tuning,
hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU,
memory, and disk partitions as required.
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Maintain server room environmental
and monitoring equipment.
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Maintaining at all times an
atmosphere of professional and work ethics in the Technology office.
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Maintaining confidentiality of any
information they come across in the course of their work, at all times as
required by the Company Policy and professional ethics.
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Performing any other duties that may
be delegated from time to time by the Head of Technology
Contacts Arising from the Job
Within the Organization
·
Head of Technology
·
Departmental heads
·
OPC staff
Outside the Organization
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Partners utilizing ICT resources
Job Specification and Other
Information Related to the Job
·
Bachelors degree in computer science
or information systems or equivalent from a recognized institution.
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Minimum 3 years’ experience of
progressive systems and network administration in a corporate organization;
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Excellent interpersonal awareness and
communication skills both verbal and written;
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Ability to work in a team and cope
with work pressure;
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Strong analytical with excellent
planning and execution skills
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications with updated CVs, cover letter and testimonials to jobs@olpejetaconservancy.org by Friday 17th July 2015.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications with updated CVs, cover letter and testimonials to jobs@olpejetaconservancy.org by Friday 17th July 2015.
