Vacancies: Finance Assistant
The
Agile and Harmonized Assistance for Devolved Institutions (AHADI) is a five
year USAID program implemented by the State University of New York’s (SUNY)
Center for International Development (CID).
AHADI
is designed to support Kenya’s vision and agenda for achieving the promise of
devolution.
AHADI
has three main objectives;
1.
Targeted counties provide higher quality services through
improved governance
2.
Improved representation of citizen interests and oversight of
targeted county government performance
3.
Functionality and effectiveness of the devolved system increased
through intra-government engagement and cooperation.
Though AHADI is primarily a DRG project focused on improving the
governance of Kenya’s new decentralized, system, it is also designed to have
substantial impact on other sectors, as well.
AHADI
therefore takes a sectorial approach in achieving its overall governance
objectives. These sectors include but are not limited to good governance,
resilience and economic growth, education, health and WASH.
Finance
Assistant (1
position),
Position
Summary: To
provide the Finance Manager with financial and administrative support
including: processing and tracking all income and expenditure, enforcing
compliance, inputting transactions onto the accounting system, maintaining
books and records, and reporting.
Qualifications:
Education
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Business Administration/ Accounting
- A
minimum of CPA Part 2
- At
least three years’ accounting experience in for profit or non-profit
organization.
- Good
communication and inter-personal skills
- Problem
analysis and problem-solving skills.
Work Experience
- Three
years’ experience in financial accounting or bookkeeping;
- Experience
working using Oracle as a financial management system preferred;
- Previous
auditing experience highly sought;
- Previous
experience working in Kenya highly sought;
- Knowledge
of local tax laws;
- USAID
experience a plus;
- In
addition, must be flexible, willing to perform assigned and additional
duties and work irregular hours under challenging conditions;
Skills
- Attention
to detail and accuracy,
- Planning
and organizing,
- Ability
to take initiative
- Ability
to work in a team.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Base
of Operations: Nairobi.
Kenya
Reporting: Reports directly to the Finance Manager
in Nairobi, Kenya.
How to
Apply
Do you
have the above qualifications and skills?
Please
send
(1) a
Cover letter
(2) CV
and
(3)
References from three past supervisors
to
hr@ahadi-devolution.org
Closing date: 1st April 2016.
Please
note only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Kindly
put the subject line for the position you are interested in.
Applications
without the subject line will not be evaluated.
