Norwegian Refugee Council
Finance Officer - Kenya
Kenya Nationals Only
Ref. No.: 2964499408
Ref. No.: 2964499408
Job Location: Nairobi
Commencement: As soon as possible
Duty Station: Nairobi
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been present in Somalia since early 2004 and has since expanded its Horn of Africa Programme to Kenya in 2006 and to Ethiopia in 2011.
Since 2004, the Norwegian Refugee
Council (NRC) has demonstrated a regional competence and expertise in working
with displaced populations.
NRC has mainly focused on Somalis who
are displaced by the ongoing conflict and more recently by the drought and
famine.
NRC offers a comprehensive response
for Refugees, returnees and IDPs of high need, addressing their food security,
livelihood, shelter, education, ICLA, and water, hygiene and sanitation needs
and also responding to emergencies through NRC’s five core competences;
Shelter, Education, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH and Information,
Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA).
NRC’s Horn of Africa operation comprises of large-scale multi-country humanitarian and early recovery interventions spread across eight countries (Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Yemen), and most recently Eritrea, Uganda and South Sudan.
NRC’s Horn of Africa operation comprises of large-scale multi-country humanitarian and early recovery interventions spread across eight countries (Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Yemen), and most recently Eritrea, Uganda and South Sudan.
NRC’s overall strategy in the region
is to ensure a greater number of vulnerable people in hard to reach areas get
access to humanitarian assistance, become resilient to future disasters and
find durable solution.
The regional office is based in
Nairobi and works with country programmes to ensure standardisation of
programmatic and operational approaches, promote multi country programming and
ensuring quality and coordination.
The Finance Officer is responsible for generating and consolidating financial reports from all field offices.
The position holder reports to the Finance Manager- Kenya
Job Description
The Finance Officer is responsible for generating and consolidating financial reports from all field offices.
The position holder reports to the Finance Manager- Kenya
Job Description
- Ensure adherence to Financial Handbook, other
NRC policies and donor requirements
- Review bank account and cashbox
reconciliations for the country office
- Review bank reconciliation statements and
vouchers from the Field Offices to ensure that they are executed according
to the Financial Handbook and other requirements, and give relevant feedback
to the Field Offices
- Prepare the financial Project Summary
- Ensure proper filing of documents and
transactions both from the field and country office.
- Distribute information and reports as required
- Train and develop financial team
- Review of payment vouchers to ensure coding of
transactions and supporting documents is correct before posting to the
financial system.
- Assist the Finance Manager in Preparation of
financial reports and budget reviews.
- Focal person for all internal and external
audits
Qualifications
- Degree in Financial Management and accounting
related qualification.
- Certified Public Accountant of Kenya CPA 11 or
ACCA.
- Experience from working as a Finance Officer
in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex
and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s
responsibilities
- Knowledge of Agresso financial system will be
an added advantage
- Some knowledge of English
Education Field: Finance / Economics
Education Level: College / University, Bachelor's degree
Personal Qualities
Education Level: College / University, Bachelor's degree
Personal Qualities
- Ability to interpret donor regulations an all
context of grant management and transactions;
- Wide knowledge of the NGO operations, internal
strategy and the dynamics of development sector and donor business
processes;
- Attention to policy and practice detail;
- Knowledge of development programming skills
and program evaluation and impact measurement
- Knowledge of developing and building
partnerships;
- Understanding of the Kenyan environment and
the context of development sector program implementation;
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal
communication skills;
- Excellent concept presentation and general
report writing skills;
- Excellent facilitative, supervisory/coaching
skills;
- Excellent computer skills with hands on experience
on computerized accounting systems; and Microsoft Excel, Word and
PowerPoint.
Salary / Benefits: According to NRC's general directions. The
candidate will observe NRC's code of conduct and working hours for the NRC
office in Nairobi.
How to Apply
How to Apply
Candidates should apply on line by
going through www.nrc.no.
Email and paper applications will not
be considered.