Twaweza, a dynamic East
Africa wide organization, is looking for a competent, effective and energetic Accountant
Job Title: Country Accountant
Job Title: Country Accountant
Unit: Finance
Cluster: Services
Mandate: Country
Reports to: Senior Accountant Supervises:
Consultants, interns Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Overall Responsibility: You will be responsible
for overall financial administration of Twaweza in Kenya in accordance with the
legal requirements, highest ethical standards and internationally recognized
financial reporting practices (IFRS).
Specific Responsibilities:
1. Ensure
that all invoices are recorded in the register and immediately redirect to the
respective unit PO/Admin Assistant.
2. Perform
bank reconciliations and notify the senior accountant on any long outstanding
reconciling item.
3. Review
all Payment Vouchers and supporting documents and ensure the validity of
contract, purchase order, delivery note and receipt.
4. Ensure
the consistency of assigned reports and contracts.
5. Check
consistency of figures against Decision Memos.
6. Record
all payment references, bank account and dates and capture payment in Xero.
7. Ensure
that tax is recorded in the register and there is accuracy of tax computation.
8. Ensure
that no payments are stuck or delayed in Xero and that reasons for overdue
payments are duly provided.
9. Review
all budget codes and ensure accurate recording.
10. Ensure
that all Payment Vouchers match with the invoice, purchase order, contract,
decision memo and delivery note.
11. Ensure
that Payment Vouchers have the correct currency, details and right signatures
in boxes.
12. Maintain
well organized physical and electronic archive of financial documentation.
13. Scan
all Payment Vouchers and relevant supporting documents before uploading into
Xero.
14. Perform
pre audit (verify proper documentation, coding, details on payment voucher etc.
in accordance to Twaweza policies) for payroll and non‐payroll.
15. Support
the Senior Accountant and Finance Manager in undertaking all finance and budget
related responsibilities.
16. Provide
useful reports to staff and management using Xero.
17. Support
oversight and reconciliations of assets.
18. Provide
support in the development of budgets.
19. Scrutinize
all imprests requests and retirements and make sure that they are settled in
time.
20. Ensure
that Twaweza is compliant with all legal requirements regarding taxation,
social security contributions, returns to revenue authorities and to registrar
of companies, fees and other financial statutory requirements.
21. Perform
all above responsibilities in SalesForce where applicable.
General Responsibilities
1. Successfully
implement above responsibilities and assigned activities in work plans and
budgets, consistent with Twaweza Policies.
2. Contribute
effectively to planning, monitoring, reporting and information dissemination of
Uwezo’s/Twaweza’s work.
3. Collaborate
with Twaweza staff across units and countries in a spirit of mutual respect and
cooperation to get things done.
4. Communicate
your work through active use of internal platform (SalesForce), electronic
calendar (Gcal) and being accessible on electronic chat (Skype) as per Twaweza
requirements.
5. Participate
actively in organization‐wide learning and other joint activities.
6. Comply
with and foster adherence to the established Twaweza values, policies,
regulations, guidelines and procedures.
7. Undertake
any other lawful tasks as may be assigned by your Supervisor, respective
Director and/or Executive Director.
Core Qualifications
1. Holder
of CPA certificate or equivalent preferred, or at least advanced stage in
progressing towards it.
2. At
least three years of relevant work experience.
3. Excellent
administrative and planning skills.
4. Experience
of using accounting packages, as well as MS Office.
5. Impeccable,
corruption‐free reputation and integrity.
6. Ability
to keep deadlines and keen attention to detail.
7. Experience
in NGO accounts/financial management.
8. Ability
to maintain confidentiality.
9. Can
take initiative, get things done really well and fast.
Changes and Amendments: This job description
may be amended by Twaweza after consultation with the employee and the
supervisor.
Application Process:
To apply for this position,
please submit your CV (max 4 pages) tojobs@twaweza.org, including a cover letter
explaining your interests/motivations to work for Twaweza, and 2 samples of
your written work and names of 3 referees, in MS Word or PDF file.
In the subject of your email
write your name, the position you are applying for and country
Deadline for the submission is 15th January 2017.
