Position: Principal Program Accountant
Location: Nairobi
Job description
The Principal Program Accountant will be responsible for providing primary accounting function for all program monitoring administration, compliance, grant accounting, and financial reports of awarded Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program grant through its final closing.
Responsibilities
- Perform grant-related
post-award functions, including budget and expense analysis, periodic
invoicing, financial reporting, labor distribution changes,
reconciliations, re-budgeting and grant closeout functions required by
Grants and Contracts Administration.
- Prepare accurate and timely
financial reports to MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program as required.
- Prepare accurate and timely
financial reports on grants for internal management purposes.
- Work with USIU-Africa account
payables team to facilitate vendor payments, travel, visas, passports etc
for Program team and Scholars, payment and accounting for stipends for
Scholars
- Work with the Chief accountant
on cash flow forecasts for programs.
- Review invoices and provide account
codes, when appropriate, for proper project accounting.
- Produce budget and expense
analysis report.
- Prepare and distribute periodic
invoices for project reimbursement.
- Follow up accounting for
Imprest Funds disbursed within stipulated timelines.
- Work with Program Director and
Program staff in the development of forecasts, budgets and budget
revisions for programs.
- Investigate projects variances
and submit variance reports to Project Managers.
- Communicate monthly financial
results with appropriate program staff, informing them of financial
position of the project.
- Coordinate with the Chief
accountant to process journal entries to various projects if needed.
- Ensure compliance of grants
with policies/procedures and donor rules/regulations.
- Perform ad-hoc financial
analysis in response to requests or to provide support to various programs.
- Train and provide ongoing
technical assistance to program staff and program partners on best
practices for financial management systems in order to increase capacity.
- Coordinate the monthly review
and reconciliation of cash accounts associated with USIU-Africa.
- Address queries arising from
internal and external auditors regarding Projects.
- Identify and recommend cost
savings initiatives for program activities and the organization
- Other related duties as
assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in
Finance/Accounting/Business from an accredited university.
- CPA (K).
- Relevant Master’s degree.
- Must be a member, in good
standing, of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya
(ICPAK).
- Proficiency in computer
applications.
- Served as Senior Accountant for
a minimum of 6 years.
Competencies
- Computer literacy.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Excellent planning and
budgeting.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Organizational skills.
- Good analytical skills.
- Good customer service skills.
How to apply
If you have the
requisite qualifications and experience and desire to work as a team member in
a modern, progressive, international and multicultural institution where you
can make a difference, please apply. Interested applicants must indicate on the
subject line of their email address the position they are applying for, provide
current CVs,copies of educational certificates and transcripts, names and
addresses of three referees, current salary and benefits, telephone and e-mail
contacts to the address below by: Friday,
June 18, 2021
Director of Administration,
United States International
University – Africa,
P. O. Box 14634 – 00800, Nairobi,
Kenya
Email: jobs@usiu.ac.ke
Web: www.usiu.ac.ke
USIU-Africa is an equal
opportunity employer