Position: Finance and Admin Manager – USAID
Location: Mombasa
Reporting to: Operations Director
LVCT Health is an established Kenyan NGO that is renowned for its implementation of health programs at scale in Kenya. Through its vision of Healthy Empowered Communities, LVCT Health is a leader in designing and implementation of innovative HIV prevention and treatment approaches, sexual and reproductive sexual and Gender based violence programs reaching the most vulnerable populations.
The organization works with government and other stakeholders at national and county levels.LVCT Health is seeking
to hire a Finance and Admin Manager – USAID to
establish and maintain sound financial management practices and ensure the
Organization’s compliance with LVCT Health and Donor procedures,
rules and regulations.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Provide leadership to finance
and operations aspects of the organization, including general
administrative processes, financial management, sub award management,
accounting, and logistics.
- Establish
and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control
procedures for financial, sub award and operations aspects of project.
- Ensure
compliance of financial and operations systems with LVCT Health policies
and procedures, Donor rules and regulation, award requirements, and
Government of Kenyan laws.
- Develop,
analyze and monitor program budgets; monitor and track obligations and
expenditures against budgets.
- Manage
project procurement processes.
- Advise
senior leadership regularly on financial and operations-related matters.
- Provide
technical assistance, as needed, to local partners on financial compliance
and reporting.
- Prepare
and submit annual, quarterly and any ad hoc financial and accrual reports
to Donors,
- Contribute
to the development of high-quality work plans, quarterly and annual
reports, financial reports, and any other reports required by Donors
- Liaise
with Internal Audit & Compliance Manager and external auditors in the
review of project financial management.
- Supervise
other project-based administrative, finance, procurement, administrative
and contract & grants staff.
Qualifications
- A
Master’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field relevant
to the position requirements.
- Professional
certification (CPA) is a requirement and a member of ICPAK.
- At
least 7 years of experience in financial management for large complex
projects, of which at least five years were working in the field of
international development.
- At
least 3 years of experience working with USAID funding mechanisms
- Proven
track record in operations leadership.
- Experience
in the use Microsoft Navision Accounting Software
- Highly
innovative and motivated organisational leader
- Willingness
to travel to the field offices.
Required Competencies
- Collaboration
– ability to develop networks, build alliances, and collaborate across
boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
- Creativity/innovation
– ability to develop new insights into situations, question conventional
approaches, encourage new ideas and innovations, and design and implement
new or cutting-edge programs/processes.
- Influencing/negotiating
– ability to persuade others, build consensus through give and take, and
gain cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals.
- Managing
people – ability to build and manage workforce based on organization
goals, budget, considerations, and staff needs.’
How to Apply
To apply send your CV to recruit@flexi-personnel.com by 15th December
2021. Indicating Finance and Admin Manager – USAID as the email subject.
NB: Flexi Personnel does not charge candidates for job placement