Project Finance Officer
Location: Kenya Contract: 9
month Fixed Term Contract (potential to renew) Salary: Local
Terms and Conditions Apply
Purpose of role
Reporting to the Finance and Support Services
Manager (FSSM), the post-holder will be responsible for finance compliance and
risk management for various projects. The focus being economic empowerment of
persons with disabilities through formal employment and increased equitable
access to health services, education, and jobs/self-employment for people with
disabilities.
About the role of
Project Finance Officer
Sightsavers Kenya are looking for a highly
skilled, driven and results orientated Project Finance Officer to join their
team. If you are an agile accounting professional with experience within
international development and looking to progress your career in a dynamic
environment this opportunity is for you.
Key responsibilities and
not limited to:
- Working with project staff and
partner organisations to assist them in planning, budgeting and financial
management
- Overseeing partners’ financial
reporting, budgeting, auditing, and compliance to agreed donor rules and
regulations and Sightsavers procedures and policies
- Building financial and budget
management capacity of partner organisation through training and support
- Improving the capacity of
Sightsavers programme staff to understand and uphold both Sightsavers and
donor financial policies and procedures
- Proactively manage contracts and
risk within respective projects and programmes.
Knowledge, skills and
experience for Project Finance Officer
Essential:
- Proven work experience within
international development holding fully qualified status with CPA or
equivalent
- Or tertiary degree in finance and
accounting with part qualification with CPA
- Proven track record of working in
a busy accounting department with working knowledge of audit, grant
management, contract management
- Highly numerate
- Strong knowledge of Excel and
financial software packages
- Excellent communication and
organisation
- Ability to work alone and in a
team
- Adaptable and reliable
Desirable:
- Previous experience within an
international development organisation in a similar role advantageous
- Sun System knowledge
- Familiar working closely with
institutional donors such as DfID, USAID, GIZ advantageous
The Project Finance Officer is a highly
varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or
required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for
full details.
Interviews are likely to take place week
commencing 27 March 2023. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a
written task and attend a face-to-face interview on the same day. This will
take up to two hours. We reserve the right to extend the process if required.
How To ApplyAs an equal-opportunity
employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader therefore qualified people with
disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply. For further details
about the role, please go to our web site and click on the Apply Here icon.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not
tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation
and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background
checks and controls.
Closing
Date: 20 March, 2023
