Job Title: Finance and Operations Manager
Hiring Organization: Amnesty
International
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 03/22/2024
Background Information
Like Amnesty International, Amnesty International Kenya believes in an inclusive society where all people live in dignity, freedom, diversity and prosperity and everyone enjoys the full range of constitutional freedoms, rights, and responsibilities. AI Kenya exists to boldly confront and skillfully transform all forms of injustice and human rights violations with members, supporters and allies through campaigning, research, human rights education, and public interest litigation.
AI Kenya aspires to have an annual budget of KES 500 million with 20 per cent of AI Kenya revenue generated by individual giving, assets, and investments by 2028 that will resource the work of our circles of conscience, partners and secretariat. As a key member of our staff, you will be required to actively demonstrate and deliver this vision as well as uphold values of integrity, inclusion, courageous solidarity, and innovative creativity. You will be familiar with rights-based organising, citizen empowerment and an anti-discriminatory approach to social justice. You will be required to work and lead teams, multi-task and work to deadlines, sometimes under pressure.
Main
Responsibilities:
- Manage
the finance and administrative team ensuring overall team effectiveness
and performance.
- Efficiently
and accurately oversee the financial management system with reporting as
required for internal and external accountability.
- Manage
the full spectrum of finance and administrative operations including
budgeting and forecasting, cash-flows and management accounts, auditing,
office workplace, payroll management, assets management, and information
systems.
- To
manage financial reporting in a manner that can attract considerable
number of givers, supporters and members and partnerships that can finance
human rights work in Kenya.
- Provide
thought-leadership to value for money strategies, financial management and
reporting and overall fiscal transparency and integrity within Amnesty and
with our partners.
- As
the Finance and Operations Manager, you will lead the Finance and
Administration team to achieve the following;
- Strategic
budgeting, financial analysis and risk management controls: You will
create and monitor organisational budgets and provide long-term financial
insights to support strategic decision-making and effective budget
management by all staff. This will involve analysing financial data
trends, sound forecasting and financial decisions. You will establish
where necessary and monitor internal controls to minimize financial risks
and oversee external audits.
- Grants,
Gifts and Investments Management: You will oversee the grants and giving
management system, review grant proposals and budgets, ensure compliance
with partner regulations as well as oversee AI Kenya investments and
assets. You will champion innovative financial management systems that
accurately capture and report revenue generated from membership,
individual gifts, legacies and the sale of Amnesty merchandise, goods and
services.
- Financial
Oversight, recordkeeping, and reporting: You will ensure accurate and
up-to-date financial records, including book-keeping, payroll and other
expense tracking, and managing funds. You will oversee month and year-end
closing, bank reconciliations and supervise accounting staff. You will
ensure financial reports are punctually and accurately prepared for
internal (board, staff) and external stakeholders (funding partners,
individual givers, and the Government) in line with our agreements and Government
regulations.
- Operational
and Workplace Efficiency and Safety: You will ensure AI Kenya
administrative and informational technology systems remain effective and
in line with Amnesty international standards for staff safety and
wellbeing, cyber-security and procurement and ensure efficiencies are
introduced to reduce costs, increase value for money, integrity and
significant human rights impact.
Essential
- A
Masters in Commerce, Finance, Business Administration or equivalent.
- A
professional qualification in Accounting (CPA (K), ACCA or equivalent
qualification)
- Full
member in good standing with ICPAK and not under any investigation for
professional misconduct.
- Over
5 year’s professional experience in a medium size international
organization at a senior level and the ability to manage organizational
finances of over KES 200 million annually.
- Knowledgeable
of financial management best practises, statutory law and NGO compliance
standards.
- Demonstrated
ability to lead and manage staff and financial resources.
- Demonstrated
experience of working with bilateral agencies, trust and foundations,
statutory bodies and audit firms.
- Remarkable
commercial acumen and strategic business knowledge and excellent
interpersonal skills and the ability to persuade and influence others.
- Familiarity
with simultaneously managing significant revenues from diverse funding
streams that may include institutional funding, social enterprise,
endowment fund, investments, individual giving, and asset management
approaches.
Desirable
- Diploma
in Procurement, information technology or equivalent.
- Demonstrated
understanding of financial training and capacity-building for non-finance
managers.
- Familiarity
with the rights-based approach, citizen empowerment and gender sensitive
approaches.
- Demonstrated
leader in their community, accounting profession or any other
constituency.