Job Title: Assistant Accountant
Hiring Organization: Land
O’Lakes Venture37
Location – Locality: Nakuru
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Non
profit
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 04/16/2024
Project Description:
Land
O’Lakes Venture37 is the lead project implementer for the Nourishing Prosperity
Alliance (NPA) project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The
purpose of the NPA project is to establish commercially viable and sustainable
forage markets that equitably strengthen the regional competitiveness of the
dairy industries in Kenya and Ethiopia. Forage markets will be developed
through the implementation of integrated activities that drive demand for and
use of optimized forage varieties among small-scale dairy producers, as well as
improve the supply of climate-smart forage rations that are marketed to
small-scale producers. Activities also aim to strengthen the enabling
environment for forage market development over the life of the project, from
July 2023 to June 2028.
Position
Summary:
The
Assistant Accountant supports financial accounting and reporting, payment
transactions, and carrying out administrative operations to support project
implementation in Kenya.
Primary
Responsibilities:
- Primary
responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the
following:
- Responsible
for the processing of all local payments, including payroll, and recording
payments in internal systems
- Prepare
payment vouchers and ensure all supporting documents are included with
each payment in accordance with Venture37 and donor policies and
procedures
- Complete
monthly Kenya operating funding requests to ensure it includes NPA project
needs
- Follow
up on the settlement of advances to staff in a timely manner
- Communicate
with local suppliers and hotels and obtain invoices and other supporting
documents
- Assist
the Senior Finance Manager with preparing the monthly end financial
reporting package
- Reconcile
monthly balance sheet accounts
- Upload
documents monthly on financial document repository site
- Contribute
to the completion and submission of timely required salary statutory
deductions to the relevant government authorities on a monthly basis
- Assist
with the filing of all required tax returns, VAT reporting and other
official documents to the local government
- Review
and process approved cost share collected by other V37 staff
- Assist
in maintaining monthly financial files in both hard and soft copies
- Assist
with any external audits by completing requested materials and assigned
schedules
- Assist
in procurement processes, including soliciting quotes for local items and
compiling supporting documentation
- Assist
in the recording and updating of the project’s fixed assets.
- Other
finance and accounting tasks as assigned by the Senior Finance Manager
Required
Skills and Experience:
- Degree
in accounting or business-related field or 4 years relevant work
experience in lieu of degree.
- Minimum
of 2 years of related work experience.
- Advanced
skills in using word processing and spreadsheet programs, as well as
electronic communications programs.
- Oral
and written fluency in English.
- Attention
to detail.
- Demonstrated
initiative and self-motivation in handling all assigned tasks.
Desired
Skills and Qualifications:
- Prior
experience working in accounting or procurement for a US-based development
organization.
- Demonstrated
knowledge of US government or US foundations’ financial and / or
procurement compliance regulations.