JOB TITLE: Finance Officer
JOB TYPE: Full-Time
LOCATION: Nairobi
Company information
Sustainable Agricultural Information Initiative (SAII) is a regional Not for Profit development organization with over 10 years of experience in delivering agricultural development and resilience-building interventions focused on value chain development in the ASAL and other counties of Kenya. The NGO is concerned with the promotion of sustainable agricultural practices to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty by implementing innovative, enterprising and sustainable interventions that contribute to mainstreaming good agricultural practices and market-oriented approaches, generating and diversifying household incomes among smallholder farmers and enterprising youth & women enterprises, thereby contributing to the long term agenda of ensuring a food secure and a healthy nation.
Specific tasks/Responsibilities
The finance officer will be responsible for the following:
- Providing budgetary input from assigned projects for the main annual budget compilation;
- Responsible for preparing cashflow projections for assigned accounts;
- Responsible for preparing/maintaining/updating financial monitoring tools for assigned accounts;
- Responsible for controlling budget utilization for assigned accounts;
- Responsible for 1st signing/approving all payment vouchers, LPOs, WOs etc that relate to assigned accounts;
- Responsible for ensuring the files & records under assigned accounts are in order;
- Contribution to the development of policies, procedures, accounting templates and systems during departmental meetings;
- Responsible for overseeing overall financial management of donor funded projects as per agreement/contracts;
- Responsible for review of donor funded financial reports and direct submission to the respective donors as per the timelines stipulated in the contracts/agreement; Responsible for customization/calibration/setting up the financial system for any assigned new project in the accounting system with the approval of the manager;
- Responsible for preparation of donor required/demanded financial reports for the assigned projects as per contract/agreement terms;
- Responsible for posting assigned projects transactions into the accounting systems; Responsible for timely invoicing of partners/donors as per the agreement terms;
- Responsible for processing all approved payments;
- Responsible for bank reconciliations;
- Responsible for account receivables and account payables;
- Responsible for 1st signing/approval of requisitions related to assigned projects;
- Responsible for processing petty cash replenishment;
Qualification Requirements
The ideal and successful candidate should meet the following profile:
- Applicant must have a Bachelors degree in Business Administration or Bachelor of Commerce (Finance or Accounting specialization) with strong academic credentials.
- Possession of a master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics or other relevant fields is an added advantage
- CPA/ACCA qualification
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in a responsible way
- Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent administrative and organizational skills
- Effective communication skills
- Applicant must have at least 5 years of relevant working experience
How to apply
Candidates who meet the requirements should send their CV and a cover letter motivating their interest in the position, detailing current and expected salary and Skype and mobile contacts by COB (9th December 2020) and follow the application instructions on the site.
More Information
- Job City Nairobi
