Position: Finance Officer (Casual)
Reporting to: Senior Finance Officer
Purpose of position:
The Finance officer is responsible for handling all finance entries to ensure accurate financial record keeping as well as timely, detailed and accurate reconciliation of financial documents, including bank statements, inventory records, invoices and other reports.
S/He will work closely with the other finance team members in the implementation of prudent, effective and progressive financial, cost and management accounting. Full confidentiality is mandatory.
Key responsibilities:
- Posting transactions into QuickBooks systems.
- Track expenditure for multiple programs and income from multiple domestic and international sources.
- Contribute in preparing the annual program budgets and track budgets based on expenditure throughout the year.
- Keep accurate inventories of various items including consumables, pharmaceuticals, linens etc
- Work closely with the Finance team to ensure responsible financial practices.
- Coordinate and manage accounts payable & receivable
- Monitor and manage cash donations, Cash Book and other accounting entries.
- Summarizing, recording and filing of financial source documents.
- Assist teams in audit procedures as and when needed.
- Responsible for handling statutory payments including KRA- (VAT,WHT), NSSF NHIF, HELB
- Assist in preparation of payroll
- Assist in preparation of finance reports for internal and donor use.
- Carryout tasks on the online banking platform.
- Assist other department managers with month-end quality control on financial and accounting practices and reporting.
- Plus, any other duties as may be assigned by management.
Minimum specifications
- Post high-school training in accounting up to CPA section 4 qualification
- Bachelor of Commerce Finance option will be an added advantage
- Excellent proficiency in QuickBooks, Word and Excel
- International NGO accounting experience for at least 3 years.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Honest and hard working, with high ethical standards.
- Highly motivated, energetic, analytical, and able to work independently.
More Information
- Job City Nairobi
