The Finance Officer will be responsible for accurate and timely preparation of financial transactions, ensuring compliance to FEED Kenya and donor policies and procedures. He/ She will provide support to the Senior Finance Officer in budgeting, cashflow management, donor reporting, and day-to-day financial department operations. This role reports directly to the Senior Finance Officer.
Essential Job Function
- Recording all financial transactions and ensure monthly transactions are entered in the general ledger accurately and on timely basis.
- Assist in the preparation of financial reports and end month procedures.
- Timely payments of program activities and ensuring completeness, accuracy, and approvals as per FEED-Kenya policies.
- Supporting procurement of goods and services for the project as per FEED-Kenya policies and standards.
- Maintain an accurate filing of payment vouchers and other financial documents by keeping accurate financial records.
- Manage verification and liquidation of all project advances and review travel expense reports.
- Audit travel vouchers and reconcile travel advances.
- Petty cash management: cash custodian, proper recording, reconciliations, and posting of petty cash expenses.
- Support in payroll management by filing all the statutory returns and making payments for all payroll deductions.
- Ensuring finance policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Preparation of audit schedules and support the audit process.
Qualifications & Experience
- A bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/business administration with at least 5 years of relevant professional experience.
- CPA K
- Experience in project accounting and auditing in donor-funded development projects is required.
- Strong computer skills in QuickBooks accounting software, and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Experience in financial management for a large complex project
Behaviors (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Feed the Children values.
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging personal and team goals, takes responsibility for own personal development, and encourages teams to do the same.
- Widely shares personal vision for Feed the Children, engages and motivates others.
- Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with team, colleagues, Donors and external partners and supporters.
- Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
- Works with minimal supervision
- Good communication skills
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
- Proven ability to assess priorities, handle a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment, and meet competing deadlines with great attention to detail and quality.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.
How to apply
Interested applicants are invited to email their applications and detailed CV with contact details of three referees tofeedinternationaljobs@feedthechildren.org clearly indicating the subject title as Finance Officer by February 02, 2024, at 5.00 pm.