Senior Finance Manager at Kimetrica Limited

Overall, the Senior Finance Manager will monitor day-to-day finances and administration and ensure compliance with USAID’s regulations and Kimetrica’s internal procedures. They will carry out operational activities, such as start-up, mobiliation, demobilization, and activity-specific procurements, and support field team logistics. In addition, they will lead the activity's financial reviews and reporting--analyzing and troubleshooting issues--and prepare quarterly finance projections and reports.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Contract Management

• Monitors day-to-day finances and administration for the activity.
• Ensures compliance with Kimetrica’s policies and procedures and, in consultation with home office staff, provides recommendations for best practices.
• Troubleshoots complex activity administrative and operational challenges.
• Provides oversight on operational activities such as start-up, mobilization, demobilization, and activity-specific procurements.
• Proactively identifies and analyzes areas of risk and advises on possible solutions and preventive measures.
• Ensures compliance with internal and external audit findings.
• Supports reports, work plans and other deliverables, and deliverables as required.
• Resolves complex contractual issues with appropriate escalation and collaboration.

Financial Management

• Manages all activity financial performance targets.
• Leads activity’s financial reviews, analyzes, and troubleshoots financial issues.
• Ensures accuracy of activity’s financial transactions and monthly activity invoices.
• Reviews and approves office payments (e.g., timesheets, expense reports, vendor invoices, etc.).
• Monitors accuracy of activity budget and provides analysis and solutions.
• Working with home office finance staff, prepares quarterly finance projections and reviews.
• Develops task order budgets in collaboration with managerial, technical, and finance staff members.

Staff Management

• Supervises, trains, and mentors project associates and assistants, as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Commerce, Finance, Management, Business Administration or similar field.
• 7 years of experience managing/supervising financial operations of donor-funded projects.
• Knowledge of applicable Kenyan laws and policies on financial and procurement procedures and human resources.
• Strong familiarity with Microsoft Office suite of products, particularly Excel.
• High-level of proficiency in both spoken and written English.

Preferred:

• Professional accountancy qualification (CPA, ACCA).
• Proficiency in US Government and Federal Acquisition Regulations on procurement, human resources, and financial reports processes and requirements.
• Previous experience working in USAID-funded programs.

JOB LOCATION: Nairobi, Kenya

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Kenya on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship and work permits are not available for this position.