Program accountant at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing timely and accurate donor financial reports as per specific donor and ILRI guidelines
• Management of sub grantees by ensuring financial reports are received on time as per specific contracts and properly filed for future reference, reviewing their vouchers and financial reports, facilitating funds transfers and follow up on any matters arising from received documentation
• Preparing monthly financial management reports for the program
• Support annual budget preparation and periodic project budgets
• Assist in implementing audit comments as per the management letter
• Reconcile donor receivables and payables to the general ledger
• Work with Grant Officers to ensure full cost items are charged to the projects as per agreements such as research support, ICT, space and overheads
• Participate in project closures
• Prepare proposals budgets as per donor and ILRI guidelines
• Prepare invoices for fellows, donors or any other services to be offered by the BecA-ILRI hub
• Ensure all services revenues are collected and posted correctly in the financial system:- recharges, hub placement fee, bench fee
• Review financial documents of the unit e.g. payment requests, purchase requisitions travel advance forms, travel expense reports, advance settlement forms to ensure they are accurate , charges are to the correct grants and that the spending is within budget
• Maintain an effective filling system for financial and related documents for document retention, ease of reference and retrieval

 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Full accounting qualifications- CPA (K) or ACCA
• Minimum of three years of relevant working experience
• Good personal organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly effective multi-tasking skills, with ability to coordinate, prioritize and organize workload and meet deadlines

Terms of Appointment

This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus. It is open to Kenyan nationals only. This is a temporary position up to a period ending 15 June 2017.

Job Level

This position is job level 2C.

How to apply: Applicants should send a cover letter and CV explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to the Director, People and Organizational Development through our recruitment portal in the link provided on or before 7 December 2016. The position title and reference number REF: PA/BecA /11/2016 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter.