Finance Assistant at Child Fund International

A Finance officer will supports field operations by providing technical assistance and guidance on financial management. He/She will be reporting to the Child Fund Kenya Finance manager. She/he will be based in National Office.

Duties and  responsibilities

• Ensure expenditures and supporting documents are in compliance with donor’s regulation/audit requirements and coded correctly.
• Pro-actively rise issues and concerns with the Finance Manager to ensure Childfund remains in compliance with donor contract and regulations
• Prepare financial reports in donor format which are timely and accurate.
• Coordinating audits of recipients of grants
• Making the necessary field visits to projects
• Payment processing, matching requisition to LPO and invoices, ensuring they are duly approved subject to approval limits. Ensuring all appropriate documentation for any cheque payments are adequately filed.
• All other duties assigned

 Minimum Qualifications:

• CPA finalist
• A Bachelor degree in accounting, commerce, finance or related discipline.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in accounting,
• Proficiency in Microsoft office & accounting packages

Required Skills

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English;  fluency in Swahili required
• Good oral/written communication and organizational skills
• Must be able to travel to program locations
• Ability to work under pressure

Required Experience

• Specified years experience in working in the human service or social services and/or with a non profit agency, preferably community organization
• Computer proficiency in general office software applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Demonstrated experience with the design, implementation, management and evaluation of programs preferred