Finance Coordinator at Strathmore University

Reporting: Program Director-BMIA Project

Relationships And Contacts:

• Dean and members of Management Committee.
• Faculty members.
• Collaborative partners, partner business schools in Kenya and globally.
• Interdepartmental relationships with colleagues across the Business School.

Job Purpose

The Bloomberg Africa Media Initiative is a multi-disciplinary program launched by Michael R. Bloomberg in 2014 to advance business journalism in Africa in order to accelerate development of a globally competitive media and financial reporting industry to improve market transparency, economic growth and governance.

The initiative provides cross-disciplinary educational programs and mid-career fellowships to increase the number of highly trained business and financial journalists, and convenes media, business and technology leaders to promote interactive dialogue and build strong relationships to enhance the quality of financial coverage.

The Strathmore Business School, Center for Business Journalism is serving as the Secretariat responsible for the implementation of the training program in five African countries (Ghana, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Cote D’ivoire).

Job Responsibilities:

• To gather and collect all the financial data and information, to verify whether it has been accurately entered in the system, to monitor and retrieve the financial details whenever there is a need, etc.
• To review and post account payable ledger entries, manage and process invoices, to prepare and review account receivable, and other balance reconciliation
• To assist in tracking the journal entries by reviewing the source documentation and making relevant adjustments, assisting in the preparation of audit requirements, supporting in the preparation of statistical reports and to make sure that they are standardized
• To provide support in budget preparation and drafting of relevant documents, perform miscellaneous filing, ad hoc reconciliation, etc.
• To ensure timely completion of the assigned accounting tasks that are in accordance with the outlined policies and procedures
• To be present at various meetings, to address the issues, provide appropriate guidelines for improvising the process, and to identify opportunities for enhancement
• S/He is responsible for making accurate entries in the accounting system to maintain accurate filing system
• S/He is responsible for taking minutes of the meeting ,drafts it and proof reads the material before the final copy is sent

The job description is a guide to the level and range of responsibilities the post-holder is expected to undertake initially and duties of that post may be altered from time to time to meet changing demands

Requirements

• Degree Holder from a recognized institution
• Work experience in managing large grants will be an added advantage
• Should be self-confident and demonstrate strong initiative
• Should possess excellent planning ,time management and organization skill
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• S/He should be an excellent team player with multi-tasking ability