Finance Officer at Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)

Specific Tasks

• Verify and ensure complete and proper documentation of project activity-related payments.
• Initiate B2C MPESA transfers to project participants in a timely manner.
• Track and ensure that all project participants are paid .
• Track and ensure prompt submission of expenditure reports/surrenders by project
• staff upon completion of an activity.
• Verify the expenditure reports/surrenders for correctness and completeness.
• Post approved transactions into the SUNPLUS accounting system.
• Prepare Admin/Project reconciliations.
• Prepare Bank/MPESA accounts reconciliations.
• Ensure completeness of JV documentation for filing.
• Scan journal vouchers complete with support documentation and file in sharepoint
• Promptly file hard copy Journal vouchers into clearly labelled box files.
• Obtain and file acknowledgement document (receipt or otherwise) for all payments.
• Ensure assets register and inventory listing is updated and reconciled with ledger.
• Ensure Staff personal accounts are cleared every month as per policy.
• Prepare cash flow projections in liaison with the technical project staff.
• Monitor project budget burn rate for optimal project performance
• Ensure completeness of posting of transactions for up to date reporting
• Extract monthly Financial reports from sunsystems and circulate to management
• Prepare accurate donor reports in a timely manner

Desired Competencies and Minimum Qualifications

• Education University degree in Accounting or Finance and/or Professional qualification in Accounting.
• Experience At least (3) year’s experience in accounting and financial management of donor funded projects in an NGO setting.