Finance Officer at BRAC

Finance Officer, Kenya

• The role of AIM Central Finance team is to provide support and oversight in the financial management of the AIM operations in country offices related to financial matters, systems and process improvement. This role supports The Head of Finance (HoF) by providing technical assistance to country Offices to ensure transactional and relevant documents are reviewed and prepare quarterly financial report.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support Head of Finance, AIM and Finance managers to ensure high standard of financial stewardship in both regional office and Country offices.
• Assisting FM in maintaining books, accounts and other financial records of NPA adhering the financial standard of NPA financial system to ensure accountability.
• Reviewing the correctness and adequate of accounting documents before making payments
• Ensure that all banking transactions are done on time with very minimum risk and in line with organizational policies.
• In collaboration with other finance staff, support the HoF to reconcile bank statements.
• Work with Program and Finance teams to prepare all budgets that may be required.
• Support the HoF to routinely review the process flow of the country offices.
• Prepare the fund reconciliation report with the financial report and bank reconciliation.
• Review of the shared supporting documents for all the transactions from all the AIM-implementing countries.
• Work with the submitted budget from the country to review and consolidate them for submission.
• Work for the AIM DREAMS partner reporting.
• Work with the head office team to get AIM expenditures and supporting documents.
• Review the reimbursement documents from country offices.

Safeguarding:

• Read, understand, practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelors or Masters Finance, Accounting, Business Management

Required Competencies:

• A strong knowledge and understanding of financial system.
• Strong ability to run common Microsoft applications
• Ability to understand financial reports and supporting documents
• Proven knowledge in developing reporting and relevant formats
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to be a team player and to work independently and with initiative
• Proven ability to perform under pressure and prioritize with multiple competing demands.
• Highly organized, analytical, strategic thinker with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to travel frequently to BRAC countries as needed.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is a must
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication and networking skills.

Experience Requirements:

• 2 - 4 year’s experience in finance and accounting roles preferably in a multinational company or NGO sector.
• Experience with donor reporting and communications.