Financial Accountant at Kenya Water and Sanitation Civil Society Network (KEWASNET)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare payment requests as per budget and regulations
• Maintain accurate records of expenditure/filing
• Production of financial management reports
• Compile timely and compliant financial reports of KEWASNET & partner organizations
• Compile expenditure reports on donor funded programmes 
• Produce accurate and timely financial reports to donors, know and make known conditions and time restrictions
• Monitor expenditure against budget investigating, analyzing and reporting significant variances
• Prepare statutory payments due and follow up outstanding VAT/customs
• Review coding of transactions and supporting documents to ensure correctness as per budget
• Input data in Sage
• Process payroll
• Process Employee benefits, insurance, submit remittances on time

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND LOGISTICAL 
ARRANGEMENTS

• The successful applicant will be part of the Finance and Administration team based at our offices in Nairobi. They will work closely with the Finance and Administration Officer to shape KEWASNET’s work, and to plan and account for our annual budget and programme budgets. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate the following;

Experience and Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance
• Certified Public accountant (CPA)
• At least five years’ experience in a busy finance department undertaking budgeting, accounting and reporting roles
• Demonstrate experience and understanding of SAGE300
• Experience in management of multi-year, multi- partner projects