Regional Senior Accounting Analyst (French Speaker Required) at Winrock International

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Organizational functions:

• Assist in ensuring compliance with various local laws and regulations, including annual submissions of audited financial statements and other required local filings for the Nairobi Regional Office
• Elevate organizational issues and concerns to supervisor for appropriate action(s), as necessary
• Assist in preparing financial reports for the Nairobi Regional Office
• Prepare expenditures for all financial activities in Nairobi in QuickBooks and submission to RAM for review and approval
• Prepare monthly remittances to government agencies
• Initiates Nairobi – QuickBooks data entry and maintenance; generation of monthly financial reports and schedules
• Assist in preparing Nairobi Regional Office monthly wire requests and ensure financial reports are complete, accurate, and compliant with Winrock policies and procedures
• Elevate financial/accounting-related problems to the supervisor to offer resolution, as and when seen appropriate
• Prepare vendor files and related accounting records, such as leases and contracts; ensure file maintenance is compliant with Winrock’s retention policies, procedures, and local requirements
• Prepare accounts’ payables, receivables, payroll support, staff advances, and accruals schedules, ensuring that they are complete, tracked and monitored regularly
• Support the preparation of local annual audits, including procurement of audit services
• Perform any other relevant duties as assigned

International Accounting

• Review project accounting functions of assigned portfolio of projects/offices
• Ensure assigned project offices submit QB financial reports and support documents within the set deadlines
• Review of field office vouchers for assigned project portfolio and ensure accuracy and completeness of the supporting documents, in compliance with Winrock’s and Donor’s policies and procedures
• Reviews monthly projects schedules and reconciliations e.g., bank, salary, petty cash, assets, and liabilities, etc
• Support orientation/training for new project accounting staff on Winrock’s financial, administrative, and operational policies and procedures (or re-training of existing staff whenever there are new or revised policies and procedures)
• Supports internal and external audits and reviews as necessary
• Coordinates with the supervisor on project/field visits and monitoring activities
• Review completeness and accuracy of project/field offices’ monthly reports package submission
• Provide guidance to Project/Field Offices on accounting issues appropriately and escalate any accounting issue to the supervisor
• Translate International Accounting presentation materials from English to French

 QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field plus professional qualification in CPA, ACCA or its equivalent is required

Work Experience:

• At least two years’ experience in finance and accounting, minimum of one year in international development
• Experience in working with an international non-governmental organization at a regional level would be an added advantage
• Experience in financial, administrative, and/or procurement of donor-funded programs; USAID or other US Government agencies experience preferred

Skills:

• Understanding and knowledge of accounting principles, practices, standards, laws. and regulations
• Ability to work effectively as a team member with diverse groups, multicultural workforce and appreciation of cultural differences is required
• Ability to coordinate multiple simultaneous tasks, good time management and attention to detail
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office – Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, including SharePoint cloud storage
• Strong analytical and computer skills, especially spreadsheet and financial analysis
• Excellent knowledge and experience with accounting software and databases. User knowledge of QuickBooks database preferred
• Good communication skills – both written and verbal. Ability to communicate effectively with a multicultural workforce
• Fluency in written and oral French required

This position requires 20% travel nationally and internationally, as needed and when global travel circumstances allow. (While 20% travel is required for this role, due to COVID 19, non-essential travel has been suspended until further notice). Typical office environment with continual sitting or standing required.