Job Openings at Duma Works - 3 Positions

Ref Number 3212

Duma Works is recruiting a Program Coordinator for Abacus; someone with a fundamental understanding of investing and personal finance.

About us

Abacus is an award-winning financial software and services company based in Nairobi, and building a pan-African financial services platform. We are driven by “Why not”, the pursuit of excellence and value curiosity and ability to learn over everything else.

The Money Academy is a program developed by Abacus to inform, educate and empower people especially its users on the Personal Finance, Investing, and Financial Management. The program was developed after realization of the gap in financial knowledge for a majority of people who have a keen interest in Investing and financial growth. It’s an intensive program that involves interactive discussions, incorporation of games and tools to enhance learning, and follow up one on one sessions.

The team at Abacus developed Tajiri a prototype board game that helps its players understand the opportunities and how to capture them in the Kenyan market, practically get to make financial decisions, and enhance team work.

We are looking for someone with a fundamental understanding of investing and personal finance. You will oversee, design, develop, coordinate, and run both large- and small-scale training programs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and review comprehensive programs for training, including personal finance topics, skills training, and corporate trainings
• Select the ideal training methods or activities for a particular purpose and audience (online, role playing (Tajiri board game), mentoring, on the job training, professional development classes, etc.)
• Market and promote the Academy’s programs to the public, corporate clients and other stakeholders
• Conduct needs assessments, identifying skills or knowledge gaps and opportunities for new programs and markets
• Develop and manage partnerships and sponsorships
• Analyze and incorporate new training methods and techniques
• Develop and prepare educational/training aids and materials
• Evaluate effectiveness of training courses and provide summary reports to management, determining impact of training on clients and corporate goals
• Maintain a database of curriculum, materials, and training records
• Recruit trainers and teachers, oversee training and remuneration.

Requirements

• Fundamental understanding of investing and financial products
• Grasp of business principles and processes (P&L management)
• Great planning skills with ability to work autonomously and manage own schedules and timelines
• Basic understanding of web development, online marketing and social media management
• Strong sales and closing skills
• Great interpersonal skills
• Ability to craft simple yet informative proposals and superior presentation skills
• Excellent English written and spoken skills
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Good knowledge of MS office
• High energy and motivation with the ability to handle pressure and deliver quickly

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Ref Number 3215

Duma Works is recruiting a Financial Controller for our client in Nairobi. The hiring firm specializes in the trade of agricultural commodities in East Africa.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and supervise petty cash, banking and payroll.
• Prepare management accounts.
• Prepare annual audited accounts.
• Coordinate and direct the preparation of budget and escalate for approval.
• Ensure that all monthly and periodical financial returns are filed with the relevant authorities.
• Efficiently manage cash flow.
• Advise on investment decisions based on income & cash flow.
• Liaise with external auditors e.g. KRA for both legal and statutory compliance.
• Supervise the team to ensure that billing and collections are done on time.
• Supervise the property manager to ensure that the properties generate ROI.
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
• Help in projects analysis.

Requirements

• Strathmore Business School Graduate is mandatory.
• Able to work with banks or investors, understand tools of finances available within the market and Agribusiness context.
• CPA (K)/ACCA Finalist.
• At least 5years relevant experience 3 of which are at a Senior level in accounting & finance.
• Excellent accounting software user and administration skills.

Additional attributes

• Self-motivated and well organised
• Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision
• Demonstrate pro activity and due diligence

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Ref Number 3194

Duma Works is recruiting a Software Engineer for one of our clients in Nairobi; a fast growing company that builds digital apps for clients with multiple value propositions.

The company is looking for a self-driven, independent and innately curious individual to add to their software development team. You will get to work on a wide array of technologies for all their clients, ranging from high-growth startups to Fortune 500 companies. Your role will be to develop secure, scalable and robust web- and mobile-based solutions, and to build elegant yet powerful applications and application interfaces.

The company is a relatively small company, so be willing and ready for your work to be purposeful and your ideas to have tangible impact. As a progressive firm you will be allowed lots of flexibility but they do have high expectations from your work.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 1-3+ years experience developing, optimizing, and deploying scalable, performant php applications (preferably on PHP Laravel).
• Experience with relational databases (preferably MySQL).
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Experience with JavaScript libraries and frameworks.
• Knowledge of source control, preferably git.
• Knowledge of Object Oriented and MVC concepts.
• Familiarity with deployment pipelines and continuous integration practices is a plus.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with non-technical staff.
• Eager to learn new things.