Finance and Administrative Intern at African Virtual University (AVU)

SCOPE OF WORK

The Intern’s responsibilities will be to:

• Assist in maintaining Petty cash book; completely up to date, including record of reconciliations.
• Assist in reconciliations of the cash books to the bank statements and GL.
• Assist in postings into Apogee accounting software.
• Assist in Preparing withholding tax certificates;
• Assist in Filing all Finance and Administration documents.
• Assist in VAT exemption processing
• From time to time provide support to AVU projects including bulk photocopying, scanning and binding of documents and any other logistical support;
• The intern shall perform any other duties that may from time to time be assigned by the supervisor.

COMPETENCE, SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Must be a mature, respectful and honest person of high integrity that is able to work in a team and make meaningful contributions to the team objective.
• Good communication and sound report-writing skills will be an added advantage.
• Should be quick in understanding, keen in taking instructions, and able to work with minimum supervision.
• Should be willing, ready and able to perform other duties as delegated to him/her by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Finance or Accounting option;
• Qualified CPA part II or equivalent in ACCA;
• Keen and pays attention to detail;
• Ability to work well within a team
• Possess Excel spread sheet and word-processing programs at a highly proficient level;
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to determine priorities and meet multiple deadlines;
• Detail-oriented with good multi-tasking abilities and communication skills, both oral and written;
• Must be numerate;
• Exposure to one or more computerised accounting packages will be an added advantage;
• The candidate must maintain strict confidentiality in performing the duties of a Finance Intern;
• Flexibility and a can-do approach to tasks and the ability to adapt to a changing and challenging environment.

MODALITIES OF WORK

The interns are expected to work from Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm.

DURATION

3 months

REPORTING

The interns will report to the Finance Officer and will work closely with the Finance Assistant.

The successful candidates will be appointed for an initial 3 months. This position is based at AVU offices in Nairobi, Kenya.