- Job Type:Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience4 years
- Location: Nairobi
- Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit
Responsibilities :
The role will cut across Financial Management, Accounting & Reporting and Audit & Compliance.
Financial Management, Accounting and Reporting
- Prepare and keep track of project and country budgets & spending
- Provide finance inputs for country proposals, policies and projects
- Bookkeeping - pass journals and supporting documentation according to the monthly close calendar
- Review monthly, quarterly and annual spending for accuracy
- Prepare and present budget and actual reports the users of financial information
- Ensure that funds expended are compliant with Donor requirements, national/state regulations and organizational policies
- Create error free periodic reports, such as balance sheets, profit & loss statements, management reports etc.
- Document and update financial policies and procedures in our knowledge management system, Guru.
Audit and Compliance
- Lead the management of annual and country audits
- Assist in the preparation and provision of support for the financial statement audits
- Prepare financial statements
- Oversee the preparation and submission of regulatory filings
- Ensure compliance with applicable standards (i.e. IFRS), rules, regulations, and systems of internal control
- Implement payment and procurement protocols, including ensuring proper documentation (both hard and soft copies) and adherence to controls
- Coordinate the submission of statutory payments to the statutory authorities on time and file original receipts
- Implement the Finance and Accounting Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Profile
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent practical experience.
- 4+ years of professional experience in accounting or finance, with experience in data analysis budgeting and reporting.
- Professional qualification (ACCA or CPA) is required.
- Professionally proficient in English
- Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy
- Excellent stakeholder management and strategic influencing skills
- Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios
- Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines
- Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure
- A full appreciation of the value of cooperation, both internationally and within a team environment
- Aptitude to learn quickly new software tools, such as Slack, Intacct, Limelight, and Google Spreadsheets
- Advanced excel skills
- Aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills
- Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to GiveDirectly on boards.greenhouse.io to apply