VSO NGO Projects Accountant Jobs in Kenya

VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. Our extraordinary volunteers live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities.


Sharing their unique skills and experience to generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities they work in lift themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.

Provide financial support and expert advices on project financial management, manage and maintain projects financial management activities in order to ensure an efficient, secure and controlled financial environment in compliance with VSO policies and procedures, donor requirements and local regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with and support programme team to effectively manage existing grants.
  • Be the expert on all institutional funding compliance requirements ensuring all grants are meeting the contractual requirements. Also ensuring that donor deadlines are met.
  • Develop and run training sessions to ensure that all staff and partners are aware and understand the VSO and donor requirements on grants
  • Maintain and update the grants accounting codes on a regular basis. Ensure that grant codes are issued in a timely
    manner. Ensure that all staff are clear on the codes that should be used.
  • Ensure that there are high quality monthly management information reports available to programme managers and the Country Director on grant expenditure. Maintain a picture of matched funding liabilities.
  • Ensure that project/grant files (as per the finance manual) are maintained and easily accessible both online and hard copy
  • Ensure that Monthly variance analysis is accurately completed and that corrective action is applied, followed through and followed up.
  • Prepare accurate quarterly updates on funding balances to the Head of Finance & operations, ensuring the balances reflect the up to date
    picture.
  • Work with other colleagues to provide support to finance team in country in financial accounting and management.
  • Ensure timely retirement and reconciliation of all staff advances, partners and sub grants.
  • Support in partnership review /Support/train partners and community groups in laying proper financial systems as well as monitoring the usage of funds by partners (spot
    checks, review of their books etc).
  • Produce project financial reports for externally funded projects on a timely basis and in line with donor criteria

    Skills, qualifications and experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and additional qualifications like Management Accountant (CMA), ACCA, ACA or Certified Public Accountant will be an added advantage.
  • Knowledge of financial management of restricted donor funding, reporting, procurement procedures, grant management, grant equipment, donor rules and regulations for non-profit organisations.
  • Strong leadership experience in budget management (including project budgets), financial planning and analysis.
    Knowledge of Internal, External and Project Audit.
  • Experience managing staff, ability to develop, coach and motivate a high performing team and empower others to apply good grant management principles.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Able to effectively communicate complex financial information to a wide range of audiences and experience of remote and cross-cultural communication, demonstrating sensitivity to cultural and language differences.
  • Experience of working in and understanding a global organisation, using knowledge to analyse and interpret financial information to support management.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel particularly use of accounting software and reporting packages including SUN.

    How to apply

    Interested candidates should apply online by 2nd May, 2018

    For more information and job application details, see; VSO NGO Projects Accountant Jobs in Kenya

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