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Water Mission International

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Kampala, Uganda

Hivos People Unlimited

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International Organization for Migration

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Kampala, Uganda

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Plan International

Communications Assistant - COSME Project

Nairobi, Kenya

Finance Assistant

Closing: May 31, 2024

13 days remaining

Published: May 17, 2024 (1 day ago)

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  • The job holder is responsible for processing of financial and accounting information; budget monitoring; mission tracking and reconciliations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounts, Business Administration or related field;
  • Relevant professional qualification;
  • Working experience in MS Dynamics Business Central is desirable;
  • At least 2 years work experience in finance and accounts;
  • Proven experience with use of computer programmes including MS Office Suite;
  • Proficiency in cost control; budgetary control; financial reporting and cash management.

COMPETENCIES

  • A person of high integrity that will model TI-Kenya’s core values;
  • A strong commitment to the aims, objectives and values of TI-Kenya;
  • Costing and cost control;
  • Budgeting and budgetary control;
  • Cash management;
  • Honest, diligent and trustworthy;
  • Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision;
  • Strong analytical, statistical and problem-solving skills;
  • Good interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to communicate effectively with people from diverse fields and backgrounds;
  • A sense of urgency and prioritization of tasks


Responsibilities
  • The job holder is responsible for processing of financial and accounting information; budget monitoring; mission tracking and reconciliations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounts, Business Administration or related field;
  • Relevant professional qualification;
  • Working experience in MS Dynamics Business Central is desirable;
  • At least 2 years work experience in finance and accounts;
  • Proven experience with use of computer programmes including MS Office Suite;
  • Proficiency in cost control; budgetary control; financial reporting and cash management.

COMPETENCIES

  • A person of high integrity that will model TI-Kenya’s core values;
  • A strong commitment to the aims, objectives and values of TI-Kenya;
  • Costing and cost control;
  • Budgeting and budgetary control;
  • Cash management;
  • Honest, diligent and trustworthy;
  • Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision;
  • Strong analytical, statistical and problem-solving skills;
  • Good interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to communicate effectively with people from diverse fields and backgrounds;
  • A sense of urgency and prioritization of tasks


Record Management & Receipting

  • Receive, sort and file documents of original entry- delivery notes, invoices, statements (bank, creditors), contracts, approved internal memos etc;
  • Ensure proper filing of copy of approved purchase order and encumber the same in Business Central Dynamics system;
  • Scan approved payment vouchers, contracts and file them on the central document folders;
  • Ensure proper record keeping and filing of all TI-Kenya finance transactions source documents within the Finance Department as well as retrieving documents.

Account Payables

  • Obtain monthly supplier statements and perform reconciliations of supplier’s ledger balances;
  • Ensure that all payments for services rendered are made according to financial and procurement guidelines;
  • Review all petty cash vouchers and monitor reimbursements as per approved guidelines.

Procurement Support

  • Raise LPOs in Business Central Dynamics system for goods/services as requisitioned from the procurement process – ensure all requisitions are supported within TI-Kenya Procurement procedures;
  • Allocate all purchases to the respective grant/project dimensions in Business Central Dynamics system as per budget line for Mission Proposals;
  • Make follow up of internal approval of LPOs as per TI-Kenya’s procurement policy and procedures;
  • Liaise with Procurement Officer to issue approved and executed Local Purchase Order as well as contracts to service providers.

Finance tasks

  • Review approved Mission Proposals for programme activities and supporting documents presented before processing imprest requests and payments to service providers;
  • Assist the Officers in the Finance Department, in preparing project reports for donors and retrieving, scanning of required documents.

Data entry and journals.

  • Review and verify invoices, contracts and payment requests when raised;
  • Data entry in the financial management system (MS Dynamics – Business Central);
  • Allocate shared costs to dimension as per approved annual budgets for utilities and office administration costs;
  • Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues that may be raised by vendors;
  • Propose correcting journal entries for approval.


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