Business Support Officer I (Project Accountants) - 4 Positions

Requirements/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, finance, economics, or a related subject.
  
•  Professional qualification or satisfactory progress towards attainment of professional qualification in accountancy (CPA II or equivalent)
  
•  Relevant exposure to auditing or financial management will be desirable (at least 2 years of practical work experience).
  

Other Desirable Attributes

•  Ability to study and familiarize with the Centre’s documents (Financial Rules & Regulations, Procurement Manual, Whistleblower policy, Anti-fraud, and ant-corruption policy…etc.) and donor-specific requirements.
  
•  Ability to study and familiarize with the Centre’s systems.
  
•  Ability to interpret, resolve, and adapt decisions within established guidelines and directions in the execution of tasks.
  
•  Capacity to function effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
  
•  Ability to search for common ground in problem-solving.
  
•  Support in the development of solutions in a consultative manner for process improvement.
  
•  Train and create users’ awareness in the management of staff working advances and related processes.
  
•  Provide support to the research themes and units to ensure effective staff working advance management processes in line with the icipe’s financial policies and donor regulations.
  
•  Provide support in the resource mobilization activities as assigned from time to time.
  
•  Provide support in partner management processes as assigned from time to time.
  

Reporting

• This position reports to the Senior Projects Accountant.
  

Applications will be accepted up to 9 th April 2024.Interestedapplicants should submit:(a) a confidential cover letter; (b) a detailed CV with names and addresses of 3 referees, including e-mail addresses; and (c) a statementillustrating suitability against the listed qualifications/competencies/abilities, and skills.

Candidates are required to apply online through: http://recruit.icipe.org or by Email: [email protected]

Requirements/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, finance, economics, or a related subject.
  
•  Professional qualification or satisfactory progress towards attainment of professional qualification in accountancy (CPA II or equivalent)
  
•  Relevant exposure to auditing or financial management will be desirable (at least 2 years of practical work experience).
  

Other Desirable Attributes

•  Ability to study and familiarize with the Centre’s documents (Financial Rules & Regulations, Procurement Manual, Whistleblower policy, Anti-fraud, and ant-corruption policy…etc.) and donor-specific requirements.
  
•  Ability to study and familiarize with the Centre’s systems.
  
•  Ability to interpret, resolve, and adapt decisions within established guidelines and directions in the execution of tasks.
  
•  Capacity to function effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
  
•  Ability to search for common ground in problem-solving.
  
•  Support in the development of solutions in a consultative manner for process improvement.
  
•  Train and create users’ awareness in the management of staff working advances and related processes.
  
•  Provide support to the research themes and units to ensure effective staff working advance management processes in line with the icipe’s financial policies and donor regulations.
  
•  Provide support in the resource mobilization activities as assigned from time to time.
  
•  Provide support in partner management processes as assigned from time to time.
  

Reporting

• This position reports to the Senior Projects Accountant.
  

Applications will be accepted up to 9 th April 2024.Interestedapplicants should submit:(a) a confidential cover letter; (b) a detailed CV with names and addresses of 3 referees, including e-mail addresses; and (c) a statementillustrating suitability against the listed qualifications/competencies/abilities, and skills.

Candidates are required to apply online through: http://recruit.icipe.org or by Email: [email protected]

• Provide financial management and accounting support to project portfolio teams.
  
• Review of staff surrenders and claims for validity, completeness, and accuracy in line with icipe’s financial policies and donor regulations.
  
•  Preparation of long outstanding staff working advance balances for management’s action.
  
•  Facilitations during projects’ periodic audits.
  
•  Collate/document user experience feedback for process improvement.
  
•  Collate/document new/emerging donor requirements for process improvement.
  
•  Recommend other generally accepted good practices for process improvement.
  
•  Other related tasks as assigned.