Christian Aid NGO Finance Officer Jobs in Nairobi

Christian Aid is a humanitarian and development organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life with dignity, free from poverty.

To be responsible for finance compliance and risk management working with programme staff and partner organizations to assist them in planning, granting, budget and financial management.

Oversee partners’ financial reporting, budgeting, auditing and compliance to agreed Christian Aid’s procedures and policies. To build the financial and budget management capacity of local partner organization
through training and support.

To improve the capacity of Christian Aid programme staff to understand and uphold both Christian Aid's and institutional donors' financial policies and procedures and
proactively manage contracts and risk within respective projects and programmes

Key outcomes

Co-ordinate the project's financial accounting, reporting, compliance and risk management

Manage correspondences and matters in regard to financial management

Support enforcement of financial management policies and developing and enforcing
procedures that assure transparency.

In liaison with the finance assistant ensure proper financial management (effective use of the financial management system) for the project and ensure it is fully operating, providing the relevant reports and regular updated

Co-ordinate the VAT claiming process for respective regional offices & grantees and ensure that timely reimbursements

Prepare periodic financial management reports for the programme all sub recipients, liquidate the eligible costs and take relevant action on the expenses rendered ineligible and ensure proper allocation of expenses, reason-ability of expenses and allow ability as per donor guidelines.

Support in preparation and managing donor/internal audits including liaison with auditors and providing necessary financial archiving procedures to ensure all required expenditure support documents are properly maintained and availed when required.

Ensure all financial transactions of CASE-OVC are

properly authorized, recorded, supported and filled

Manage all reconciliations, staff advances /repayments,supplier statements in accordance with the formal standards & policy

Applied skills/knowledge and expertise

Essential

Minimum undergraduate degree and/or professional qualification in Accounting,
Finance, Business Studies, Auditing or related field

English language proficiency

3 years work experience

Experience of managing grants/contracts from institutional donors

Experience of setting up and managing donor compliance monitoring systems, developing and implementing relevant tools

Strong financial skills in budgeting, income tracking, budget monitoring and
financial reporting

Understanding and participating in donor financial compliance audits

Prior experience managing USG activities preferably of similar scope with an
excellent grasp of USAID financial policies and requirements.

Experience in financial management within the project cycle management

Exposure to computerized financial systems, spread sheets and word processing
packages

Experience of managing grants/contracts from institutional donors

Ability to supervise and partners organisations and oversee compliance project
function in regard to project agreement & USAID rules and regulations & provide clear guidance on donor policies and procedures to other staff

Desirable

Qualified CPA accountant

Experience of using computerised financial reporting tools.

Training skills.

How to apply

Interested candidates should apply online by 23rd July, 2018

For more information and job application details, see; Christian Aid NGO Finance Officer Jobs in Nairobi

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