QUALIFICATIONS: A Degree in Commerce (majoring in Accounting/Finance) BA (Accounting/Finance), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Association of Certified Chartred Accountants
A post Graduate qualification will be an added advantage.
EXPERIENCE: 8 years relevant work experience in Financial Management. Experience in Financial Management, monitoring expenditure budget, development of finance and accounting policies, procedures, office operations and systems in the context of an international organization, financial reporting preferably for major donors, budgeting and budgetary control for donor funds, initiating and implementation of financial capacity building for donor funded organizations and a wide range of software used in an administration and financial management e.g. Microsoft excel.
Duties:
1. The Finance Officer, will focus on the following specific areas:
Ø Preparation of annual budgets
Ø Preparation of individual annual works plans
Ø Monitoring actual expenditure against budgeted expenditure for control purposes Attend projects meeting
Ø Prepare and submit regular reimbursement requests to the World Bank
Ø Attend to day to day financial management issues and provide appropriate advice
Ø Advice NACA Management on Financial Management issues related to the project
Ø Assist public sector ministries in the preparation of project annual work plans
Ø Monitor public sector ministries actual expenditure against budgeted expenditure for control purposes
Ø Ensure accountability of project funds by public sector ministries
Ø Supervise CSOs involved in project implementation on financial management and other programme matters to ensure effective project implementation
Ø Design and implement appropriate capacity building programmes in financial management to assist project beneficiaries
Ø Participate actively in all call for Proposals activities
Ø Ensure that Civil Society Organizations implementing the project produce and provide financial reports accompanied by support documents, on a timely basis
Ø Collaborate with the Procurement TA to ensure that there are no misprocurements by CSO and that all procurements under the projected are budgeted for and part of Procurement Plans.
2. Key Competencies
Ø Functional and technical skills
Ø Technical papers and reports for local and international dissemination
Ø Interpersonal communication and team management skills
Ø Analytical and interpretive skills
Ø Customer focus
Ø Ethics and values
Ø Intellectual “Horsepower”
Ø Drive for Results