Deadline: 24 September, 2022
Location: Kenya
Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Senior Accountant.
Established in 1997, KCDF is a public philanthropic foundation that supports sustainable community-driven development.
Responsibilities
- Preparation of donor financial reports in line with donor policies and guidelines
- Review grantee financial reports and work to resolve reporting gaps in coordination with programme officers
- Facilitate capacity enhancement of grantee partners to improve their financial management systems and reporting mechanisms
- Support monitoring of grantee activities
- Support in the facilitation of project audits
- Review and track grantee balances and ensure proper close-out procedures
- Review payment requests in line with organisational manuals, policies, and donor guidelines
- Support in budget proposal development processes
- Ensure payroll processing and payroll journal posting
- Ensure timesheets for payroll charge are timely provided by staff as per donor guidelines
- Provide support in the preparation for internal and external audit
- Support the organisation in the implementation and tracking of its risk management framework
- Support departmental heads in the review of their departmental risks and follow up on relevant mitigation measures
- Obtain and collate feedback from donors and programmes on grant management and compliance issues with a view to improving grant management by identifying challenges, risks and lessons learnt
- Attend the audit and risk committee meeting and make relevant presentations
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or a related field
- Full CPA qualification or equivalent
- Five years, minimum, of work experience, with focus on financial and risk management
- Eight years, minimum, of grant management experience in supporting implementation of donor-funded projects
- Three years, minimum, of experience in a senior financial management role, managing staff and reporting to senior executives
- Demonstrated understanding of grants management, experience in grant compliance processes and project management including developing budgets
- Capacity to undertake staff and partners capacity building in financial and grants management
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Kiswahili
- Experience using computer accounting packages, including Microsoft Office 365 and Excel
- Risk management, payroll processing and tax compliance skills
- Knowledge of community development issues will be an added advantage
- Ability to work under pressure
- Team player and a self-driven individual
To apply and for more information, click here.
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