International Rescue Committee Senior Finance Manager (Accounting) Job in Kenya

International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Senior Finance Manager – Accounting
 

Sector: Finance 

Location: Kenya 

Employee Type: Regular 

Employee Category: Full Time
 

Job Purpose / Objective: The Senior Financial Manager – Accounting has overall responsibility for the finance and accounting functions for the country program. 

 

The Senior Finance Manager-Accounting responsibilities include internal control, accounting data base management, reconciliation and verification of payment, staff training, management, and treasury and cash management functions.

Key Responsibilities

Internal Control

• Ensures that all policies and procedures are in compliance with IRC and funding source policies, procedures, and requirements.


• As required establishes finance and supporting function policies, systems and procedures, and directs or performs their development, documentation, and implementation.


• Manages the finance staff activities and schedules to meet the financial reporting requirements and deadlines specified by New York and donors.


• Ensure that on a monthly basis balance sheet reconciliations are completed on a timely basis and those final reconciliations and trial balances are reviewed with the Country Director and Finance Controller.


• Closely monitors all financial activities, and keeps the Finance Controller advised of all situations which have the potential for a negative impact on internal controls or financial performance.


• Develops schedules and performs or supervises the completion of country internal control audits, and initiates actions necessary to correct internal control weaknesses.


• Facilitates and co-ordinates external, internal, donor or government audits


• Oversees the protection of the country’s assets (cash, inventory, NEP) through the enforcement of internal control policies and procedures.


• Maintains current knowledge of local government requirements related to financial matters and ensures compliance with tax regulations and other legal requirements.


• Is the principal liaison with IRC NY on all finance, accounting, grant budget management, and cash management matters

Training & Staff Management

• Develops and implements a training program for the country’s international and national finance staff to ensure staff development and minimize IRC’s exposure when staff are absent or depart.


• Maintains current job descriptions for all positions within the finance group.


• Ensures comprehensive and constructive performance reviews are completed on a timely basis and facilitates discussion of performance and career options with all country finance staff.


• Oversees training and technical support to country program, logistics and administrative staff for skills improvement in the areas of accounting, reporting and internal control.

Treasury and Cash Flow Management

• Supervises all country office bank relations and bank account activities including negotiation of fees, interest and currency exchange rates.


• In compliance with IRC policy establishes country policies regarding cash holding limits, cash movements and foreign currency holdings.


• Oversees the timely preparation, review and approval of all monthly bank account and cash reconciliation’s.


• Establishes country policies on advance payments, credit terms, and use of bank payment instruments.


• Designs, implements, and monitors systems, procedures and reporting necessary to maintain on current basis accurate forecasts of cash requirements for meeting future spending, including commitments entered into and which obligate IRC to future spending.


• Supervises the preparation of Cash Transfer Requests to New York and ensures that appropriate balances are maintained to facilitate grant implementation.


• Ensures the development and implementation of a plan to minimize the country’s foreign exchange exposure to currency gains and losses.


• Supervises the collection of contractual and other receivables.

Document Management

• Review internal system of record retention to ensure compliance with IRC policy and the local laws.


• Ensure maintenance of uniform standards for documentation; including forms, support documents etc.


• Ensure sufficient procedures for retention of documents; proper and systematic filing for ease of access;


• Control access to financial records to authorized staff only.

Key Result Areas

• Strengthen and maintain the integrity of finance systems, ensuring smooth financial operations for supporting program work, updating and generating timely financial information to the management, donors, partners and other organizational levels.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance with a recognized professional certificate in accounting such as CPA, or ACCA.


• Not less than 3 years at a senior level within the Finance Department of an international organization. Experience in the humanitarian sector will be an added advantage


• Extensive experience in working with computerized accounting systems, standard spreadsheet and database programs is an asset

Required Experience & Competencies:

• Good written and verbal skills in the English language.


• Must be comfortable in being a proactive member of the top-management team.Must seek to identify and communicate potential problems and propose solutions to the level of management appropriate to effect solutions.


• Must be able to function effectively in a loosely structured, but complex work environment and to set appropriate priorities and deal effectively with numerous simultaneous requirements


• Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal technical support from within the program organization.


• Must be a patient and good communicator who can function in an organizational environment involving a diversity of cultures, languages, and personal interests and agendas.


• Good at role of facilitator and team player in solving problems.


• Committed to staff training and development

Kenyan nationals are encouraged to apply.

International allowances are not available for this position. 

Salary and other benefits are compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector.

How to Apply

CLICK HERE to apply online

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IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
 

IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Disclaimer: Please take note that International Rescue Committee

(IRC) does not ask for any fees in connection with its recruitment

processes. In the event that you receive any request  for payment of any

sort, please get in touch with us on Tel: +(254-020) 2727730, Email:

IRCKenya@rescue.org or report to the nearest police.