Responsibilities: The roles of the Finance Assistant will be:
- Receive, track, and sort all payment requests confirming they are properly approved for processing.
- Enter the ERP all approved vendor invoices for payment while observing segregation of duties.
- Processing and timely submissions of statutory tax deductions with the relevant authorities.
- Petty cash management and reconciliation.
- Preparation of payment vouchers and cheques and ensuring that payments are made on time.
- Support the staff imprest funds requisitions and liquidation processes.
- Assists in preparing and posting journals.
- Share remittance advice with supply chain for all processed vendor payments.
- Perform banking roles such as cash depositing.
- Ensure that all financial documents are properly filed for easy retrieval.
- Support audits in retrieval of sampled documents.
- Any other duties as assigned by the Finance Coordinator.
Required skills, experience, and qualifications:
- University degree in Finance, Accounting,
- CPA 11 qualifications.
- In-depth experience with Excel spreadsheets
- Good understanding of local taxation in Kenya.
- Proven track record working in a finance office in an NGO or commercial sector.
- High motivation, desire to achieve; attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and ability to work to high standards with tight deadlines.
- Team worker who can motivate others as well as themselves.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to work with people with various levels of competence.
- Ability to analyse problems.
- Flexibility and ability to work independently.
- Computer literacy in all standard Microsoft office applications in particular MS Excel
- Knowledge in ERP system an added advantage.
- Oral and written fluency in English
Application deadline: 12th May 2023
How to apply:
Applications, including a covering letter summarizing the applicant’s suitability for the position, a detailed CV and names and contact addresses of three referees known to the applicant in a professional capacity, should be sent via email before the deadline to: recruitment-africa@birdlife.org
Interviews: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
