Vacancies: Finance Assistant
The Agile
and Harmonized Assistance for Devolved Institutions (AHADI) is a five year
USAID program implemented by the State University of New York’s (SUNY) Center
for International Development (CID).
AHADI is
designed to support Kenya’s vision and agenda for achieving the promise of
devolution.
AHADI has
three main objectives;
1. Targeted
counties provide higher quality services through improved governance
2. Improved
representation of citizen interests and oversight of targeted county government
performance
3. Functionality
and effectiveness of the devolved system increased through intra-government
engagement and cooperation.
Though AHADI is primarily a DRG project focused on improving the
governance of Kenya’s new decentralized, system, it is also designed to have
substantial impact on other sectors, as well.
AHADI
therefore takes a sectorial approach in achieving its overall governance
objectives. These sectors include but are not limited to good governance,
resilience and economic growth, education, health and WASH.
Finance
Assistant (1
position),
Position
Summary: To provide
the Finance Manager with financial and administrative support including:
processing and tracking all income and expenditure, enforcing compliance,
inputting transactions onto the accounting system, maintaining books and
records, and reporting.
Qualifications:
Education
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Business Administration/ Accounting
- A
minimum of CPA Part 2
- At
least three years’ accounting experience in for profit or non-profit
organization.
- Good
communication and inter-personal skills
- Problem
analysis and problem-solving skills.
Work Experience
- Three
years’ experience in financial accounting or bookkeeping;
- Experience
working using Oracle as a financial management system preferred;
- Previous
auditing experience highly sought;
- Previous
experience working in Kenya highly sought;
- Knowledge
of local tax laws;
- USAID
experience a plus;
- In
addition, must be flexible, willing to perform assigned and additional
duties and work irregular hours under challenging conditions;
Skills
- Attention
to detail and accuracy,
- Planning
and organizing,
- Ability
to take initiative
- Ability
to work in a team.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Base of
Operations: Nairobi.
Kenya
Reporting: Reports directly to the Finance Manager in
Nairobi, Kenya.
How to
Apply
Do you have
the above qualifications and skills?
Please
send
(1) a Cover
letter
(2) CV
and
(3)
References from three past supervisors
to
hr@ahadi-devolution.org
Closing date: 1st April 2016.
Please note
only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Kindly put
the subject line for the position you are interested in.
Applications
without the subject line will not be evaluated.
