Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Finance Lead
Job Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Salary: KES 120,000
Answers to: Head Of Finance
Role Profile: Xavier Project has been working in East Africa for over 10 years delivering education and enterprise initiatives to refugees of all-ages. Through the delivery of community led learning, our mission is to ensure that refugees are able to lead safe and fulfilled lives. Xavier Project is registered as an NGO in Uganda, an international NGO in Kenya and a company and charity in UK.

Job Description and Expectations: The role of the Finance Lead position in Xavier Project is to work with the Head of Finance, to provide guidance and capacity building to Refugee Leader through Xavier Project Capacity Strengthen and Sharing Course.
This role will provide critical support to the department in grant management which will entail monitoring of funds disbursed to RLO’S and coming up with ways to reduce risk associated with grants.

The successful candidate will be expected to lead the Xavier Project Finance Team and come up with strategies to make the department more efficient.

Requirements
Essential:
• Advanced degree in accounting, business, economics, finance, or a related field.
• Several years of experience in a finance role.
• Superior mathematical skills.
• Leadership skills and experience.
• Employee management.
• Understanding of data privacy standards.
• Solid communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Public speaking skills.
• Superior attention to detail.
• Organisational skills; planning skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Computer skills.
• Multi-tasking abilities.
• Integrity.
• Honesty.
Expectations of Xavier Project
The Xavier Project staff is a tight community and strong support network is offered to all members.

We are diverse and relatively young crowd representing seven nationalities.

Xavier Project is committed to ensuring that all staff members enjoy their work and gain valuable experience and skills that will enhance their impact now and, in the future, whether with Xavier Project or not.

As such as we run regular staff capacity building programmes and we encourage all staff members to pursue opportunities which will help them to grow individually.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education:

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Job application procedure
Candidates interested in applying for this job should send their CV and a covering letter to jobs@xavierproject.org .

Applicants are urged to apply as soon as they can and not wait until the 23rd July 2021.

Candidates should use email title FINANCE LEAD (KENYA).

Please also include the names and contact details of two referees.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more information on what we do please visit www.xavierproject.org

Xavier Project is an equal opportunity employer and therefore does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, origin, gender, sexual orientation or disability.

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