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Responsibilities
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action.

The overall objective of the UNEP's Economy Division is to encourage decision makers in government, local authorities and industry to develop and adopt policies, strategies and practices and technologies that promote sustainable patterns of consumption and production, make efficient use of natural resources, ensure safe management of chemicals and contribute to making trade and environment policies mutually supportive. It promotes the development, use and transfer of policies, technologies, economic instruments, managerial practices and other tools that assist in environmentally sound decision making and the building of corresponding activities.

The Climate Change Mitigation Unit wishes to engage the services of 4 Finance and Budget Assistants for a period of 6 months to assist in the management of the portfolio. The Finance and Budget Assistant will work with other finance staff under the supervision of the Fund Management and Administrative Officers and assist in Project and Fund management of the GEF Climate Change Mitigation Portfolio They will be responsible for the following:
Budget and Finance
• Assists in the preparation and review of financial and human resource proposals/requirements.
• Consolidates budget/work programme with respect to Headquarters' budget, trust funds, grants and procurement;
• Monitors expenditures and compares with approved budget; prepares adjustments as necessary;
• Assists managers in the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions;
• Assists in preparation of budget performance submissions and finalization of budget performance reports, analysing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures;
• Prepares or customizes financial reports from Umoja generated reports;
• Co-ordinates with other finance and budget staff on related issues during preparation of budget reports.

General Administration
• Drafts routine correspondence to respond to enquiries in respect to relevant administrative, financial audit, personnel matters;
• Coordinates extensively with service units and liaises frequently with internal team members
both at Headquarters and in the field;
• Performs other related administrative duties, as required (e.g., operational travel programme; monitoring accounts and payment to vendors and individual contractors for services; physical space planning; identification of office technology needs and maintenance of equipment, software and systems; organizing and coordinating seminars, conferences and translations);
• May be responsible for guiding and training new colleagues to the team..

Contract Administration
• Assists with day-to-day administration of contracts between the UN and external contractors for outsourced services;
• Audits the contractors' invoices against the goods and services provided by the contractor and approved by the UN;
• Processes the payment of contractors' invoices and monitor payments;
• Prepares and processes all UN forms and permissions for contractual and work Unit, Section or Service UN staff, including: UN grounds passes, property passes, UN parking permits, swipe-card access and door keys.
Perform other relevant duties.

Qualifications/special skills
Academic Qualifications: Academic Qualifications :
• A first-level university degree in the fields of Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Studies or related area is required.
• A professional qualification in CPA, ACCA or an equivalent is required.

Experience:
• A minimum of seven years work experience in the fields of Accounting, Finance or related area is required.
• Proven experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as Systems Applications and Products (SAP) is required.
• Experience with finance related areas within the UN system or other international development organization is desirable.

Overview:
The Senior Accountant (R2R) is responsible for ensuring that all month-end reporting (e.g. management accounts, specified stakeholder report is complete and accurate in line with IFRS and timely available for all stakeholders (e.g. management, shareholders). This includes, amongst others, the preparation and posting of journal entries, maintenance of balance sheet accounts, completion of the month end closing transactions/procedures and ensuring that the general ledger account balances and trial balances are appropriately reconciled.
The Senior Accountant will become part of the Finance Team of Bio. Next to the Senior Accountant this team consists of the Finance Manager, the Operations Controller, the Accounts Payable assistant and the Accounts Receivable assistant. Furthermore, the Senior Accountant will work closely together with the Finance Director and the Junior Investment Manager of TBL.

Key responsibilities:
• Ensure that all transactions are processed timely and accurately for a smooth month end close and accurate financial reporting
• Execute manual General Ledger bookings and perform reconciliations. This includes amongst others the following accounts: Accruals and provisions, amortization of prepayments, fixed assets, Insurance, loan schedule, intercompany
• Post journal entries and accounting corrections/reclassifications to ensure accurate accounting records
• Coordinate the cashflow planning process and ensure the projections for cash outflows and cash inflows are accurate
• Submit VAT, WHT, WHVAT and income taxes to tax authorities on a timely basis. Liaise with Suppliers/KRA on any inconsistencies and ensure those have been addressed. Reconcile the VAT account on a monthly basis to the Trial Balance
• Reconcile the bank and MPESA/PesaPal accounts on a daily basis to ensure that the book balances and bank balances are at reconciled and any variance is explained and recorded appropriately
• Assist the Finance Manager in the monthly budget process and monitoring
• Be present for monthly inventory counts and ensure physical and system counts are reconciled same day
• Ensure compliance with IFRS/IAS accounting standards
• Account for leased assets under IFRS 16
• Align the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) and policies to internal controls and audit the controls on a regular basis
• Manage the physical and online filing system
• Ensure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are monitored
• Provided audit support together with the other team members to ensure support documentation is provided to the auditors
• Provide support to continuous improvement initiatives
• Provide guidance and supervision to the Accounts Receivable assistant and the Accounts Payable assistant
• Perform additional tasks on request

Core Competencies:
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and as part of a team
• High level of diligence and precision
• Attention to detail and ability to engage at a senior level and challenge
• Excellent written and verbal communication capabilities
• Passionate about learning and continuous improvement

Education and Experience Level:
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or other business-related field
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA/K or ACCA)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in FMCG industry or working for the Big 4
• Solid knowledge of IFRS/IAS
• SAP experience will be an added advantage

Key Responsibilities
• Verify patient bills to ensure that all items have been corrected and accurately billed for both internal and external services before finalization.
• Sharing and giving clarity on the bill items to the patient/next of kin as and when requested.
• Process bills and forward them to prepaid, insurance and direct credit companies.
• Receive payment by cash, cheques, credit cards, vouchers, or other approved mobile money transfer and issuing of receipts.
• Develop accounting policies and ensure adherence/compliance.
• Management of petty cash.
• Payroll and statutory management.
• Issue refunds and credits to customers following the due process
• Post and allocate funds/invoices as required.
• Carry out departmental reconciliations and submit daily reports.
• Ensure daily banking of all the collected cash.
• Participate in departmental budget formulations and reviews.
• Prepare monthly departmental performance reports.
• Any other duties as may be assigned.

Job Requirements
• Bachelor of Commerce Accounting/Finance or any other relevant qualification.
• At least CPA part II
• 2 years of working experience preferably in a similar environment
• Excellent skills in using Microsoft Office applications.
• Attention to detail.
• Must be accountable and reliable.

Success Criteria:
• Long term goal of 3M/ Month in sales.
• Engage and close advertisement agreements with Kenya’s top brands.
• Engage and close advertisement agreements with Kenya’s top agencies.
• Managing Sales Pipeline to Campaign Execution & Reporting.
• Manage the sales pipeline and source leads and client education.
• Plan and execute sales activities that will ensure sales growth objectives.
• Ensuring client campaign satisfaction and frequent reporting.
• Responsible for advertisement sales and revenue generation.
• Establish relationships with top advertisers and ad agencies across Kenya.
• Source leads, and manage the sales pipeline from pitching and educating to closing.
• Managing the performance of Key Customer Accounts in Kenya.
• Contentiously analyze, develop, execute and evaluate ad sales activities.

Qualifications
• BS/BA degree, preferably (but not necessarily) in Sales and Marketing, Communications, or Journalism.
• At least 5 years of experience working with Agencies.
• Previous experience working in Media Sales is a MUST.
• Industry contacts.
• End-to-end experience in the content value chain with the ability to manage projects from start to finish.
• Experience in managing and producing reports.
• Experience working with content management systems.