Deadline of this Job: 31 December 2022
Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this grade an officer must have: -
• Served in the grade of Principal Accountant for a minimum period of three (3) years or served in a comparable grade for a minimum continuous period of nine (9) years;
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Mean grade of C (Plain);
• Bachelors’ degree in any of the following disciplines: - Commerce (Accounting option), Business Administration (Accounting option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Masters’ degree in any of the following disciplines: - Business Administration (Accounting option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Part III or Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (A.C.C.A) Level III;
• Certificate in Leadership Development Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer applications skills;
• Met the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution; and
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.
Duties and responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities will entail: -
• Developing and implementing appropriate accounting policies and procedures;
• Implementing financial controls and ensuring that salaries are paid within specific timelines;
• Implementing financial controls to mitigate financial leakage or fraud;
• approving journal voucher;
• authorizing to incur expenditure;
• approving payment vouchers for claimed unapplied salaries and refunds for over recovery of salary overpayment;
• monitoring recovery of overpayment on payroll at a 1/3 of the basic salary;
• examining payments;
Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this grade an officer must have: -
• Served in the grade of Principal Accountant for a minimum period of three (3) years or served in a comparable grade for a minimum continuous period of nine (9) years;
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Mean grade of C (Plain);
• Bachelors’ degree in any of the following disciplines: - Commerce (Accounting option), Business Administration (Accounting option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Masters’ degree in any of the following disciplines: - Business Administration (Accounting option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Part III or Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (A.C.C.A) Level III;
• Certificate in Leadership Development Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer applications skills;
• Met the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution; and
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.
Duties and responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities will entail: -
• Developing and implementing appropriate accounting policies and procedures;
• Implementing financial controls and ensuring that salaries are paid within specific timelines;
• Implementing financial controls to mitigate financial leakage or fraud;
• approving journal voucher;
• authorizing to incur expenditure;
• approving payment vouchers for claimed unapplied salaries and refunds for over recovery of salary overpayment;
• monitoring recovery of overpayment on payroll at a 1/3 of the basic salary;
• examining payments;
Deadline of this Job: 31 December 2022
Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -
• Served in the grade of Principal Finance Officer for a minimum period of three (3) years or served in a comparable position for a minimum continuous period of nine (9) years;
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Mean grade of C (Plain);
• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (Finance Option), Economics, Business Administration, Business Management or Finance from a recognized institution
OR
• Any other relevant Bachelors degree with Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Part II/Accountant Certified Corporate Accountant (ACCA) Part II or Chartered Management Accounting or Chartered Financial Analyst Part II;
• Masters Degree in any of the following; Economics, Finance, Business Administration or in a related discipline from a recognized institution;
• Certified course in public sector financial management lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Part III/Accountant Certified Corporate Accountant (ACCA) Final or Chartered Management Accounting or Chartered Financial Analyst Final;
• Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -
• Served in the grade of Principal Finance Officer for a minimum period of three (3) years or served in a comparable position for a minimum continuous period of nine (9) years;
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Mean grade of C (Plain);
• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (Finance Option), Economics, Business Administration, Business Management or Finance from a recognized institution
OR
• Any other relevant Bachelors degree with Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Part II/Accountant Certified Corporate Accountant (ACCA) Part II or Chartered Management Accounting or Chartered Financial Analyst Part II;
• Masters Degree in any of the following; Economics, Finance, Business Administration or in a related discipline from a recognized institution;
• Certified course in public sector financial management lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Part III/Accountant Certified Corporate Accountant (ACCA) Final or Chartered Management Accounting or Chartered Financial Analyst Final;
• Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
Deadline of this Job: 23 December 2022
Job Purpose/Summary
Reporting to the Senior Manager Finance, East Africa, the Grants Finance Manager will be responsible for supporting project programmatic and Research grants leading to the execution of projects on a stipulated budget and compliance environment. The position holder will also be responsible for accurate and timely reporting to the Project lead, granting agencies and donors and ensures that the project has sufficient cash flow to run.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Pre-award support
• Working closely with faculty, Grants and contracts departments, Bilateral and Multilateral department in preparing/reviewing of proposed project financial proposal. This includes review of checklist to confirm that the university has accurately costed project costs.
• Review draft contracts from granting agencies to ensure that the university's financial position is accurately reflected and protected.
• Reviewing grant agreements for university sub-awards to ensure that they are compliant with the main donor requirements and University financial policies
Implementation support
• Review/ Approve requisitions from Project leads to ensure that they are within the project budget and are compliant to the grant agency requirement.
• Timely preparation of monthly reports to project leads and reports to granting agencies of the financial position of the project.
• Continuous training of project staff and sub awardees on the compliance environment.
• Preparation of funds withdrawal applications to ensure that the projects have sufficient cash flow.
• Monthly project account to ensure that core recovery is accurately and timely captured.
Project close-out
• Supporting the PI to close the financial operations of the project at the end of the project.
• Working closely with the Grants and Contract departments to ensure that the various project budget costs are deactivated and that all outstanding matters have been resolved.
Team Leadership
• Manage the departmental succession plan, performance appraisal process, training needs & calendar and leave schedule for the department team members
Relevant Experience and Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in a Business/ Finance related field.
• CPA or ACCA or CMA qualification or equivalent
• Master’s degree in project management and/or development finance will be an added advantage
• More than 10 years of experience in a big organization (with 100+ employees) with exposure to financial planning, reporting, analysis, grant budgets and day to day accounting functions. Having supervisory skills/experience in managing a team
• of 5-10 people.
• Possess great communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• High degree of accuracy, timeliness, and a very strong attention to detail.
• Good People management skills
• Managing expectations of finance heads and entity heads
Other Vacancies
Job Purpose/Summary
Reporting to the Senior Manager Finance, East Africa, the Grants Finance Manager will be responsible for supporting project programmatic and Research grants leading to the execution of projects on a stipulated budget and compliance environment. The position holder will also be responsible for accurate and timely reporting to the Project lead, granting agencies and donors and ensures that the project has sufficient cash flow to run.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Pre-award support
• Working closely with faculty, Grants and contracts departments, Bilateral and Multilateral department in preparing/reviewing of proposed project financial proposal. This includes review of checklist to confirm that the university has accurately costed project costs.
• Review draft contracts from granting agencies to ensure that the university's financial position is accurately reflected and protected.
• Reviewing grant agreements for university sub-awards to ensure that they are compliant with the main donor requirements and University financial policies
Implementation support
• Review/ Approve requisitions from Project leads to ensure that they are within the project budget and are compliant to the grant agency requirement.
• Timely preparation of monthly reports to project leads and reports to granting agencies of the financial position of the project.
• Continuous training of project staff and sub awardees on the compliance environment.
• Preparation of funds withdrawal applications to ensure that the projects have sufficient cash flow.
• Monthly project account to ensure that core recovery is accurately and timely captured.
Project close-out
• Supporting the PI to close the financial operations of the project at the end of the project.
• Working closely with the Grants and Contract departments to ensure that the various project budget costs are deactivated and that all outstanding matters have been resolved.
Team Leadership
• Manage the departmental succession plan, performance appraisal process, training needs & calendar and leave schedule for the department team members
Relevant Experience and Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in a Business/ Finance related field.
• CPA or ACCA or CMA qualification or equivalent
• Master’s degree in project management and/or development finance will be an added advantage
• More than 10 years of experience in a big organization (with 100+ employees) with exposure to financial planning, reporting, analysis, grant budgets and day to day accounting functions. Having supervisory skills/experience in managing a team
• of 5-10 people.
• Possess great communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• High degree of accuracy, timeliness, and a very strong attention to detail.
• Good People management skills
• Managing expectations of finance heads and entity heads
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Deadline of this Job: 31 December 2022
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