Kenya, Nairobi

Accountant

Reporting To:  Finance and Risk Manager
Location:  Nairobi, Kenya
Type of Position:  Contract
Contract Term:  One year renewable

Knowledge, Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field.
  • CPA (K) or ACCA
  • A minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in a finance/Accounting role.
  • Experience in operationally intensive NGO’s preferred
  • Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job purpose

The primary responsibility of this role is to support the functional head in managing the support and strategic role of the Finance Department.

Roles and Responsibilities

Systems

  • Manage and set up income & expenditure monitoring systems; keep them under close review and make continuous improvements.
  • Manage bank reconciliations, accounts payable and accounts receivables ensuring accuracy across monitoring systems.
  • Oversee update of Intacct and internal systems with financial data, reconcile with payment vouchers for accuracy.
  • Create control frameworks.

Reporting

  • Prepare monthly country financial reports and ensure timely month end close
  • Monitor expenses against budget, reconciling employees, suppliers, Donors or others and record journal entries as well as ensuring timely closing of accounts
  • Tracking of Budgets and maintenance of a stable financial cash flow through monitoring and forecasts
  • Ensuring all financial reporting deadlines are met with accurate and timely reporting of financial information.

Invoicing

  • Follow up on outstanding invoices and reduce late payments to the maximum extent possible.
  • Work with clients to receive payments and maintain good client relationships for Generation.

Expenses

  • Prepare and review requests for cash and ensure all disbursements have appropriate supporting documents and reconcile any discrepancies.
  • Prepare & review payment vouchers.

Statutory Management

  • Administer payroll.
  • Ensure timely filling of PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, NITA, HELB deductions.

Other Duties

  • Provide advice and recommendations on financial procedures and practices
  • Maintain awareness of new or changes to existing policies, advise the team on the implications and ensure compliance

Any other responsibilities may be assigned from time to time.

INTERESTED candidates please submit your applications to genkcareers@generation.org attaching your latest resume and cover letter. The deadline for submissions is 13th September 2024. Kindly indicate in the Email subject: Accountant. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Introduction to Generation Kenya

Since launching in May 2015, Generation Kenya has trained over 30,900 candidates across 6 different industries. 84% of whom have been placed in meaningful employment with our over 350+ employer partners.

We currently train for entry–level roles in 5 programs namely, Freelance Admin Support Work, Sewing Machine Operator, Distributed Sales, Retail and Restaurant and Digital Customer Service.

Driven by our vision, “a meaningful career and sustained well–being for every person anywhere in the world”, and mission “we transform education to employment systems to prepare, place and support people into life–changing careers that would otherwise be inaccessible”, we aim to address the skills gap that hinders growth in the formal sector.

 

Equality and diversity: Generation is committed both to promoting equality and diversity within the organization and to equal opportunities in employment. We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender reassignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are made entirely on merit. Generation does not ask for payment from people that apply for jobs with Generation at any stage of the hiring process. If you have any specific queries, please feel free to contact us at genkcareers@generation.org.

To report instances of fraud or unethical business practices by any of our staff, vendors or mobilisers please reach out on this link for our Ethics hotline and / or the executive leadership team on kenyasmt@generation.org.

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About Generation

Generation is a global employment nonprofit network that supports people to achieve economic mobility so they can change their lives. We train and place adults into careers that would otherwise be inaccessible and seek to improve how education to employment systems function. Generation launched in 2015 and consists of a global hub and a network of in-country affiliates that spans 18 countries. To date, Generation has more than 100,000 graduates who have earned more than $986 million in wages, and works with more than 14,000 employers, implementation partners, and funders.