Job Description & Person Specification
Applicants must demonstrate diligence, commitment, and a positive attitude.
MANAGER CREDIT CONTROLS & INSURANCE
Applicants must demonstrate diligence, commitment and a positive attitude.
Candidates should have a background and competencies in this field.
Candidates must possess qualification.
Duties and Responsibilities
Identify and analyze new departmental budget items for justification by originating office.
Ensure that budgeting procedures and guidelines are complied with.
Provide regular budget reports to include forecasted budget, trend analyses and actuals versus budget trending.
Assist the department head in justifying variances between actual and budget.
Develop budget models to assist departments in their financial planning.
Coordinate in processing actuals versus budget performance reports.
Additionally, the Accountant will support the financial controller with individual grant/project budget management specific responsibilities include:
Implementing centralized financial management and budget control procedures
Ensuring department heads are spending funds from grant budget appropriately
Providing budgetary control to include initiating and directing the preparation of budget revisions, preparing annual budget close documents and maintaining documentations for budget controls.
In the event of an audit, the accountant will work with the financial controller, Program director and the respective departmental heads representatives to provide all required documentation and resolve potential issues.
Analyze, modify and recommend improvements in subsidiary and general fiscal record keeping systems; apply knowledge of accounts and program relationships, data flow audit trails and internal control to design and implement financial data systems.
Maintain and/or modify manual or automated fiscal reporting /tracking processes to address specific unit needs.
Prepare the necessary budgetary activity reports, budget spreadsheets and assist in compiling quarterly and annual financial progress reports.
Prepare the necessary, departmental, and overall budgets, budget justifications, and combine all clinical and subcontractor budgetary records into a single report for continuation and Interim reports
Perform any other duty as assigned by the financial Controller and Program Director.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in business commerce with a major in Finance/accounts with additional professional qualification (CPAK)
Any financial-related budgeting or accounting experience in a similar organization is an added advantage
Excellent computer skills in Excel spreadsheets, Access databases, Word processing, and MS Office.
Understanding of finance records reconciliations.
Must have demonstrable hands-on experience with an accounting system. Experience (Navision)
Ability to work independently in a rapidly changing professional environment with a view towards establishing administrative procedures and protocols that will ensure optimal functioning of the operation
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills;
Strong communication skills (both written and oral),
Good analytical and quantitative reasoning,
Strong organizational and time management skills -ability to adhere to deadlines, multi-task and be able to prioritize,
A team player with strong interpersonal skills, and
Ability to learn quickly and manage workload, work effectively under pressure in a demanding environment.
Candidate (s) will be required to submit the documents listed below to comply with the
requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010:
Certificate of good conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations
Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board
Tax Compliance Certificate from the KRA
Clearance from Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission
A report from an approved Credit Reference Bureau.