Position Summary:
- The Assistant Accountant supports financial accounting and reporting, payment transactions, and carrying out administrative operations to support project implementation in Kenya.
Primary Responsibilities:
Primary responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the following:
- Responsible for the processing of all local payments, including payroll, and recording payments in internal systems
- Prepare payment vouchers and ensure all supporting documents are included with each payment in accordance with Venture37 and donor policies and procedures
- Complete monthly Kenya operating funding requests to ensure it includes NPA project needs
- Follow up on the settlement of advances to staff in a timely manner
- Communicate with local suppliers and hotels and obtain invoices and other supporting documents
- Assist the Senior Finance Manager with preparing the monthly end financial reporting package
- Reconcile monthly balance sheet accounts
- Upload documents monthly on financial document repository site
- Contribute to the completion and submission of timely required salary statutory deductions to the relevant government authorities on a monthly basis
- Assist with the filing of all required tax returns, VAT reporting and other official documents to the local government
- Review and process approved cost share collected by other V37 staff
- Assist in maintaining monthly financial files in both hard and soft copies
- Assist with any external audits by completing requested materials and assigned schedules
- Assist in procurement processes, including soliciting quotes for local items and compiling supporting documentation
- Assist in the recording and updating of the project’s fixed assets.
- Other finance and accounting tasks as assigned by the Senior Finance Manager
- Reporting & Supervision: The Accountant reports to the Senior Finance and Accounting Manager in Ethiopia. The position does not supervise other staff.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Degree in accounting or business-related field or 4 years relevant work experience in lieu of degree.
- Minimum of 2 years of related work experience.
- Advanced skills in using word processing and spreadsheet programs, as well as electronic communications programs.
- Oral and written fluency in English.
- Attention to detail.
- Demonstrated initiative and self-motivation in handling all assigned tasks.
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
- Prior experience working in accounting or procurement for a US-based development organization.
- Demonstrated knowledge of US government or US foundations’ financial and / or procurement compliance regulations.
Interested and qualified? Go to Land O Lakes on lol.avature.net to apply
