Summary
Date Posted: Monday, February 10, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Feed the Children is an international, non-profit relief organization that was founded in 1979 with headquarters in Oklahoma City, United States of America. In Kenya, Feed the Children was registered in 1993 under the Non-Governmental Organization Coordination Board Act. Feed the Children Kenya office’s first program in the 1990s was the Dagoretti Children’s Centre (DCC) which assisted children who were physically challenged. In 2000, the organization opened the Abandoned Baby Centre (ABC) which rescued children who had been abandoned by family. In 2004, the organization began implementing the School Feeding Program (now called School Meals Programs). The program was in partnership with WFP and Ministry of Education and was aimed at encouraging children to attend school, improve school retention rates and reduce school drop-outs rates. The Finance officer is responsible for handling all finance entries to ensure accurate financial record keeping as well as timely, detailed and accurate reconciliation of financial documents, including bank statements, inventory records, invoices and other reports. .

Key responsibilities:
• Posting transactions into QuickBooks systems.
• Track expenditure for multiple programs and income from multiple domestic and international sources.
• Contribute in preparing the annual program budgets and track budgets based on annual expenditure.
• Custodian of accurate inventories of various items
• Work closely with other Finance team to ensure responsible financial practices.
• Coordinate and manage accounts payable & receivable
• Monitor and manage cash donations, Cash Book and other accounting entries.
• Summarizing, recording and filing of financial source documents.
• Assist teams in audit procedures as and when needed.
• Responsible for handling statutory payments including KRA- (VAT, WHT), NSSF NHIF, HELB
• Assist in preparation of payroll and timely posting of data in Quick books system
• Assist in preparation of finance reports for internal and donor use.
• Carryout tasks on the online banking platform.
• Support department managers with month-end quality control on financial and accounting practices and reporting.
• Plus, any other duties as may be assigned by management..

  Relevant Skills
• Strong financial reporting skills (verbal and written)
• Excellent Computer skills, QuickBooks, Word and Excel
• Excellent Analytical skills

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree Finance/Accounting option
• Experience in International NGO accounting for at least 2years.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• working, with high ethical standards.
• Highly motivated, energetic, analytical, and able to work independently.
• Willing to abide with Child Protection policies..

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
If you meet the requirements of the above position, please send your application letter, detailed CV, phone and email contacts of three (3) reference to hrassistant-kenya@feedthechildren.org  indicating the position in your subject line by 19th February 2020. Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Feed the Children is an equal opportunity employer

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