Accountant (3) Job Opportunity: VSF Germany

VSF Germany, Lenana Road, Horton Court,
P. O. Box 25653-00603, Nairobi, Kenya
Email: Admin_Hr @ vsfg.org

Background:

VSF Germany is a humanitarian and developmental international NGO, implementing projects in animal health, food security, emergency, rehabilitation, disaster preparedness, research and governance since more than a decade in the region.

We seek to recruit highly motivated Accountants for the regional office in Nairobi to support the operations and programmes in the region.

Key Responsibilities:-

• The incumbent will provide financial support to the Projects in the region.
• Review vouchers and invoices in order to verify that the commitments are properly incurred; items claimed are in accordance with an agreements, actually delivered or performed before processing payments.
• Receive and review expenditure reports from field offices for accuracy and completeness.
  
• Ensure that advances to field offices are liquidated and reconciled on time
• Supervise the management and handling of petty cash accounts, including field petty cash management.
• Posting of transactions (LPOs, invoices, receipts, payments) into the computerized accounting system (Navision)
• Monthly reconciliation of ledger accounts, creditor statements and bank accounts
• Inventory management in collaboration with logistics department.
• Monitor multi donor budgets.
• Facilitate & participate in audit processes.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills required.

• University Degree in Finance or Business studies and CPA Part II.
• Excellent computer skills and knowledge of financial packages especially Navision will be an added advantage.
• 3 years previous experience in development work with good knowledge of donor regulations.
• Good communication both oral and written.
• A team player with good organization & planning skills

Interested and qualified candidates should submit an application letter and CV to: postal address or via email address given above. Indicate on the subject the Job Title applicable. Applicants will be assessed on a continuous basis. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Closing date for receiving applications is 31st July 2009, on or before 16.00hrs.

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