HIJRA is a humanitarian and development organization that aims to positively contribute towards improving the living standards and conditions of those adversely affected by conflict in Somalia.
Our work involves establishing clean and accessible water supply systems, basic sanitation facilities and promoting proper hygiene for vulnerable and underserved communities.
Closing date: 15 Jan 2010
Location: Kenya - With frequent travel to somalia
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Our work involves establishing clean and accessible water supply systems, basic sanitation facilities and promoting proper hygiene for vulnerable and underserved communities.
Closing date: 15 Jan 2010
Location: Kenya - With frequent travel to somalia
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Conducting day to day financial transactions such as invoicing, bank reconciliations, payments, petty cash recording
- To create, apply and control financial procedures and forms, ensuring that each transaction and payment has the necessary approval and justification
- To develop and maintain the Financial Manual of HIJRA Organization, ensuring that it is up to date and transparent
- To monitor actual performance against the budget and investigate any variances
- Proposing and discussing the necessary changes and improvements to HIJRA’s current accounting set up
- To Prepare payrolls for the organization every month
- To store documents in a way that is simple to prepare justification and reports for donors
- To prepare financial reports for the donors
- To maintain the confidentiality of the financial status of the organization
- To prepare and maintain up to date accounting system, ensuring that all transactions are duly recorded
- To actively communicate with other departments in a cooperative and good will manner through all possible communication means
- Performs all the year-end functions on the accounts and arrange for them to be audited.
- To perform effectively and in timely manner all works assigned and undertake any other duties as may be required from time to time by the Executive Director
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Relevant qualifications in finance and accounting
- Minimum 3-5 years work experience in a financial management or business support role and bookkeeping skills
- Self motivated and proven financial workload management skills
- Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization
- Good Microsoft Office skills
- Exposure and hands on experience to one or more computerized accounting packages and knowledge of accounting principles
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with minimum supervision
- Ability to produce accurate and customized reports to donors while meeting deadlines
- Has to be productive and creative.
- Can think outside the box
- Has to be productive and creative
- A high standards of ethics and integrity
- Planning timescales and the resource needed
If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please send your motivation letter, CV, daytime telephone contacts and the contact information of three references to human.resource@hijrasomalia.or.ke before 15 January 2010.
In the subject line of the e-mail, kindly state the job title. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
