Land O’Lakes International Development is a division of Land O’Lakes, Inc., a U.S. food and agricultural cooperative that implements humanitarian and economic development activities for donor agencies and is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position of:
Field Regional Accountant
The position
The Field Regional Accountant will be required to provide financial, accounting & audit oversight to Land O’Lakes’ development programs in Country Programs in different parts of the world, with a significant amount of travel to respective countries in the regions in order to provide training to Accountants, review internal controls and help in process improvement.
When not traveling, this position will review monthly reports and receipts, assist with reconciliations, and work with other regional accountants and Head office accounting to resolve issues in a timely manner.
This position, based in Nairobi, Kenya and reporting to the Field Regional Accounting Manager will provide support to all Land O’Lakes projects throughout the world as follows:
- Assist in providing continuous training on Cost point accounting system and provide overall support on accounting processes to Project Accountants in the Field.
- Communicate regularly with regional and Head office accounting regarding the financial status of each Country Project.
- Ensure that adequate financial information is tracked and reported such that management can utilize these financial reports to submit information to Donors and Head office.
- Provide accounting support and auditing to the country/project for current and proposed projects.
- Initiating the accounting program in new countries and/or provide training to newly hired staff.
- Review monthly accounting transactions online in Cost Point and follow up with Country Project accountants to fix errors noted before they are posted.
- Assist in the development of training materials and backup documentation.
- Assist in handling the day to day inquiries of Country Managers, Regional Directors, Project Accountants and other local personnel.
- Ensure that month-end procedures are completed on time for each country and that the results are successfully transmitted to Headquarter accounting on time.
Requirements
- A four year degree in Accounting, Business Administration or Commerce with accounting option from a recognized University plus CPA or ACCA professional qualification.
- Minimum 5 years experience in Auditing and accounting of Non Government Organizations
- Working Experience in US Government grants, agreements and contracts.
- Thorough knowledge of computers and accounting software
- Knowledge of Cost point accounting system will be an added advantage
- Willingness to travel to different countries of the world
- Must be detail oriented, proactive, and flexible
- Ability to work with people of different cultures
- Excellent English written and oral communications skills
To apply
To apply for this position, please go to www.idd.landolakes.com, Get Involved, Opportunities. The deadline is 1st October 2010. If you are new to Land O’Lakes’ database, please register and create a profile at http://apply.idd.landolakes.com. Qualified candidates will be contacted.
