Title: Finance and Support Services Officer (FSSO)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Contract: 24-month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full time – 35 hours per week
About the role
Sightsavers Kenya office is currently recruiting a Finance and Support Services Officer (FSSO) to join the team and support the Finance and Support Services Manager (FSSM) with financial management and support services functions, and co-ordination, through close collaboration with colleagues, partners and others with key responsibilities specified as under.
Responsibilities
As the FSSM you will ensure financial records are updated and maintained, prepare monthly financial reports, adhere to local regulations, compliance and governance requirements, and conduct general administrative duties.
Further duties and responsibilities include;
- Maintaining and updating the cash book on regular basis.
- Monitor and generate Cashflow Projections and share with the FSSM for decision making.
- Capturing transactions in Sun system and sharing support documentation with FSSM for review and posting.
- Reviewing transactions in the organization accounting system monthly to ensure they are correctly coded, accurately captured and have clear descriptions.
- Processing payments upon receipt of the request/invoice.
- Prepare the month-end financial checklist report by 5th working day and share with FSSM for review.
- Process payment for PAYE, NITA, HELB, NSSF and SHA by 9th and WHT by 20th after month end.
- Process payments/payees on the S2B platform.
- Manage supplies and purchases as per procurement policy and procedures.
- Support the programme team in budget preparation and proposals.
- Prepare project reports and share with the programme team as requested for decision making.
- Identity procurement needs in consultation with the Project Manager.
Skills and Experience
As the successful candidate you will possess relevant professional accounting qualifications and a bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting. You will have extensive working experience in a similar role, ideally within an INGO environment, but experience of audit and government organization would also be advantageous, and have working experience of financial management, programme & project management and administration.
Further requirements include:
- Project Financial management and data analysis skills
- Procurement experience
- Experience supporting programme teams and partners with budget preparation and proposals
- Experience of working on the SUN and S2B platforms/systems
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
Next Steps
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit your CV via our recruitment portal and answer the application questions. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
We anticipate that interviews will take begin during the week commencing 10 February 2025 and the evaluation process will include a written task and oral interview, to be held in our Nairobi office.
Closing date: 2 February 2025
