Action Africa Help International (AAH-I) is a regional African-led non-governmental organisation that supports livelihood-challenged communities in East and Southern Africa to sustainably improve their well-being and standard of living. With Country Programmes in South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia and recently in Djibouti, AAH-I has over 25 years’ experience working with communities in conflict and post-conflict situations, including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities. More recently AAH-I has expanded its activities to work with other marginalised communities, including pastoralists and people living in informal urban settlements.
As part of our expansion we are seeking a Regional Finance Manager to join our Headquarters team in Nairobi.
Purpose of the role: Under the overall leadership of the Finance and Administration Director, the Finance Manager will be responsible for managing all the operational budget in HQ and Somalia program. S/he will work closely with the Country Program Manager – Somalia and all the support teams to ensure shared services are costed properly and accurately charged. S/he will work to ensure there is satisfactory performance of the HQ and Somalia program financial operations. The Finance Manager will efficiently and effectively ensure all aspects of financial management in accounting , regulatory and financial reporting , budget and financial forecasts preparation are done and in a timely and accurate manner both at HQ and Somalia program
Duties & Responsibilities
Manage internal controls to ensure full adherence to approved budgets and compliance with AAHI systems, policies and procedures ensuring proper utilization of funds in accordance with donor requirements and approved budget and to ensure accurate and timely recording and reporting of the HQ and Somalia program resources.
Provide guidance to the Finance Director and CPM- Somalia with an aim of making prudent and strategic decisions to minimize risk exposure and ensure the HQ and Somalia operations are financially healthy.
Oversee the operations of the HQ accounting department and the Somalia program
Ensure quality control over the financial transactions and financial reporting
Manage the charging of the Shared services costs at HQ
Manage all accounting operations including Accounts receivable, general ledger, Payables and Revenue recognition of the Somalia program.
Engage on donor liaison for the Somalia program.
The full job description is available here.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates should email application letters and CVs (with 3 referees) addressed to recruitke@actionafricahelp.org to be received by 7th July, 2017. The email Subject Line must show the job title of the position applied for. AAH-I is an equal-opportunity employer. We thank candidates for their high interest in the opportunities we publish on our website. Due to the high number of applications we receive, we will only get back to shortlisted candidates.