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Finance Officer
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The African Council of Religious Leaders — Religions for Peace (ACRL—RfP) is the largest and most representative multi-religious platform in Africa. ACRL—RfP brings together leaders from diverse religious traditions with the mission of fostering peace and addressing issues of common concern. The organization emphasizes collaboration and dialogue among religious communities. Headquartered in Nairobi, ACRL—RfP operates across the African continent to promote peace and sustainable development.
Key tasks:
a) To ensure projects and activities adhere to the ACRL-RfP constitution, governance and operational manuals, Laws of Kenya and GAAP.
b) Review systems for financial operations in accordance with the ACRL-RfP Finance Manual and donor regulations; including systems for consolidation of accounting information, internal controls, financial reporting, financial record-keeping, grant management to achieve compliance.
c) Under directions of the Deputy SG, Finance & Admin, prepare financial reports to donors and other stakeholders in fulfilment of compliance requirements.
d) Under directions of Deputy SG, Finance & Admin, prepare for project and institutional audits and organizational capacity assessments for internal and external use.
e) Prepare monthly/quarterly/ periodic reports to donors in line with donor requirements and templates, including general ledger files, account reconciliations, as well as other financial information in a timely and accurate manner.
f) Providing advise/solutions to statutory matters including filing tax returns for the organization, providing support to staff with regard to tax matters, providing advice and guidance in all tax related matters.
g) To prepare organizational financial risk assessment reports that identify potential compliance risks for use by management.
h) Assist the Deputy SG, Finance & Admin, in developing annual fiscal year budgets.
Review reports and financial documentation from projects and activities to ensure compliance with operational manuals and donor requirements and work with project and program staff to ensure any compliance gaps are rectified Prepare draft accounts for statutory audits and prepare for the same.
Education, Professional Qualifications & Experience:
a) Holder of a bachelor's degree with a minimum grade of B in KCSE.
b) Professional qualifications in Accounting CPA(K) or section V.
c) At least 2-3 years of related financial/audit experience.
d) Demonstrated experience and skills with financial reporting preparation and presentation and the proven ability to translate technical financial data into informative reports.
e) Computer competency requiring word-processing, spreadsheet and database software. 2 f) Excellent command of spoken and written English language.
g) Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
h) Knowledge of office management systems and procedures.
i) Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven, high-performance environment, and maintain flexible hours to support deadlines.
Highly organized and keen to detail.