IRC Budget & Compliance Senior Financial Manager Job in Kenya

International Rescue Committee, Kenya 

Vacancy: Senior Financial Manager - Budget & Compliance

Job Purpose / Objective: The Senior Financial Manager - Budget & Compliance has overall responsibility for the finance and grant management functions for the country program. 

The Finance Manager - Budget & Compliance responsibilities include internal control, donors report, operating budget update, proposal budget development, and staff training &management functions.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance with a recognized professional certificate in accounting such as K-CPA, or ACCA.
• A Masters degree with a Finance concentration will be an added advantage
• Not less than 3 years at a senior level within the Finance Department of an international organization.
• Experience in the humanitarian sector will be an added advantage
• Current or previous experience within IRC in a similar role will also be an added advantage
• Extensive experience in working with computerized accounting systems, standard spreadsheet and database programs.

Required Experience & Competencies:

• Good written and verbal skills in the English language.
• Must be comfortable in being a proactive member of the top-management team. 
• Must seek to identify and communicate potential problems and propose solutions to the level of management appropriate to effect solutions.
• Must be able to function effectively in a loosely structured, but complex work environment and to set appropriate priorities and deal effectively with numerous simultaneous requirements
• Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal technical support from within the program organization.
• Must be a patient and good communicator who can function in an organizational environment involving a diversity of cultures, languages, and personal interests and agendas.
• Good at role of facilitator and team player in solving problems.
• Committed to staff training and development

Full Job descriptions can be downloaded at:

http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IRC&cws=1&rid=10822
 

Please apply on or before 30th July, 2014
 

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