Assistant Accountant – International

Job Description

Position: Assistant Accountant – International

Closing date: 10 March 2023 at 23:59 GMT

Job location: Nairobi, Kenya

Salary: Local Grade B

Contract type: Permanent

Role Overview:

The Assistant Accountant is responsible for ensuring that Global Secretariats’ accounting and financial management processes are made in line with agreed policies and procedures, through:

• Ensuring that multi geographical payments to suppliers are made in line with agreed policies and procedures.
• Ensuring that multi geographical supplier invoices and payment information is accounted for accurately and timely manner.
• Ensuring that Balance sheet reconciliations are performed across the various GS Hubs’ ledgers
• Ensuring that all payrolls are processed and accounted for correctly for all GS Hubs.
• Assisting with preparing for the Hub annual audits including financial statements as well as consolidated audit support,
• Supporting international accountants.
• Ledger Review and Management.
• Credit Card Management,
• Supporting the GS Hubs’ intercompany recharges process.
• Providing accounting and financial management guidance to the internal customers (employees) of the organization.
• Provide occasional assistance to budget holders as required.

Who we're looking for:

You should have Tertiary qualification in finance and Studying towards a professional accounting qualification (e.g. CA, ACCA, ACA, CPA, CIMA). You should have 1–2-year experience in similar role with working knowledge of Sun and processing payments on bank platforms. You should have proven track record of accounting experience. You should have working knowledge on: Payroll and related legislation guidelines, ledger entry analysis and interpretation, generating reports and data analysis and interpretation, designing reports for reporting and in-depth knowledge and experience working within the accounting technical area which enable them to work autonomously, resolve day to day issues and identify opportunities for continuous improvement within the organization’s delivery model .You should have ability to work in a multicultural and multi-geographical context/environment, engage in social justice activism/advocacy and demonstrate innovative practices. You should have good experience in a financial or management accounting environment. You should have cross functional fair understanding of good finance practices and proven track record of general ledger management. You should have working knowledge of payroll, tax, IFRS and related legislation.

You should also have strong commitment to ActionAid’s values and ethos, including ActionAid’s feminist leadership principles.

What we offer

ActionAid is committed to providing a welcoming, supportive workplace where we recognise a job well done. We offer a fair compensation package and a flexible working environment. At ActionAid, you can look forward to

• Fantastic training and development
• A workplace that embraces feminist leadership
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption pay.

How to apply

Please click on the "apply" button to start the application process.  Applications close on 10 March 2023 at 23:59GMT. Please upload an up-to-date CV and a cover letter, clearly explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

To be considered for this role, you must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in any of the mentioned locations at the time of appointment.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted- usually within 2 weeks of the closing date.

About us

ActionAid is a global federation working for a world free from poverty and injustice.

We want to see a just, fair and sustainable world, in which everybody enjoys the right to a life of dignity, and freedom from poverty and oppression.

We work to achieve social justice and gender equality, and to eradicate poverty.

All our work is underpinned by a set of feminist leadership principles:

self-awareness, self-care and caring for others, dismantling bias, inclusion, sharing power, responsible & transparent use of power, accountable collaboration, respectful feedback, courage and zero tolerance for harassment, exploitation and abuse.

Our commitment to safeguarding

ActionAid is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct. We are also committed to preventing and responding to any form of sexual harassment, exploitation and child abuse and abuse of adults at-risk, whether carried out by staff/representatives or resulting from our work. ActionAid expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

N****ote:

ActionAid is committed to supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.