Monday, May 21, 2012

Project Accountant
 Job in PAFID Kenya


PAFID is an implementor of the project UWEZO.  

PAFID’S lead role is to increase youth access to employment, entrepreneurship and livelihood opportunities and to provide rural population with a sufficient scale so that they can harness market/agricultural extension information, access financing and hence benefit from greater visibility, leverage better prices, increase value added and improve negotiation power. 

In addition PAFID collaborates with the Ministry of agriculture  to provide agricultural training with an aim to, to promote increased diversity of production for subsistence and cash crops.

PAFID also supports various other interventions involving CLUSA and its other partners under the Yes Youth Can! initiative.

PAFID is seeking to recruit Project Accountant (temporary position -5 months)

Commence Date: 4TH July 2012

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Project Accountant will be responsible for ensuring PAFID systems and procedures of internal controls are followed when committing all financial transactions

Specific Roles and Responsibilities
  • Prepare monthly management and project accounts
  • Prepare project costing, budgets, cash flows, reports and analysis as required by donors & Management.
  • Ensure proper management of petty cash;
  • Process monthly payroll
  • Ensure that all cash payments are fully supported and are authorized
  • Process and make payments as provided in the approved budgets; Rubber stamping ‘paid’ on all documents once cash vouchers are signed and cash disbursed and before filing
  • Maintain an organized and well documented filling system (all files must be labeled properly and visibly)
  • Inputting accurately of transactions in Quick books
  • Carry out reconciliations of cash and bank balances on a monthly basis;
  • Prepare schedule of payments of utilities, statutory deduction and ensure timely payment of the same;
  • Ensure the timely transfer of all field fund requests;
  • Ensure the maintenance of an efficient, proper, and transparent financial filing system for the department and the organization in accordance with the organizational guidelines;
In particular, the successful candidate should have the essential qualifications, experience and competencies:
  • Professional accounting qualification (CPA 2) and Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance,
  • Working knowledge of QuickBooks and MS Office especially EXCEL
  • At least 1 year of professional experience with an NGO
  • USAID experience a plus. In addition, must be flexible, willing to perform assigned and additional duties.
  • Ability to work with tight deadlines and handle multiple concurrent activities
  • Excellent in written and spoken English.
  • Ability to work well in a team and  handle pressures and meet deadlines
  • And have a willingness to learn
Preference will be given to those able to commence working on the first week of July  2012

Qualified candidates are invited to email their applications together with a detailed CV with 3 professional referees and daytime telephone contacts by 25th June 2012- 5pm to:

The Finance Manager, Email pafid.job@gmail.com

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

PAFID is an equal opportunity employer and promotes gender equity.  

Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.