Medecins
Sans Frontieres - Switzerland
Finance Officer
Based
in Dagahaley Refugee Camp
Project
Summary:
MSF
Switzerland (MSFCH) is a humanitarian medical organization providing emergency
medical aid to populations in need. At present, MSFCH operates in three
programmes locations in Kenya, Somalia and Sudan.
The
selected candidate will be reporting technically to the Financial Manager and
hierarchically to the Field Coordinator.
He/she
will oversee of the overall management of financial activities of the project
in dose collaboration with the Field Coordinator.
Location: Dagahaley Refugee
Camp, Dadaab
Start
date: ASAP
Type
of contract:
Fix Term Contract for 12 months with possible extension based on performance.
Main
Tasks (but not limited to):
- Responsible
for implementation of all internal controls as per MSF guidelines and
specific instructions received from the manager: daily encoding in
database, daily cash counts, weekly cash inventories and reconciliation,
end-of-month cash inventories,
- Ensure
all validation & control of receipts and payments to suppliers, comply
very strictly with MSF financial guideline, and the purchasing /
validation/ payment procedures for the mission,
- Ensure
confidentiality on all cash / finance issues related to MSF, Responsible
for one accounting book, Ensure the timeliness and quality of both:
- Prepare
cheque payments, transfer requests and bank reconciliations for all bank
accounts directly managed, Responsible for quality of receipts / vouchers:
check and ensure that they are in strict compliance with MSF standards and
Finance guideline
Requirements:
- University
degree in accounting/finance/administration and/or professional accounting
qualification
- Minimum
1 year experience in accounting preferably with international NGO.
- Experience
with MSF highly desirable. Good knowledge of Excel, able to produce basic
tables.
- Fluency
in English, Kiswahili, and Somali is an asset.
Personal
qualities:
Rigorous,
detail-oriented, very well organized, good logic able to understand and comply
strictly with procedures strong sense of personal integrity, result-oriented
committed to excellence, sense of discretion.
If
you meet the above requirements, please send your CV, motivation letter, copies
of certificates/diplomas and registration documents, mentioning on the envelope
“FINANCE Officer” to:
The
Financial Coordinator
MSF-Switzerland,
Kenya Mission
P.O.
Box 25091 - 00603
Lavington,
Nairobi
or
Deliver
the application to:
Field
Coordinator
MSF Office - Dagahaley Refugee Camp
MSF Office - Dagahaley Refugee Camp
Deadline: Wednesday, 19th
December, 2012
Only
short-listed candidate will be contacted.
The
selected candidate shall be ready to start ASAP.