Finance Officer

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
CENTRE FOR RIGHTS EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
Deadline for application: 27TH JANUARY,2011

CREAW is inviting applications from individuals for the following position:
Job Title: Finance Officer
Duty Station: Nairobi
CREAW is a non-governmental, non-partisan, membership organization whose Mission is to transform society by empowering women and expanding new frontiers for women's rights and freedoms. Our Vision is a just and free society in which women and men have, exercise and enjoy equal and full rights and opportunities.
Our core programs include: Legal Advocacy; Human Rights Advocacy and Research; Community Empowerment; Peace and Justice.

Required qualifications and competencies:

• University Graduate in business or commerce, certified as CPA (K) or ACCA. A masters of business administration (MBA) degree will be an added advantage.
• Minimum three year experience in NGO financial management/administration, especially in diverse donor funded programs and projects
• Excellent skills in MS Office (excel and word) and experienced in computer based accounting software (QuickBooks).
• Documented knowledge of banking, auditing, financial and internal control methodologies.
• Solid analytical skills with proven ability to work independently and complete assignments.
• Good interpersonal and team playing skills with strengths in discretion and maintaining confidential information.
• Able to manage a diverse workload with competing priorities,
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Experience in procurement procedures and financial capacity building/leadership is an advantage.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Strengthen sound financial and reporting systems for the organization to ensure efficient financial management of grant finances and improvement in accounting skills for the organization.
• Prepare training materials and manuals for reference by team members.
• Do proper book-keeping, accountancy and reporting requirements for all program and projects and the use of computerized accounting systems.
• Conduct financial reviews for the organization in the course of program implementation.
• Work with the partner staff to aid them to submit timely reports in line with donor regulations and liquidate their advances on time.
• Review of documents and transactions at the organizations and ascertain compliance, accuracy, relevance and reasonableness of each transaction.
• Review the quarterly budgets comparison reports and forward them to the project officers and partners.

Those who qualify and are interested should send (or deliver) an application letter, curriculum vitae (CV) and copies of relevant certificates & testimonials to:

Languages
Excellent writing skills in English, with fluency in speaking Kiswahili.

APPLY NO LATER THAN 27TH JANUARY, 2011
If you know you have the right qualifications and experience, please send your application together with C.V. and relevant testimonial noting to provide details of three work related references.

Apply to:
THE SELECTION COMMITTEE CENTRE FOR RIGHTS EDUCATION
AND AWARENESS – CREAW Email: info@creaw.org Tel/fax:
+254-20-3860640/ 3861016/ 2378271/ 720357664
P.O. BOX 11964 –00100 GPO
NAIROBI – KENYA
CREAW IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.