Since 1987 MYSA has pioneered a wide range of self-help youth sports and environmental cleanup, AIDS prevention and other community service programmes which today involve over 25,000 boys and girls in the Mathare Valley and neighbouring slums (see www.mysakenya.org).
But MYSA’s overall goal is to create new heroes, role models and leaders for improving our community and our country.
With increasing demand for expanded MYSA programmes locally and internationally and the related institutional and financial challenges, MYSA is looking for an experienced CFO to manage, develop and mentor our young finance team on providing better operational and strategic information and advice for our project managers, trustees and partners.
This new CFO position is for a period of up to two years during which the successful candidate will develop, implement and transfer new financial analysis methods and reporting skills to our young finance team.
An experienced CFO with a track record for developing, managing and mentoring finance teams to achieve high and best practice standards of financial analysis and reporting with:Demonstrated strategic and technical leadership and mentoring skills.Ability to communicate effectively and drive change and innovation.Experience in monitoring and managing externally financed projects.Proficiency in QuickBooks and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Project Management, etc).CPAKJACCA qualifications, university degree in accounting preferable.
Kindly send your curriculum vitae and a covering letter on why you welcome this challenge and you are the best qualified person plus the names of three professional referees to advice@psjkenya.com by 5 p.m. on Monday, July 1, 2013.4
