Job vacancy in Kenya - Finance & Administration Officer - Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK)

Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) is a national independent non - profit membership organization for women in the print and electronic media and the communications sector.

AMWIK invites applications for the position of Finance & Administration Officer.

The duties and responsibilities of the Finance and Administration Officer will be:

• Efficient control of all the organization’s accounting work and proper filing of documents
• Reconciliation of bank accounts
• Maintenance of an effective system of accounting and internal controls
• Ensure established accounting procedures are observed
• Maintenance of cash books, receipts, bank accounts and other financial records
• Participate in preparation of proposal budgets for submission to donors
• Ensure adherence to project budgets by tracking income and expense accounts against budgets
• Timely preparation of project financial reports as per donor requirements
• Procurement of office requirements
• Maintain the fixed assets register
• Train and coach the AMWIK team on financial management
• Administration of petty cash
• Advice in all aspects of accounting and internal control procedures in order to ensure compliance with AMWIK’s financial rules and regulations
• Coordinate external audit

Administrative Duties

• Assist in office transport co-ordination, ensure and maintain records on vehicle service and good maintenance of office equipment
• Assist in any other day to day office Administration entries and supportive roles
• Perform any other duty as assigned by the Executive Director

Qualifications, Competencies and Experience

• A Bachelors degree in Finance or Commerce with an Accounting Option
• Be a Certified Public Accountant with at least CPA II
• At least 3 years experience in an NGO handling donor funded projects-budgeting and reporting
• Excellent knowledge and ability to use modern, advanced and computerized accounting systems especially QuickBooks
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections.
• Ability to monitor cash flows and trends.

The applicant should be of high integrity, possesses excellent interpersonal skills, have the ability to influence people positively, be a team player and flexible.

Kindly give specification of expected remuneration

Please send your online application latest by Friday 19th August, 2011 to:

The Executive Director
Association of Media Women in Kenya
P.O. Box 10327-00100
Nairobi, Kenya

Email: info@amwik.org