Finance Officer, Western Kenya

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OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS) is an international organization established in the 1980s, headquartered in the Netherlands and with offices and initiatives in several countries in Africa and Asia. The Africa regional office is located in Nairobi, Kenya.

In East Africa, ICS invests in innovative entrepreneurship projects and social programmes. We envisage economically empowered communities and societies where people exploit the available resources to increase household incomes and generate community wealth and thus improve the quality of life. We work with the local communities to invest in development of various entrepreneurial initiatives aimed at improving agricultural value chains particularly efficiency at production, value addition, processing and marketing. Investments in entrepreneurship are then integrated with targeted social programmes on child protection and skillful parenting to create sustainable changes in the lives of children and their societies.

Our investments continue to attract capital from social investors, venture capitalists, foundations, governments, banks, and private donors. In Africa, we work with limited companies which act as main investment and business vehicles for the entrepreneurship initiatives.

To support our initiatives in Africa, we are looking to fill the following positions with business minded professionals with a entrepreneurial flare and a passion to make a difference in people’s lives.

FINANCE OFFICER, WESTERN KENYA (BASED IN KAKAMEGA)

You will primarily manage the financial for our programs in the Western Kenya region, in a manner that ensures continuous availability, optimal utilization and safe custody. You will also effectively manage all administration and operations issues in support of the programme activities in the region. This will include and not limited to budgeting, establishing internal controls, cash flow management, policies and procedures enforcement, preparation of statutory returns and reporting. A core activity will be building the capacity of staff and the communities on finance and accounting matters. (A detailed job description and more information is available at http://www.ics.nl/home-en-US)

Requirements: You will have a business degree preferably with a bias in Accounting or Finance and be a Certified Public Accountant (CPAK) or equivalent. You will also have: 8 years working experience; experience in budgeting and budgetary control, book keeping and accounting, financial reporting and cash flow management. In addition, we will be looking for staff management experience including discipline and training; knowledge of an accounting software, preferably QuickBooks/Pluriform; proficiency in MS Office; attention to detail and good organisational, analytical and problem solving skills.

All applications and enquiries to:
Closing date: Friday 28th September 2012
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

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