Project Accountant
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND (CDTF)
(A joint Government of Kenya and European UNION Programme)
Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) is a joint initiative of the Government of Kenya and the European Union established in 1996. CDTF is implementing a five year Programme, the Community Development Programme Phase Four (CDP 4) with two components, the Community Environment Facility Phase Two (CEF II) funded by both the European Union (EU) and the Government of the Royal Kingdom of Denmark, and the Community-Based Development Initiatives (CDI) funded by the EU. The main objective of CDTF is to contribute to poverty alleviation efforts in Kenya by offering support in form of grants to community-based projects, which address basic social, economic and sound environmental management priorities.
Job vacancies have arisen in the CDI and CEF II components that require to be filled on contract basis by highly qualified and experienced Kenyan nationals. The contract duration will be up to 30th June 2014 with a possibility of an extension to 30th September 2015 subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funds for the extended period. The position is:
Accountable
Reporting to the Finance and Administration Manager.
Duty Station
Nairobi
Overall Responsibility
To ensure that CDTF supported community projects are supported by efficient and effective financial management systems, controls and procedures and that all funds are properly utilised and accounted for.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain a sound project financial management system
- Undertake financial management training for the community project officials
- Trend analysis of expenditure against the funded projects Financing Agreements to ensure the overall expenditure will be within the budgetary limits provided for up to the end term of the Financing Agreement.
- Tracking tranche disbursements to the individual projects and ensuring that funding conditions are met.
- Prepare cash flow projections for funded projects
- Review of financial reports and supporting documents from funded projects.
- Assist in the appraisal process, monitoring and evaluation of projects as member of Project Steering Committee.
- Carry out special financial audits of projects with implementation difficulties and advise the implementing committee on how to keep proper records.
- Liaise with Financial Accountant and keep track of the projects investment component cash flow to ensure availability of funds for disbursements
- Assist Finance and Administration Manager in the preparation of the annual financial accounts and Programme Estimates for the programmes
- Assist the internal auditor to carry out the Project audits.
- Work closely with the Internal Auditor to assist the External Auditor carry out the audit programmes
- Any other duties as may be assigned
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor of Commerce degree and CPA (K) or ACCA qualifications.
- Minimum of 7 years relevant experience
- Relevant computing qualification & experience
- Experience in donor funded programmes
- Excellent communication, reporting and presentation skills
- Good analytical, logical assessment interpretation skills
- Clean driving license
General Information
- The contract duration will be up to 30th June 2014 with a possibility of an extension to 30th September 2015 subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funds for the extended period.
- Travel to community based projects throughout Kenya.
If you feel you are the right candidate CDTF is looking for, apply by filling the Job Application Personal History Form available from this Website (download form) quoting job title in subject line, and send together with your CV to email address: vacancies@cdtfkenya.org. Hard copy applications will NOT BE CONSIDERED.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 29th March 2013 at 5.00pm. Only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview. Applicants, who will not have received a response by 31st May 2013, should consider themselves not successful.
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