Finance Manager

Background

IsraAID is an Israel-based non-governmental organization that was founded in 2001 and has since its inception worked in emergency and long-term development settings in over 60 countries. Our vision is a world where vulnerable, disaster-affected communities have the strength, support, and opportunities they need to recover from humanitarian crises and build a more resilient future. Toward achieving this, our mission is to support people affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. Our Israeli and international teams deliver leading expertise in protection; public health; water, sanitation, and hygiene; and education. We partner with local communities to provide urgent aid, assist in recovery, and reduce the risk of future disasters. Together, we develop and deliver innovative solutions that meet long-term needs and help prepare for future crises, with emphasis on sustainability and local ownership.

IsraAID Kenya is part of IsraAID Global, IsraAID first delivered programs in Kenya in 2007 and has had a permanent presence in the country since 2012. At IsraAID Kenya, we serve communities in Turkana West Sub County, delivering integrated programs in protection, health, and Water,Sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) that leverage IsraAID’s global experience and local expertise.In our protection progra, we aim to improve access to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Child Protection (CP) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) services for children and caregivers, including Persons Of Concern (POC) and the Local Community. We strengthen the community’s capacity to nurture a protective environment, including preventing and responding to protection concerns and bolstering related structures. For WASH programming; we focus on widening sustainable access to safe water and improving community uptake of safe hygiene and sanitation practices. Since November 2022, we have improved access to safe water for more than 27,000 people. In total, our drought recovery program has served 36,690 people. Our health strategy builds on drought recovery to strengthen and sustain community well-being. We support and facilitate community-led projects to address diverse health challenges, particularly those faced by children under five years old. Priorities include raising awareness of healthy nutrition and childcare practices; improving early detection of malnutrition among children and pregnant/lactating women; and strengthening referrals between health structures for timely intervention.

Job Purpose

The purpose of this position is for the overall leadership, compliance, and oversight of the Finance Department. The Finance Manager will engage in Financial Strategic Management and Financial Donor Compliance. The incumbent needs to have experience working with complex Excel files, Budgeting, Financial Controlling, critical thinking skills in Finance Management and sound knowledge of accounting principles.

The Finance Manager will report to the Country Director.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Financial Management

• Accountable for Budgeting, Planning and Financial Control
• Responsible for the monthly budget execution, including the monthly forecasts, planning and cash flow management.
• Ensure that the monthly budgets match the annual budget (budget versus actuals- BvA)
• Present & facilitate review of actual to budget expenditures with Country Director and Program Managers.
• Compile and timely submit the monthly financial report to HQ and to donors as per the specific donor requirements.
• Come up with budget templates when developing donor budgets during proposals development.
• Provide recommendations for budget realignments as required.

2. Financial Control and Monitoring

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  Ensure adherence to finance policies, systems, and procedures for IsraAID, Donors and Statutory regulatory requirements in Kenya.
• Review and account for procurement transactions to ensure adequate supporting documentation, accuracy of amounts and control over payments.
• Maintains the organizations system of accounts ensuring all accounting data is updated, reconciled, and fully supported.
• Support internal and external audit procedures.

3. Cash and Transaction Management

• Manage the organization’s cash flows and record all cash transactions.
• Oversee preparation and execution of bank orders as needed and oversee transactions.
• Prepare weekly payments roll-out.
• Ensure maintenance of accurate records of financial transactions of the country office to monitor financial status of all project activities.
• Administer petty cash and keep appropriate financial records.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES: 

• Bachelor’s degree in any finance related field is an added advantage
• ACCA or CPA qualification a MUST
• A master’s degree in finance-related training will be an added advantage

SKILLS

• Minimum of 4 years’ relevant experience in international non-profit organization working as a Finance Manager.
• Experience working with key donors including the UN system.
• Ability to easily work with Excel and other data base tool such as BVA.
• Critical thinking and leadership in Finance analysis.
• Knowledge and experience using a financial system – QuickBooks at advanced level.
• Basic knowledge in Auditing.

KEY BEHAVIOURS

• Upholding integrity and professionalism - demonstrates a high degree of integrity and professionalism in all interactions and decision-making process.
• Fostering team collaboration - actively promotes a positive and collaborative team environment, encouraging shared successes, and engaging in participatory management and decision-making processes.
• Must be assertive but empathetic and can easily talk to different people.
• Hard-worker, self-driven, and works with minimal supervision.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND DEMANDS

Kakuma based

LEVEL OF CONTACT WITH CHILDREN

Low contact:     No contact or very low frequency of interaction

LANGUAGES

Essential:English and Kiswahili

COMPLIANCE & ETHICS

• Promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics
• As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conduct work with the highest level of integrity. Communicate these values to staff and to partners and require them to adhere to these values
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles of non-discrimination, local ownership, sustainability, inclusiveness, local partnership, do-no-harm, and apolitical approach; codes of conduct against sexual exploitation and abuse; and against child exploitation and modern slavery.
• Commitment to abide by IsraAid’s and UN’s codes of conducts and principles
• Commitment to humanitarian principles

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

IsraAID is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

NOTE: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.