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Finance & Program Associate
Climate Action Network (CAN)
Nairobi, Kenya
Permanent
Published 1 month ago · Expires 3 weeks from now
Job description
We invite applications from suitably qualified candidates.
Duties and responsibilities
- Finance management and Accounting
- Finance management: Provide leadership in setting-up effective and efficient systems and roll-out an efficient and accountable finance management systems for CAN Africa. Support the
- implementation and maintenance of effective financial management systems and internal controls in line with organizational policies and donor requirements.
- Accountability: Provide leadership in producing financial reports, audits to funders, partners and management and theboard of CAN Africa.
- Financial Data Entry: Input financial transactions into the organization's accounting software, ensuring accuracy and completeness. Record financial transactions accurately and in a timely manner in accounting systems.
- Documentation: Maintain and organize financial records, receipts, invoices, and other financial documents. Maintain and organized financial documentation, including receipts, invoices, contracts, and supporting documents.
- Reconciliation: Manage monthly bank statement reconciliations and ensure that all discrepancies are addressed.
- Reporting: Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financialreports.
- Support the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for management, donors, and partners.
- Compliance: Ensure that all financial operations comply with organizational policies and applicable financial regulations. Ensure compliance with applicable financial regulations, donor rules, and organizational procedures
- Administrative Support: Provide administrative support, including but not limited to setting up meetings, preparing agendas, and handling correspondence;
- Program support: Contribute to development of new programs/projects and their implementation;
- Monitoring & Reporting: Track financial performances and,provide regular updates to Regional Coordinator, and stakeholders. Support budget tracking and variance analysis for projects and organizational operations.
- Ad-hoc Tasks: Carry out other related tasks assigned by the Regional Coordinator.
- Programme Finance Support and Grant Management
- Support programme teams in developing project budgets and financial plans.
- Track project expenditures against approved budgets and flag variances or risks.
- Support financial reporting to donors and partners in line with
- contractual timelines and formats.
- Contribute to programme monitoring by supporting data compilation related to financial performance and resource utilization.
- Support grant complia...