We’re looking for a Project Accountant to join our inABLE Team. If you have a degree in Accounting or Finance.
Click here https://bit.ly/3sj2wbB to learn more. Submit by updated CV to [email protected] by 8th September 2023
Job Description
Support in the provision of overall financial management, overseeing budget forecasts, accounting, and financial reporting, maintaining internal controls and compliance with inABLE and donor requirements and financial oversight of project implementation.
About inABLE
inABLE.org is a nonprofit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, and Washington, DC with a mission to empower the blind and visually impaired youth in Africa through computer-assistive technology. We envision a world where every individual has all-inclusive access to the same educational, technological, and employment opportunities. Through our assistive technology, disadvantaged students are gaining computer literacy, self-paced computer skills acquisition, and are developing employable skills, like coding (HTML), application testing, and web design. Such skills provide a solid foundation, and a more level playing field, to prepare young persons with Disabilities for post-graduation employment and educational opportunities.
Job Objective
Support in the provision of overall financial management, overseeing budget forecasts, accounting, and financial reporting, maintaining internal controls and compliance with inABLE and donor requirements, and financial oversight of project implementation.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare annual operational budgets for projects by determining funds available for budget, determining activities scheduled for the year and their cost, and translating these to an operational budget.
- Preparation of donor financial statements and reports and call down requests as specified in the respective grant agreements and other internal financial reports.
- Preparation of periodic budgetary control statements to determine the financial performance of the relevant program and individual projects within the program.
- Provide reports and review progress on a month by month basis of the performance of all donor-funded projects to improve performance and resolve issues.
- Setting grant management policies, and developing and enforcing procedures that assure transparency in the grants processes.
- Coordinate the project’s grants accounting, reporting, compliance, and risk management.
- Assist in quality information management through regular maintenance of grant files, including coordination and preparation of documents and files for internal and external audits.
Qualifications and Skills
- B.com. degree in Accounting,or Finance.
- Professional accounting qualification, CPA or equivalent.
- 4 years of accounting experience in financial and project accounting preferably in an NGO environment.
- Experience in preparation and supervision of accounting ledger entries and extraction of the trial balance and financial statements.
- Excellent organizational skills: the ability to work independently and productively in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in handling multi-currency transactions.
- Good knowledge of MS Office.
Application Guidelines:
inABLE is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. inABLE makes hiring decisions based on qualifications, merit, and organizational needs.
Interested applicants should send their updated CV to [email protected] by 8th September 2023.
