5 Feb 2025

Finance and Administration Assistant – VAS at Helen Keller International

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Job Description

The name Helen Keller is known around the world as a symbol of courage in the face of overwhelming odds, yet she was much more than a symbol. She was a woman of luminous intelligence, high ambition and great accomplishment who devoted her life to helping others. Helen Keller, our co-founder, envisioned a world without barriers to human potential. Guided by her fierce optimism, we have been working on the front lines of health and well-being for more than 100 years. Working in 19 countries across Africa and Asia-as well as in the United States-we are dedicated to eliminating preventable vision loss, malnutrition, and diseases of poverty.

Finance and Administration Assistant – VAS

  • Finance and Accounting:
  • Enter all transactions, including payments, advances, retirements, cash receipts into financial accounting software daily ensuring all records are complete daily.
  • Review coding of all transactions before entry into the financial system and in case of concerns verify with budget holders and finance manager.
  • Review activity requests and prepare payment request form.
  • Review all receipts and invoices for accuracy and completeness with all their respective supporting documents.
  • Ensure office financial filing is accurate, retrieval of documents is easy, and filing is always kept up to date, with no unfiled documentation at the end of each working day.
  • Reconcile all bank accounts monthly against bank statements, review for any long outstanding unclear items and submit to management for approval.
  • Reconcile petty cash at the end of each month and ensure it is used appropriately.
  • Review all staff retirements and ensure accurately processed and filed.
  • Review all sub-award retirement reports for accuracy and maintain the tracker.
  • Conduct field visits with sub-recipients, if necessary, to assist in the assessment of the financial management of sub-recipients.
  • Manage MPESA payments and prepare reconciliation.
  • Ensure all accruals and prepayments are accurately recorded.
  • Support Finance department with preparation of month end financial package.
  • Support Finance department with preparation for audits.
  • Support Finance department with the monitoring of donor and field office budgets monthly and preparation of donor financial reports.
  • Office administration :
  • Ensure full compliance of all administrative activities with HKI regulations, policies, procedures and strategies.
  • Manage project supplies and office inventory, ensuring it is kept up to date at all times with new additions and disposals.
  • Undertake physical verification of inventory items and report any discrepancies between physical count and inventory list.
  • Filing and archiving of all documents.
  • Liaise with vendors/suppliers as required to ensure adequate prompt delivery and service provision for the field office.
  • Logistics:
  • Manage vehicle logbooks – control and filing, by ensuring thorough completion by drivers for each journey.
  • Manage system to monitor and control fuel usage for vehicles and generators.
  • Assist in the management of Helen Keller INTL fleet, Prepare and check all documentation related for fleet management (fuel slips, logbook,), and assist in vehicle movement and scheduling drivers
  • Organize logistics including booking of flights and hotel reservations, planning for transportation, review of travel authorizations, documentation, and payments.
  • Coordination and supervision of support staff (cleaner, driver etc.).
  • Procurement:
  • Ensure all procurements comply with HKI policies and procedures, ensuring correct usage of all forms.
  • Ensure the proper filing of all procurement documentation.
  • Solicit quotations and bids as appropriate.
  • Prepare Service agreements for approval.
  • Provide training to other staff on HKI procurement procedures.
  • Supplier Contract management

Qualifications:

  • Degree in Business related course or supply chain.
  • At least 4 years’ experience in finance, supply chain and office administration. CPA or CIPS or CPSP certification required.

Required skills & competencies:

  • Demonstrated use of accounting software ERP system.
  • Ability to learn, prioritize and manage complex and competing activities.
  • Ability to effectively communicate. Ability to take initiative and adapt to different working conditions and diverse cultural environments.
  • Proficient in Microsoft office. Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within a team.


Method of Application

Interested candidates to send their cover letter and a curriculum vitae to 

[email protected]

 Please indicate the position on the subject line of the email. The deadline of application is 14th February 2025





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