Job Title: Project Finance Administrator
Hiring Organization: PATH
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 07/31/2024
PATH is a
global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years
of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science,
economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops
and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath
challenges.
PATH Kenya is a local entity that has been working in the country since 1990.
PATH Kenya has been a trusted partner to the Kenyan government, the private
sector, nongovernmental organizations, and communities, supporting the
country’s rise as a health leader in East Africa and beyond. PATH in Kenya
works to enhance health system capacity and resilience by providing technical
expertise with deep local experience, accelerating progress through advocacy
and policy, and using human-centered design to maximize impact
PATH Kenya is seeking to recruit a Project Finance Administrator. The incumbent
will be the custodian of the internal controls put in place to ensure that the
project meets its deliverables, complies with PATH polices, donor regulations
and statutory requirements.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide timely
first-level review and approval for the project’s activities and expenses.
- Act as the
custodian of the policies and procedures put in place by PATH to safeguard
the operations of the project.
- Analyze the
project’s expenses and prepare project pipeline status monthly.
- Prepare
quarterly accrual reports.
- Track the
project’s deliverables and ensure timely update in salesforce.
- Capacity build
the project staff on matters compliance and efficient resources
utilization.
- Assist in the
review of the contracting mechanisms, including purchase orders,
consultants agreements and sub awards.
- Support the
preparation and monitoring of the projects annual and life of the project
budgets.
- Ensure
compliance with the project’s award terms and conditions.
- Assist in
building appropriate operational and financial systems to effectively
receive, expend, and account for donor funds.
- Carry out
regular review of program-wide adherence to identified compliance issues
including intervening where necessary.
- Support and
foster partnership and collaborative initiatives between the finance and
program teams.
- Review
procurement contractor justifications.
- Carryout any
other relevant duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Background,
Experience & Requirements:
- Bachelor’s
degree in business, finance, accounting, or related field plus a full
CPA(CPA-K) or ACCA qualification. Relevant master’s degree is an added
advantage.
- At least five
years’ experience in financial management or administration.
- Excellent
analytical, financial management and budgeting skills.
- Experience in
financial forecasting and reporting.
- Ability to
coordinate project work involving team members at junior and senior levels
across the organization.
- In-depth
knowledge of USAID and other international donor requirements.
- Ability to
learn, adopt and champion new business systems and processes.
- Extensive
knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of tools, particularly MS Excel,
Word, PowerPoint, outlook, and SharePoint, as well as the ability to learn
other software tools readily and use them successfully.
- Project
management experience is desirable.
- Excellent
communication skills, both written and spoken.
- A high level of
integrity and professionalism.
- Ability to
identify business needs, gather and analyze information.
