Your Role
- The Accountant is responsible for the management of field
accounts payable and general ledger files, recording, analysing, and
reconciling of all accounting records in JD Edwards Enterprises (JDE)/ICRC
Resources Integrated Solutions (IRIS). The incumbent is responsible for
the financial closing and reporting of accounts of the delegations under
their area of responsibility.
Key
Responsibilities
- Receives invoices from the field delegations,
verifies its quality and completeness;
- Prepares and records accounting entries in the
accounting software (IRIS/JDE/Peoplesoft) in timely manner;
- Establishes and ensures accurate bookkeeping and
archiving with appropriate supporting documents.
- Performs the cash and bank reconciliations in
IRIS/JDE on a regular basis;
- Performs integrity checks of accounting entries
and account balances;
- Ensures maintenance of sound accounting
documentation to meet external and internal audit requirements;
- Identifies anomalies or other issues and
proposes solutions to the supervisor;
- Participates in annual and monthly closing
activities;
- Applies and complies with all administrative and
financial procedures and deadlines;
- Performs voucher matching of supply chain goods
and performs closed unbilled purchase order receipt adjustment entries to
clear open receipts;
- Monitors, reconciles, and consolidates balance
sheet accounts of Field delegations/sites;
- Prepares and consolidates monthly List of
Accounts for Reconciliation and Confirmation (LARC);
- Prepares weekly/monthly or annually accounting
reports as per the needs;
- Uploads the finalized/validated accounting
vouchers and supporting documents to dedicated tool;
- Performs other accounting tasks as directed by
the supervisor.
Qualifications
- University degree in Accounting, Finance,
Economics or similar field;
- CPA (Certified Public Accountant) in good
standing;
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in
Accounting/Finance position;
- Sound knowledge and experience in ERP (JD
Edwards);
- Excellent Computer proficiency – Technically
proficient in Microsoft Office environment – Excel, PowerPoint, Word,
SharePoint and Orbus);
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
(Knowledge of French/Spanish/Arabic is an asset);
- Strong organization, planning and analytical
skills.
What we
offer
- Diverse and humanitarian-minded workforce;
- An opportunity to contribute to institutional
efforts to protect and assist conflict victims worldwide;
- Training opportunities ;
- Flexible work schedule.
Additional
information
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Type of Contract: 1-year Fixed term
contract (renewable subject to Budget discussion and performance)
- Type of Position: This position is open to
Kenyan residents or individuals who possess the legal right to work in
Kenya.
How to
Apply
