Job Title: Finance Assistant
Date Posted: 25/06/2026
Job Type: Full Time
Employer: Caritas MFB
Industry: Finance
Salary: Open
Location: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 30/06/2026
Job Purpose
- Reporting to the Head of Finance & Strategy, the Finance
Assistant will support the Finance Department in ensuring efficient
financial operations through timely reconciliations, accounts payable
management, financial record maintenance, statutory compliance, and
financial reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Verify goods received against approved purchase orders and
supporting documentation.
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with vendors and
service providers.
- Perform reconciliations of assigned ledger accounts and follow up on
outstanding items for timely resolution.
- Investigate and reconcile financial discrepancies through collection
and analysis of account information.
- Maintain proper filing and custody of finance-related records and
documentation.
- Filing of statutory returns (Customer/suppliers)
- Process staff imprests and operational claims in accordance with
approved policies.
- Verification of vendor documents: purchase orders, prices, terms of
payment and other charges on documents.
- Managing accounts payable using core banking system
- Handling accounts payable for separate entities and vendors
- Ensuring bills are paid in a timely and accurate manner while
adhering to departmental procedures.
- Processing transactions and performing accounting duties such as
account maintenance, recording entries and reconciling Payable Ledgers
- Maintain vendor statements and daily financial transactions.
- Uploading of Forex rates and communication to branches
- Preparation of account balances and liquidity reports CIT cheque
processing
- To perform any other duty as assigned in line with the organization
goals and objective.
Qualifications
- Education -University degree in Accounting, Commerce, Economics or
Business Management/Administration or related business degree (MUST).
- CPA Intermediate Level or CPA Section IV qualification (MUST).
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in finance or accounting
firm/financial institution.
- Proficiency in Advanced Excel spreadsheet.
How to Apply
