Job Description
Location: Lodwar,
Reports to: Head of Finance & Administration,
Background
Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT) is a women-led, grassroots organization founded in 2011, that works with and on behalf of the communities within the greater Turkana basin to demand their collective social, economic, environmental, cultural and territorial rights. Recognizing the anti-patriarchal struggle is a vision expressed in all areas of our work. Our mission is to
foster the participation of indigenous communities to achieve social and environmental justice. Through our work, we address socio-economic inequality; demand environmental justice; secure land and territorial rights; seek for a social justice framework to address energy and climate justice and fight for women and girl rights.
Role overview:
To provide accounting support to ensure accuracy of all finance transactions related to the project and to manage all financial aspects of projects from budget preparation to project closure.
Responsibilities:
• Track and record all project transactions in a timely manner
• Conduct reconciliation of project accounts monthly
• Compete monthly, quarterly and annual report in a timely manner
• Prepare budget and cash flow forecasts
• Prepare and review monthly transactions in a timely fashion.
• Prepare and review monthly reserves statement for each project, and review for exceptions
• Ensure all transactions are supported by adequate documentation, approval and that documentation is filed and retained in a suitable way
• Ensure internal year-end deadlines are met, and transactions are accrued in a timely fashion at this stage if required. Ensure that all accruals are reviewed periodically and settled especially before project closure.
• Produce monthly reporting to the finance lead, ensuring accuracy
• Produce financial analysis as required by the project team to assist decision-making.
• Manage day to day to finances, including processing invoices, expenditures etc. in collaboration with project teams.
• With support from Head of finance, support the audit team in conducting audit.
• Provide any needed support to achieving the organizational mission.
Person Specifications
• Qualified accountant CPA or currently pursuing CPA
• Excellent oral and written communication in English
Essential Knowledge, skills and Experience
• Substantial (minimum 1year) experience in a relevant role
• Demonstrable and significant experience of the following;
• Creating and implanting good financial practice and controls, including transaction reviews and adjustments
• Balance sheet reconciliations and monthly checks and balances
• Working knowledge of Quick books accounting software and Microsoft office especially Excel and Word
• A strong commitment to FoLT’s values
• Ability to build good working relationships with non-finance staff
• Takes initiative, charge and proactively seeks new ideas, experiments with new processes/practices that capitalizes on opportunities
NB; Vacancy open to indigenous women from or willing to live in Turkana County.