Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya (BIBA-Kenya)
Position Title: Finance Assistant
Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya (BIBA-Kenya) is a coalition of over 60 Farmer organizations, animal welfare networks, consumer networks; faith-based organizations; and community -based groups.
They all have an interest and work in the areas of environment, agriculture, health and biodiversity.
BIBA-Kenya wishes to recruit a Finance Assistant to support project accounting, management and implementation.
Qualified and interested candidates are herein requested to respond to this advert appropriately.
Key Responsibilities and Engagements
- To prepare financial statements, monthly management accounts and reports in conformity with standard reporting procedure
- To do book keeping and accounting work in BIBA-Kenya
- Coordinate and prepare tax returns
- Guide in budget preparations and review of activity budgets
- Record and process internal claims and external invoices
- To support the conduct of all audit processes
- Assist the BIBA-Kenya Finance Officer and National Coordinator in day to day administrative running the BIBA-Kenya Secretariat.
- To support fundraising proposals and processes in BIBA-Kenya
- To support the BIBA-Kenya National Coordinator in project implementation
- To organize the logistics of BIBA-Kenya events, meetings, forums, travel etc as advised by the BIBA-Kenya National Coordinator.
- To undertake any other relevant duties as may be delegated or instructed by the BIBA-Kenya National Coordinator and or by the Finance Officer.
Qualifications / Attributes
The ideal candidate should have a minimum of following qualifications;
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a closely related discipline
- Be a qualified Accountant having completed CPAK or the ACCA equivalent
- Be proficient in quick books and other accounting packages
- Computer literate with proven ability to use Microsoft packages ( word, excel, PowerPoint and outlook)
- Be a good communicator both in writing and speaking in English and Kiswahili
- Ability to work and meet strict deadlines and targets
- Willing to learn and to be mentored in his / her work and in development and networking in general
- Be a team player, transparent and full of integrity.
- Knowledge of Nairobi city and the country in general will be an added advantage.
Remuneration
This is a salaried / remunerated position and the person to be engaged will benefit from a competitive package.
Applicants should state their current and expected salary/package from this position
Location: The person to be engaged will be based in Thika within the BIBA-Kenya offices.
Deadline and Application Procedure
Interested and qualified applicants should send their -Cover letter and CV only- indicate phone number, email and three referees) to: Financebibakenya@gmail.com with the subject line “Ref: Finance Assistant 2022.
Addressed to:
The National Coordinator,
Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya,
Deadline for submission of the applications will be Friday, 4th November 2022.
Hand delivered applications will not be accepted.