With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Finance, Budget Fixed asset Management and Monitoring. (40%)
- Ensure funding requested submitted following annual approved work plans.
- Support preparation and revision of project budgets.
- Track project expenditures against approved budgets.
- Ensure correct charging of project expense as project line budget
- Maintain Fixed Asset Register
- Provide support to finance and logistics functions, including supervision of drivers when required.
- Fleet management
End Results
- All project expenses are allowable, reasonable and allocable
- No disallowed costs
- No overspending or underspending
- Budget revisions done timely
- Reports are submitted timely
- Vehicles are well maintained
- Fixed assets are updated
Partner Management (30%)
- Reviewing monthly partners reports and posting them into the system on Monthly basis.
- Partner capacity assessment and capacity build
End Results
- Partner retirements are reviewed and posted in time to assure monthly burn rates
- Partner capacity is enhanced leading to no disallowed costs
Support timely project payments for vendors, partners and Beneficiaries. (15%)
End Results
- Timely payments and recording of project costs
Ensure that project procurement plans are submitted in provision. (5%)
- Maintain proper documentation for all procurement transactions
End Results
- Procurement done on timely manner as per the procurement plan
- Procurement records are complete and compliant
Support the project staff to submit timesheets and Labour distribution reports as per the donor and WV guidelines. (5%)
End Results
- Timesheets for staff are filed monthly
Provide support during audits and facilitate timely responses to audit queries.(5%)
End Results
- Audit processes supported
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE
Required Professional Experience
- Minimum of three years in progressive working experience in donor funded environment with adequate exposure to project accounting, financial management including budgeting, grants, contracts and partner management.
- Minimum one year of experience from an international NGO experience is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience and skills with budget preparation and analysis, financial, reporting preparation and presentation and the proven ability to translate technical, financial data into informative reports
- Reporting preparation and presentation and the proven ability to translate technical
- Financial data into informative reports.
- Advanced computer skills in MS Office programs, particularly Excel
- Prior staff supervisory experience and strong organizational skills are desired
- Excellent oral and written English skills.
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
- Bachelor degree in Accounting/ Finance/Equivalent
- Professional qualification in accounting such CPA or ACCA is an added advantage.
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
- Experience in Managing Donor Funds
- Working knowledge of grants operations, finance services and practices
- Experience in managing partners
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Tact and diplomacy in dealing with staff-related to work environment needs
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff and public
- Experience working with an international organization will be an added advantage
- Excellent computer skills in Excel & Sun-systems accounting software
Please Note: World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization with a mission centred on following Jesus Christ in service to the world´s most vulnerable children. Therefore, in all locations to the fullest extent legally permissible, the successful applicant will affirm our core documents, observe conduct compatible with Christian principles, serve at a high level of professional ethics and strive to act in accordance with cultural sensitivities. Furthermore, regular attendance with team and office devotions, chapel and prayer gatherings are expected in line with policies in the World Vision host location and its departments
Disclaimer: World Vision does not, and will never solicit money for any part of its recruitment processes including short-listing, interviews, background, and/or medical check-ups. Please be cautious, and if you have any questions and/or would like to report what you believe to be a fraudulent World Vision recruitment person(s) or agency, please email us through www.worldvisionincidentreport.ethicspoint.com or [email protected]
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants OnlySkills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or an equivalent field
- At least three years of progressive experience in a donor-funded environment
- Experience with project accounting, financial management, budgeting, grants, contracts, and partner management
- Experience preparing and analyzing budgets and preparing and presenting financial reports
- Ability to translate technical financial data into informative reports
- Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Excellent oral and written English skills
- At least one year of international NGO experience
- Professional accounting qualification such as CPA or ACCA
- Staff supervision experience
- Experience managing donor funds
- Working knowledge of grants operations and finance services and practices
- Experience managing partners
- Experience working with international organizations
- Experience with Excel and SunSystems accounting software
What We Do
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to tackle the causes of poverty and injustice.
