Humanitarian Finance

1 month ago


Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Action Aid Full time
ActionAid is a leading international charity. We support women and children in extreme poverty. We fight for their rights and for lasting change

Role Overview:


The Humanitarian Finance & Operations Assistant will be responsible for ensuring that Global Secretariat (GS) accounting & finance operations support is in line with the GS policies and procedures while working collaboratively with the internal and external stakeholders, International Humanitarian and Resilience Team (IHART), People Finance & Operations teams.


Who we're looking for:

Education, Language & Qualifications:
Tertiary qualification in finance
Professional accounting qualification (e.g. CA, ACCA, ACA, CPA, CIMA).
Proficiency in English

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience

5 years' experience in a similar role with working knowledge of SUN and processing payments on bank platforms.
Proven track record of accounting experience.
Working knowledge on Payroll and related legislation guidelines,
Ledger entry analysis and interpretation, generating reports and data analysis and interpretation.
Designing reports for internal and external reporting and in-depth knowledge and experience working within the accounting technical area/field.
Able to work virtually and effectively support others to meet tight deadlines and address multiple priorities.
Ability to work in a multicultural and multi-country context.

Willing to work in unsocial hours in case of emergencies, when necessary, across time zones as required with ActionAid internal and external stakeholders.



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