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Accountant

International Committee Of The Red Cross

full time Nairobi Posted 1 day ago

Requirements

  • University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or similar field;

  • CPA (Certified Public Accountant) in good standing;

  • Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in Accounting/Finance position; 

  • Sound knowledge and experience in ERP (JD Edwards);

  • Excellent Computer proficiency - Technically proficient in Microsoft Office environment – Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint and Orbus); 

  • Excellent command of written and spoken English (Knowledge of French/Spanish/Arabic is an asset);

  • Strong organization, planning and analytical skills.

  • Receives invoices from the field delegations, verifies its quality and completeness;

  • Prepares and records accounting entries in the accounting software (IRIS/JDE/Peoplesoft) in timely manner;

  • Establishes and ensures accurate bookkeeping and archiving with appropriate supporting documents.

  • Performs the cash and bank reconciliations in IRIS/JDE on a regular basis;

  • Performs integrity checks of accounting entries and account balances;  

  • Ensures maintenance of sound accounting documentation to meet external and internal audit requirements;

  • Identifies anomalies or other issues and proposes solutions to the supervisor; 

  • Participates in annual and monthly closing activities;

  • Applies and complies with all administrative and financial procedures and deadlines;

  • Performs voucher matching of supply chain goods and performs closed unbilled purchase order receipt adjustment entries to clear open receipts; 

  • Monitors, reconciles, and consolidates balance sheet accounts of Field delegations/sites; 

  • Prepares and consolidates monthly List of Accounts for Reconciliation and Confirmation (LARC);

  • Prepares weekly/monthly or annually accounting reports as per the needs;

  • Uploads the finalized/validated accounting vouchers and supporting documents to dedicated tool; 

  • Performs other accounting tasks as directed by the supervisor.