Finance and Administration Manager

The program objectives are:

• Increased demand for and access to quality HIV prevention services
• Increased demand for and access to quality HIV treatment services
• Use of quality FP, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health and Nutrition services (FP/RMNCAH
• Strengthened capacity of county health systems, local partners and communities to deliver quality health services.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to finance and operations aspects of the organization, including general administrative processes, financial management, accounting and logistics.
• Establish and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control procedures for financial, sub award and operations aspects of project.
• Ensure compliance of financial and operations systems with the organization’s policies and procedures, donor rules and regulations, award requirements, and Government of Kenya laws.
• Liaise with and keep up to date with USAID rules and regulations ensuring strict adherence and compliance
• Develop, analyze and monitor program budgets; monitor and track obligations and expenditures against budgets.
• Provide oversight for project procurement processes ensuring compliance.
• Advise senior leadership regularly on financial and operations-related matters.
• Provide technical assistance, as needed, to local partners on financial compliance and reporting.
• Prepare and submit donor financial reports; monthly, annual, quarterly and any ad hoc financial and accrual reports to Donors.
• Contribute to the development of high-quality work plans, quarterly and annual reports, financial reports and any other reports required by Donors
• Liaise with Internal Audit & Compliance Manager and external auditors in the review of project financial management
• Provide supervision, mentorship and training to project-based finance, procurement, logistics administrative, and grants staff.

Required Qualifications

• A Master’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field relevant to the position requirements.
• Professional certification (CPA) is a requirement and a member of ICPAK.
• At least 7 years of experience overseeing grantee compliance for large multi-million funded projects, at least 3 years of experience working with US government contract mechanisms
• At least 7 years of experience in financial management for large complex projects, overseeing overall operations of which at least five years were working in the field of international development.
• Demonstrated financial management, analytical and computer skills, with emphasis on budgeting and financial analysis.
• Proven track record in operations leadership
• Highly innovative and motivated organisational leader.