Regional Finance Officer

We Effect is a development organization founded in 1958 by the cooperative movement in Sweden. We work in more than 20 countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa and collaborate mainly with member-based organization’s consisting of women and men who live in poverty to fight for their rights and adequate living conditions.

We Effect mission is to empower people living in poverty so that they have more influence over their own lives and communities. We Effect therefore embraces the cooperative movement’s values and focus on sustainability through membership-based democracy, long-term economic thinking, social responsibility and transparency.

The right to own/control land, access to financial services, and environmental sustainability in an ecological balance with equal rights for women and men, girls and boys, permeate our development work. Our regional office for Eastern Africa is based at Lower Kabete Road in Nairobi and covers Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania through four programmes namely; Rural Development, Financial Inclusion, Housing and Habitat and Gender Equality.

Responsibilities for the Regional Finance Officer Job

Financial and Budgetary reporting

• Financial Reporting
• System Accounting Reports
• Liquidity Management
• Support to Audit Management

Technical support to partner organisations

• Support Regional Finance Controller in:
• Partner Monitoring – Systems, controls and utilisation
• Capacity Building
• Budgeting and budgetary control
• Compliance
• Support to Administration Department

Support to We Effect teams

• Support to resource mobilisation team
• Support to Programme staff

Qualifications for the Regional Finance Officer Job

• Understanding of programming cycle management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A team player.
• Master’s Degree in Business related area will be an added advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business related field.
• CPA K/ACCA
• Good knowledge of accounting systems preferably iscala.
• 5 years of overall experience working with in an International NGO with Multiple donors including the EU.
• Other relevant Finance certifications.

How to Apply

Download and fill in this form. E-mail your curriculum Vitae AND the filled in application form as attachements to RecruitmentRoea@weeffect.org before 31 may 2017. The heading of your e-mail should be Regional Finance Officer. Applications that do not follow the instructions will be disqualified.