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- The Finance Officer/Accountant is a crucial role in the organization, responsible for implementing the strategic Finance Function to achieve sustainable finance performance outcomes organization-wide and at branch levels.
Key Specific Responsibilities
Optimal Revenue Generation and Efficiency:
- Cultivate a culture of efficiency in resource utilization for value output.
- Make prudent day-to-day decisions to enhance optimal revenue generation.
- Explore opportunities and strategies to prevent revenue loss and capitalize on potential sources.
Compliance (Internal Controls):
- Enforce all controls within the jurisdiction for optimal revenue generation and cost efficiency.
- Oversee routine bookkeeping to guarantee accurate, timely, and complete financial records.
- Ensure timely submission of statutory returns to prevent penalties.
Risk Management:
- Empower Branch Administration Officers in line with finance function guidelines.
- Oversee branch reports for timeliness, completeness, and accuracy.
- Collaborate with other departments on functional matters and oversee the Branch Finance function.
Strategy Development and Implementation:
- Support the implementation and evaluation of annual plans for branches.
- Assess factors that may undermine plan effectiveness and proactively offer remedial actions.
- Participate in the budgeting process and undertake detailed evaluations of expenditures.
Funding and Fundraising:
- Analyze weekly cash flow and initiate remedial measures for optimal revenue generation.
- Manage cash balances, reconcile accounts, and invest idle funds proactively.
Staff Support, Empowerment, and Accountability:
- Inculcate financial skills in branches for day-to-day execution of job functions.
- Coach and mentor staff for effective oversight and empower them with necessary skills.
- Hold staff accountable for performance and outcomes.
Behavioral Competencies
- Uphold a high level of personal and professional ethics in every aspect of the job.
- Ability to operate independently, making informed decisions when necessary.
- Consult and clarify where necessary, demonstrating a balance of independence and teamwork.
- Build positive relationships with colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.
- Demonstrate the ability to work well with people, maintaining fairness and firmness in all interactions.
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrate proficiency in report and proposal writing, as well as effective presentation skills.
- Exhibit a strong work ethic, efficiency, and effectiveness in delivering on job responsibilities.
Key skills requirement
- Capacity to prepare complex financial statements in compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
- Exhibits analytical and problem-solving skills through identification of business needs, process management capabilities and initiation of solution design.
- Strong understanding of the business environment as determined by competences in business knowledge, basic technical proficiency in finance and related disciplines, interactive/communication, and negotiation skills.
- Capacity to develop frameworks to enable analysis of macro and micro environmental analysis to influence the quality of annual plans.
- Capacity to oversee the corporate annual plan process for the desired outcomes that influence the sustainable growth of the institution.
- Exhibits understanding of various capital raising instruments that form the basis of invoking relevant ones for accessing both equity and debt capital.
Job Specifications
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Academic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or related field.
Professional Qualifications:
- Professional qualification (CPA, ACCA) is a mandatory requirement
- A member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAK)
Desired work experience:
- At least 4 years’ experience in a similar role, preferably in the financial sector with sound exposure to credit or lending and debt recovery.
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For those who are interested in this position, please submit the application letter and Curriculum Vitae with three official references and scanned copies of your credentials to.
The Human Resources & Administration Officer Yehu Microfinance Services Ltd
P.O. BOX 82120 – 80100
MOMBASA
Or you can also email the applications through info@yehu.org and hr@yehu.org The closing date for applications is 15th January 2024.