Business Support Officer I (Project Accountants)- 4 Positions at icipe – African Insect Science for Food and Health
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
- Kenya
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide financial management and accounting support to project portfolio teams.
- Review of staff surrenders and claims for validity, completeness, and accuracy in line with icipe's financial policies and donor regulations.
- Preparation of long outstanding staff working advance balances for management's action.
- Facilitations during projects' periodic audits.
- Collate/document user experience feedback for process improvement.
- Collate/document new/emerging donor requirements for process improvement.
- Recommend other generally accepted good practices for process improvement.
- Other related tasks as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, economics, or a related subject.
- Professional qualification or satisfactory progress towards attainment of professional qualification in accountancy (CPA II or equivalent)
- Relevant exposure to auditing or financial management will be desirable (at least 2 years of practical work experience).
- Ability to study and familiarize with the Centre's documents (Financial Rules & Regulations, Procurement Manual, Whistleblower policy, Anti-fraud, and ant-corruption policy…etc.) and donor-specific requirements.
- Ability to study and familiarize with the Centre's systems.
- Ability to interpret, resolve, and adapt decisions within established guidelines and directions in the execution of tasks.
- Capacity to function effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to search for common ground in problem-solving.
- Support in the development of solutions in a consultative manner for process improvement.
- Train and create users' awareness in the management of staff working advances and related processes.
- Provide support to the research themes and units to ensure effective staff working advance management processes in line with the icipe's financial policies and donor regulations.
- Provide support in the resource mobilization activities as assigned from time to time.
- Provide support in partner management processes as assigned from time to time.
- This position reports to the Senior Projects Accountant.
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