Vacancy Number: ACIRS/FIN/06/14
Department: Finance
Duration: 2 years’
Department: Finance
Duration: 2 years’
ILRI seeks to recruit an Accountant –Staff Accounts –IRS to
manage Internationally Recruited staff accounts and actively support
implementation of ERP system.
ILRI works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways
out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Consortium, a global
research partnership of 15 centers working with many partners for a food-secure
future. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in West and
southern Africa and South and Southeast Asia.
The Centre’s headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, and
research is conducted in 31 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We are
supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR) and receive funding from over 50 different donors.
CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a
food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are
members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner
organizations.
Responsibilities
- Checking/Reviewing
and journalizing of Internationally Recruited Staff (IRS) Travel Expense
Reports (TERs) and Project/workshop expenditure reports;
- Reviewing/checking
the accuracy of IRS Travel Authorizations (TAs) and project Advances
requests (PARs) and staff account status before Payment;
- Reconcile
all IRS staff accounts and ensure they are up to date. Ensure all amounts
owed to or by staff are paid or accounted for promptly;
- Carry
out monthly aging routine for IRS personal Accounts and make relevant recommendations;
- Prepare
and forward to payroll Unit the monthly IRS staff payroll deductions
schedule;
- Carry
out monthly allocation of IRS personal Accounts and ensure relevant
adjustment journals are passed;
- Facilitate
IRS staff to access their personal accounts online. Follow up with the
system support team on system improvements and trouble shooting. Ensure
timely response to staff queries;
- Update
IRS staff personal Accounts listing in the system. Opening personal
accounts for new staff on time and immediate closure of accounts for
separated staff upon payment of final retention balance;
- Coordinate
day to day management of IRS travel Insurance. Facilitate issuance of
annual travel insurance cards to staff at the start of every calendar
year;
- Assume
day to day management of staff accounts function in the absence of the
alternate staff Accountant.
- Actively
participate in ERP roll-out and support cross team working before, during
and after implementation of the new ERP System.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Accounting;
- Full
accounting qualifications- CPA (K);
- Minimum
of two years of relevant working experience;
- Good
personal organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail;
- Good
communication and interpersonal skills;
- Highly
effective multi-tasking skills, with ability to coordinate, prioritize and
organize workload and meet deadlines.
Terms of appointment:
This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) positions based
at ILRI’s Nairobi campus and is for a 2 years’ contract period.
Job level and salary:
This position is job level 2B with a starting salary of
KES83,606 per month. In addition ILRI currently offers medical insurance
for staff and dependents, Life insurance, Pension at 12.5% employers
contribution, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days+ public holidays within
ILRI’s National Recruited Staff Scheme.
How to apply:
Applicants should send a cover letter and CV explaining
their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names
and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are
knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work
experience to the Human Resources Director through our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/ before 16
June 2014. The position title and reference number REF: ACIRS/FIN/06/14 should
be clearly marked on the subject line of the online application.
ILRI is an equal opportunity employer
