MSF Switzerland Finance Officer Job at Dagahaley Refugee Camp Kenya 2012

MSF Switzerland Finance Officer Job at Dagahaley Refugee Camp Kenya 2012
Medecins Sans Frontieres – Switzerland
Finance Officer
Based in Dagahaley Refugee Camp
Project Summary:
MSF Switzerland (MSFCH) is a humanitarian medical organization providing emergency medical aid to populations in need. At present, MSFCH operates in three programmes locations in Kenya, Somalia and Sudan.
The selected candidate will be reporting technically to the Financial Manager and hierarchically to the Field Coordinator.
He/she will oversee of the overall management of financial activities of the project in dose collaboration with the Field Coordinator.
Location: Dagahaley Refugee Camp, Dadaab
Start date: ASAP

Type of contract: Fix Term Contract for 12 months with possible extension based on performance.

Main Tasks (but not limited to):

    Responsible for implementation of all internal controls as per MSF guidelines and specific instructions received from the manager: daily encoding in database, daily cash counts, weekly cash inventories and reconciliation, end-of-month cash inventories,
    Ensure all validation & control of receipts and payments to suppliers, comply very strictly with MSF financial guideline, and the purchasing / validation/ payment procedures for the mission,
    Ensure confidentiality on all cash / finance issues related to MSF, Responsible for one accounting book, Ensure the timeliness and quality of both:
    Prepare cheque payments, transfer requests and bank reconciliations for all bank accounts directly managed, Responsible for quality of receipts / vouchers: check and ensure that they are in strict compliance with MSF standards and Finance guideline

Requirements:

    University degree in accounting/finance/administration and/or professional accounting qualification
    Minimum 1 year experience in accounting preferably with international NGO.
    Experience with MSF highly desirable. Good knowledge of Excel, able to produce basic tables.
    Fluency in English, Kiswahili, and Somali is an asset.

Personal qualities:
Rigorous, detail-oriented, very well organized, good logic able to understand and comply strictly with procedures strong sense of personal integrity, result-oriented committed to excellence, sense of discretion.
If you meet the above requirements, please send your CV, motivation letter, copies of certificates/diplomas and registration documents, mentioning on the envelope “FINANCE Officer” to:

The Financial Coordinator
MSF-Switzerland, Kenya Mission
P.O. Box 25091 – 00603
Lavington, Nairobi 
or
Deliver the application to:

Field Coordinator
MSF Office – Dagahaley Refugee Camp

Deadline: Wednesday, 19th December, 2012
Only short-listed candidate will be contacted.
The selected candidate shall be ready to start ASAP.