Finance and Compliance Coordinator at Unique Care and Support Foundation (CASFOD)

Role Purpose: 

The role will conduct and support daily financial compliance operations. This will comprise setting up compliance monitoring systems; producing compliance reports; review and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of financial reporting, compliance with applicable laws and the safeguarding of assets, perform and report back on internal assessments to ensure that financial control, financial guidelines and other control procedures are in place and are being properly implemented and managed; financial and risk monitoring; and ensuring compliance with CASFOD requirements. 

 Key Responsibilities: 

• Review monthly financial report and follow up with other departments for any corrective actions required. 
• Ensure financial and operational compliance at CASFOD. 

Support the budget development and budget planning processes, including development of internal budgeting guidelines, templates and tools, grant proposal development and budget modifications. 

Review, analyze and discuss with head of programs the budget vs actual reporting process for all grants. 

• Support regular update/analysis of the BVAs and pipelines. Ensure monthly review of transactions for compliance and eligibility under grants. 
• Review payment and other documents for accuracy, complete and compliance with CASFOD’s policies, donor regulations and local laws. 
• Assist in the month end accounting close process for CASFOD, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the ledger, and all supporting documentation. 
• Ensure compliance of all supply chain processes including procurement, logistics management, fleet management, inventory management and warehousing management. 

Qualifications and Experience:   

• Undergraduate degree in accounting/finance or equivalent. 
• Professional Accounting qualification. 
• At least 3 years’ experience conducting audit activities. 
• Highly skilled in financial statement preparation for purposes of audit (Essential). 
• Excellent understanding of business and financial planning including strategic modelling.
• Computer fluency; highly competent using Microsoft Excel and other MS applications. 
• Familiarity with computerized accounting systems 
• Ability to gather facts and data, scrutinize with ease, determine a logical solution and resolve issues with minimal supervision. 
• Proven ability to handle challenging workload. 
• The highest level of integrity and commitment to prevent corruption and Fraud. 
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with all departments in CASFOD.