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Finance Officer

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Karen, Kenya

time type

Full time

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End Date: October 21, 2026 (12 days left to apply)

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JR53157

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type: Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description: Payroll Review and Processing

Assisting in booking payroll journals
Ensuring timely filing and remittance of Withholding Tax and VAT Withholding tax to KRA, in compliance with local tax regulations.
Month review and reconciliation of Payroll data with Workday

Payment Processes and Bank Reconciliation

Preparing journals related to NCBA Bank and maintaining a well-organized, audit-ready documentation system.
Responding to staff queries related to financial systems and processes (e.g., Concur, Provision), and providing timely, solutions-oriented support.
Booking and reconciling staff-related cash deposits, ensuring that financial records are complete.
Processing staff advances and refunds, and actively tracking outstanding advances to ensure timely settlement by staff within 30 days as per policy.
Processing weekly supplier payments and performing supplier statement reconciliations to ensure on-time payment.
Following up with field teams regularly to confirm that payments are being disbursed as scheduled using the Payment Status Report from Provision.
Reviewing supplier invoices and supporting documents and creating them on Provision while ensuring alignment with budget codes.
Send payment invoices to Service Center and coordinate with Shared Service team to correct errors caused by wrong entries in billing string
Monitor daily transactions from WVSudan bank accounts and support monthly bank reconciliations by ensuring all payments are properly recorded and tracked.
Facilitate staff advances for grant project personnel and ensure full compliance with the organization’s travel advance policy.

Petty Cash Management

Processing petty cash reimbursements and disbursements – Ensuring all transactions have approved supporting documentation before payment.
Monitoring petty cash fund balance and approving top-up– Requesting replenishment when the fund reaches the minimum threshold, avoiding operational delays.
Ensuring 100% compliance with donor regulations and World Vision cash-management guidelines – Reviewing each transaction for allowability, reasonableness, and proper authorization.
Preparing monthly petty cash reports and reconciliations – Reconciling the physical cash count against the general ledger by month-end, including timely submission of reconciliation statements.

Support External and Internal Audit Reviews

Support internal and external finance reviews and audits by ensuring all required financial information, supporting documents, and schedules for grant projects are prepared and submitted promptly.
Support timely implementation of audit and finance review recommendations by following up with responsible staff, tracking progress, and maintaining proper documentation.

Monthly Closure, LDR and Cost allocation

Preparing PAs and SAs to ensure accurate inter-country cost allocations using the Blackline system.
Participating in month-end close processes, including bank reconciliations for NCBA Bank, booking monthly regional costs, and ensuring timely reversals
Monthly reconciliation of UNHAS prepayment

Required Education, training, license, registration, and/or

Certification: Holder of a bachelor’s degree (Relevant disciplines preferred e.g., Accounts, Finance, Economics etc.)

Proficiency in Computer applications (Excel, Sun systems, Word etc)

Required Professional Experience:

Requires a minimum of 2-3 years' experience working in finance preferably with International Organizations
Require proven knowledge and experience in Microsoft excel and word
Must have good oral and written communication skills.
Achieving quality results and services
Thinking clearly, deeply and broadly
Understanding the Humanitarian industry
Understanding WVs mission & operations
Learning for growth and development,

Work environment: Office-based with travel to the field when called upon

Required Language(s) English

Required travel and/or work environment accommodations:

Based in Nairobi with regular remote coordination with Sudan-based field staff.

Applicant Types Accepted: Local Applicants Only

About Us

Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.

As a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Learn more about our work at wvi.org.

Our Culture

Our organisational culture reflects a "Partnership" of World Vision offices in 100 countries and 31,000+ staff working towards one vision: life in its fullness for every child.

A career with World Vision is a God-given calling, and we believe that every staff member has been brought to World Vision for God’s purposes. Whether working from home, in an office, or with children and community members, we celebrate and embrace each staff member’s diverse background and talents – knowing that together, we can make a difference. Together, #WeAreWorldVision.

Learn more about our culture.

Your Rewards

Our people are our greatest asset.

Each staff member brings their unique experience and God-given talents to the organisation – and in return World Vision provides employees a competitive "Total Rewards" package tailored to the context in which they work.

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