Finance Assistant at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change|Maisha Smart Jobs in Kenya

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Number of Positions: 1 Contract Type: Permanent/Full Time Contract Details: Ongoing Salary: Salary Competitive Working Hours: 35 hours per week Location: Nairobi Closing Date: 15/05/2022 Job Category: Finance Business Area / Division: Resources – Finance Business Unit: Kenya

Focus of the Role

As TBI scales up our work, we’re looking for an additional Finance Assistant. You’ll take ownership of ensuring accurate transactional data in our accounting ledgers and filing records for TBI and its subsidiaries. You’ll be part of our busy and supportive team, working across the interesting, and at times complex, divisions of our highly scrutinised not for profit operations.

This is an initial 12-month contract with the possibility of extension

Come and work for a growing, dynamic organisation alongside a group of smart, supportive and committed people.

Job Introduction

TBI’s Institute Resources Team supports and helps pave the way for the Institute to deliver its mission. We are comprised of the Legal and Risk, Finance, IT, Ops & Security and People Teams.

We develop and deliver policies and processes that drive our working practices, mirror our values, and that are aligned with our strategic objectives. We ensure that our organisational capabilities equip us to meet current and future challenges.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure timely reconciliations of all TBI bank accounts both UK and overseas including petty cash/foreign currencies/ in country trackers/credit cards/prepaid cards (e.g., Caxton).
Liaise with bankers for queries, eg, payment queries
Process supplier invoices in the accounting systems accurately and efficiently, check authorisations and prepare payments to suppliers, in accordance with relevant TBI policies & KYC process, payment allocation. Reconcile all supplier accounts regularly
Process required payments ensuring correct authorisation
Ensure all entries are posted with the correct VAT coding
Mange your own workload to meet team deadlines for month end and offer support to other team members
Check receipts and accurate recording of staff expenses reimbursement in accordance with TBI expenses policy
Other duties including filing of Financial records/data accurately, and any reasonable duties required by the Management Accountant and/or senior management team

Person Specification

A qualification in a finance background or equivalent demonstrable experience, and fundamental knowledge and understanding of accountancy
Experience of general accounting – eg. Debit vs Credit entries, Purchase Ledger, Reconciliations
Excellent Microsoft Excel skills essential
Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills
A collaborative and supportive team-player, with demonstrable experience in working as part of a team
Great interpersonal skills – able to establish good cross departmental working relationships
Great time management skills
Ability to articulate verbally and by written presentation, and toto express complex ideas in a clear and straightforward way
Demonstrate the ability to prioritise against tight deadlines
Customer service/experience focused – flexible & adaptable approach
A flexible approach – you’ll be open to taking on unfamiliar tasks and learning new skills
Enthusiastic, self-driven, ambitious and always seeking continuous improvement
Experience of the demands of working within a growing business advantageous.
Experience of working with Sage 200 a plus
Demonstrate discretion working with sensitive information.
A keen interest in our work as an Institute, expansion and sharing of knowledge and personal development

About The Institute

The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) is a mission-driven not for profit organisation. We exist to equip political leaders and governments to build open, inclusive and prosperous societies. We work hard, every day, to make a difference. When governments work well they are able to create economic and social change in a way that promotes fairness, social justice and opportunity. We work relentlessly to support leader and governments with the challenges they face. Giving them practical solutions and actionable insights, that once implemented, can be transformative for their people

We do this within two connected divisions:

Government Advisory

Our Government Advisory teams work directly with political leaders and governments around the world to implement reforms that improve the lives of their citizens. It works with a variety of partners and its outputs cover a range of disciplines and projects across countries in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and South Asia.

Policy Futures

Our Policy Futures work encompasses three broad areas:

Renewing the Centre: developing a bold and innovative domestic policy programme to help renew the centre ground of British politics;
Tech and Public Policy: exploring the policy challenges and opportunities presented by the technological revolution; and
Extremism Policy Unit: creating solutions designed to tackle the threat of extremist ideologies in the UK and around the world.

As an organisation, the core beliefs we all embrace are:

Open and Progressive: you’ll believe in the value of teamwork
Bold and Pragmatic: you’ll approach everything you do with integrity and authenticity
Optimistic Changemaker: you’ll be focused on results

TBI believes embracing diversity and inclusion make us a better place to work. It’s our goal to reflect everyone in society and we actively welcome applications from individuals and groups who are under-represented in the workplace. We celebrate difference be it ethnicity, religion, age, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or disability. We will only ever assess you on your abilities and fit for a role. We’re happy to discuss any adjustments you need to ensure a level playing field during recruitment and, if you\’re successful, discuss any adjustments you might need to thrive in your role.

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