Finance & Accounts Officer

Role Overview

This role carries responsibility for the complete financial transaction cycle of Venture Kenya’s operations, from the moment funds arrive to the final monthly report. You will supervise a small finance team, review every payment against a budget, and maintain a clean audit trail across receipts, disbursements, and records. Your work keeps operations running without interruptions and gives the Country Director and holding finance team an accurate, real-time picture of cash movement.

Key Responsibilities

• Record and safeguard all incoming funds on the day they are received, verifying that bank transaction details match the supporting paperwork.
• Examine each payment request against the approved budget, confirming that invoices, authorizations, and back-up documents are complete before signing off.
• Oversee the finance support staff handling income, receipts, disbursements, and record-keeping, ensuring all entries are accurate and easily traceable.
• Maintain fully reconciled and audit-ready financial files, with no missing vouchers or unexplained balances.
• Compile and deliver monthly financial reports to the Country Director and the holding finance team, highlighting any anomalies or pending items on time.
• Proactively resolve missing documentation or transactional discrepancies before month-end close, and escalate unresolved issues promptly.
• Flag any payment that exceeds the agreed approval limit or shows signs of irregularity, following the established escalation procedure immediately.
• Serve as the go-to person for questions about where a transaction stands, answering queries from program heads, auditors, and holding finance throughout the month.

Requirements & Qualifications

This is not a back-office role that ends at data entry. You need a strong grasp of why every receipt and reconciliation matters, and the discipline to keep records current even under day-to-day pressure. The right candidate is precise, dependable, and comfortable taking ownership of financial accuracy from end to end.

• A degree or recognised professional qualification in finance, accounting, or a closely related field.
• Several years of hands-on experience in financial management, budgeting, or accounting, preferably within operational, field-based, or social-impact organisations in Kenya or the wider East Africa region.
• Demonstrated skill in working with budgets, reconciliations, and monthly financial reporting, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Sound judgment to know when a payment can be approved, when it should be held, and when it needs to be escalated — plus the confidence to act on that judgment.
• Clear communication skills, comfortable explaining financial status and requirements to colleagues who do not have a finance background, such as field team leads and division heads, as well as to the holding finance team.
• High integrity and discretion, particularly because the financial data supports carbon credit certification and is subject to a strict audit trail.
• Working knowledge of Kenyan financial regulations, tax obligations, and banking practices.
• Consistency in following a structured reporting line while using independent judgment to resolve routine issues on your own.
• An added advantage if you have prior exposure to compliance, certification, grant reporting, or audit processes — such as carbon credit programs or donor-funded projects.