Finance & Accounts Officer

Role Overview

This role places you at the centre of Venture Kenya’s financial operations, where you will manage the full lifecycle of money flowing through the organisation – from the moment funds arrive to the point they are disbursed and accounted for in monthly reports. You will lead a small finance team, maintain a real-time view of every transaction, and act as the first line of defence for financial accuracy and audit readiness. Your work directly supports the Country Director and Holding Finance by ensuring that decisions are based on clean, current, and fully documented financial data.

Key Responsibilities

• Verify that all incoming funds are banked, logged, and protected on the same day they are received, with no delay or guesswork about whether money has landed.
• Check each payment request against the approved budget, confirm that invoices and supporting documents are complete, and give the go-ahead only when everything is properly in place.
• Supervise the Income & Receipts, Disbursements & Payments, and Record-Keeping functions, ensuring every entry is traceable and every transaction has a clear paper trail.
• Keep the financial records in a permanent state of audit readiness – no missing invoices, no unresolved balances, no last-minute scrambling before a review.
• Prepare and submit consolidated monthly financial reports to the Country Director and Holding Finance, hitting every deadline without follow-up reminders.
• Identify and resolve missing documentation, data entry errors, or reconciliation gaps before the month-end close so that problems are fixed while they are still small.
• Flag any payment request that exceeds approved thresholds, and escalate suspected irregularities or potential fraud immediately and through the proper channels.
• Provide quick, accurate answers to financial questions from division heads, auditors, and Holding Finance, translating numbers into language that non-finance colleagues can understand.

Requirements & Qualifications

• A degree or professional certification in finance, accounting, or a related discipline.
• Several years of hands-on experience in financial management, budgeting, or accounting, ideally gained within an operational or field-based setting in Kenya or East Africa – for example with a nonprofit, social enterprise, or comparable organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to work with budgets, perform reconciliations, and produce accurate financial reports under time pressure.
• Strong professional judgment about when to approve a payment, when to hold it for more information, and when to escalate – plus the confidence to stand by those decisions.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable explaining financial status and requirements to colleagues from operations, field teams, and senior leadership.
• High standards of integrity and discretion, particularly given the sensitive nature of financial data and the need for a clear audit trail supporting carbon credit certification.
• Solid knowledge of Kenyan financial regulations, tax obligations, and banking practices relevant to organisational finance.
• Ability to follow a structured reporting line while still taking independent, responsible action on day-to-day financial matters.
• Familiarity with compliance or certification-related reporting requirements (such as grant compliance, carbon credit programs, or similar audit frameworks) is an advantage.