Finance Officer

  • published till: 2025-01-10
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About CBM

CBM (registered as CBM Christoffel-Blindenmission Christian Blind Mission e.V.) is an international development organisation committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the persons communities of the world. Based on our Christian values and more than 100 years of professional expertise, we address poverty as a cause and a consequence of disability. We work in partnership to create an inclusive society for all.

To expand our Finance team, CBM is looking for a Finance Officer. 
This position will be locally filled and based in Nairobi Office. 

These are your responsibilities

  • Builds and implements the financial operations model that will help enhance business performance and ensuring seamless delivery of services to business Units
  • Ensures timely and completeness in processing of transactions and administrative tasks in the financial operations
  • Maintains/update accounting records, assuring reliability and integrity of financial management information systems
 

These are your qualifications

  • Holder of a degree in accounting, business management or similar
  • Professional qualifications in accounting an advantage (CPA, ACCA, CIMA)
  • Minimum of 5 years’ work experience in a similar position, preferably with an international development organisation
  • Professional Proficiency in English. Communication in French is advantageous
  • Customer oriented working
  • Ready to learn and solution oriented
  • Good understanding of Processes, Systems & Applications
  • Excellent in Data management
  • Good knowledge of MS Office, including MS Sharepoint Solutions
  • Identification with Christian values and the mandate of the CBM 

What we offer

  • A meaningful position with a lot of creative freedom in the world's leading organisation in the field of Disability Inclusive Development
  • A fair salary and other social benefits based on the local conditions in the country you apply for
  • An approachable, agile organisation with self-reliant people in a diverse and collegial team and great team spirit

How to apply

Please apply exclusively online via our applicant portal (see APPLY NOW).
A letter of motivation, CV and relevant (work) references complete your application.

We look forward to receiving your application! 

Your contact person:  HR Advisor, Kenya

We would like to further promote diversity in our teams and therefore welcome applications from people of different ethnic and social backgrounds, religions and world views, different ages and genders, and especially from people with disabilities.

*Suitability is decisive, gender is irrelevant!