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Title: Finance Manager
ISK seeks to employ and retain professionals of the highest quality. Faculty with overseas experience, demonstrated collaboration skills, a commitment to their own professional growth, and a deep enthusiasm for providing a challenging nurturing environment within which our students will thrive will likely be a good match for ISK and its programs.
ISK is especially interested in dynamic educators comfortable with data-driven systems for ensuring student learning, and who thrive in a collaborative professional environment focused on continuous improvement.
Finance Manager
ISK Mission: ISK provides an exemplary education offering both the International Baccalaureate and the North American diploma.We prepare students within a culturally diverse community to become informed, independent thinkers and responsible world citizens.
ISK Vision: Empowering students to create solutions for tomorrow’s challenges
Reports To: Business Manager
Scope of Responsibilities:
- The Finance Manager’s role encompasses oversight of the school’s financial systems, along with outsourced non-educational services.
- The primary mission of this role is to manage the business affairs of ISK to provide the best possible educational services with the financial resources available.
- Within the parameters of Board Policy and ISK’s Strategic Plan, the Finance Manager works closely with the Business Manager to align support systems with the school’s educational Mission, Vision and Aims.
- The Finance Manager is a senior administrator with a key role in the Administrative Team, and a non-voting position on the Board’s Finance Committee.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Financial planning, management and control.
- Prepare and interpret financial information.
- Oversee an annual audit – Local and ISKF.
- Ensure that all statutory requirements of the organization are met.
- File the company returns annually.
- Liaise with and coordinate legal services for the School.
- Submit and monitor A/OS grant applications.
- Manage the cash flow and prepare cash flow forecasts in accordance with policy.
- Monitor risk management policies and procedures to ensure that program and organizational risks are minimized.
- Prepare and manage annual budget.
- Oversee all payroll functions to ensure that employees are paid in a timely and accurate manner.
- Process and submit statutory and benefits remittances on time.
- Produce accurate financial reports to specific deadlines including monthly financial statements for the Board of Directors.
- Advise the Director in the management of school investments within the guidelines set by the Board
- Advise the Board of Directors in development of a Long Term Financial plan and monitor its progress.
- Ensure accurate and timely billing of parents and collection of fees
- Ensure accurate management of the fixed asset register.
- Keep abreast of changes in financial regulations and legislation.
- Develop external relationships and liaise with appropriate contacts, e.g. ISKF, auditors, solicitors, bankers and statutory organisations such as the KRA, NSSF, and NHIF
- Liaise with auditors to ensure annual monitoring is carried our.
- Supervise Business Office staff.
- Performing other duties as may be reasonably assigned by the Business Manager
Required Qualifications, Skills and Qualities:
- A fully Qualified ACCA.
- Have a successful track record, of no less than 3 years as a Finance Manager in a non-profit institution.
- Possess a working knowledge of organizational management.
- Strong analytical, decision-making and planning skills.
- Have excellent organizational and managerial skills and the ability to work collaboratively with faculty and the administration team to ensure the goals and plans of ISK are achieved.
- Experience in the preparation of financial statements, budgets and forecast.
- Firm foundation in accounting principles and financial reporting standards.
- Excellent general management skills particularly in facilitation, team building and coordination.
- Effective communicator with ability to communicate organization’s direction and ability to motivate others with strong, honest leadership.
- Ability to walk on water…with a smile.
Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Qualities:
- MBA
- High level of integrity, commitment and professional responsibility.
- Experience in the business office of a large, culturally diverse international school.
All employees must present evidence of a police clearance from their current country of employment or a Certificate of Good Conduct from Kenya that is provided to the end of the year prior to accepting employment at ISK.
All teacher applicants must complete and submit this form Please print, fill, scan and email to hrmanager@isk.ac.ke together with your complete application.
Required for Employment
Applicants seeking employment at the International School of Kenya must have the following qualifications:
Mandatory for all applicants
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent.
- an understanding of, and commitment to, the philosophy, mission and goals of ISK.
- An exemplary personnel record.
- Reference contact information both email and phone numbers
- from current and recent supervisors.
- Evidence of professional commitment to continuous growth.
What you need to apply
- A relevant certificate.
- A minimum of two years’ relevant experience within the last five years.
- See the appropriate recruitment profile.
If you feel that you are the right candidate for this position, please send your application letter together with a detailed CV, letter of interest, and three recent references and their contacts to hrmanager@isk.ac.ke before April 10, 2014.
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