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  • Finance Operations Manager

    Finance Operations Manager

    Are you a finance expert with a passion for operational efficiency? We are seeking a talented Finance Operations Manager to join our team. In this role, you will oversee all financial activities at M-KOPA, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency. From managing financial processes to collaborating with other departments, your expertise will be crucial in supporting our strategic financial goals.
    Your Responsibilities:

    As our Finance Operations Manager, you will manage and oversee daily finance operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger activities. You will develop and implement financial policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance, leading month-end and year-end close processes, including financial reporting, reconciliations, and analysis.
    Monitoring cash flow, budgeting, and forecasting will be key in optimizing financial performance and identifying areas for improvement. Collaborating with internal stakeholders such as sales, retail, and leadership, you will provide financial insights and support strategic decision-making.
    Identifying opportunities to streamline processes and improve efficiency within the finance department will be an essential aspect of your role. You will also manage relationships with external partners, such as auditors, tax advisors, and financial institutions, staying updated on industry trends, regulations, and best practices to ensure the company remains compliant and competitive.
    Supervising the accounts payable and accounts receivable functions, you will evaluate and enhance financial systems and processes to increase efficiency and accuracy. Implementing internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure compliance, you will lead or participate in finance-related projects, such as system implementations.
    Managing and mentoring the finance team, providing guidance and support, will be crucial in ensuring their development and the department’s success. Coordinating with internal and external auditors during audits and reviews, you will ensure timely reconciliation and filing of tax returns, as well as liaise with tax authorities on any queries raised and resolve them.

    Technical Competencies:

    To excel in this role, you should have competence in financial accounting, reporting, budgeting, and management reporting. Knowledge of cost accounting, corporate finance, treasury management, and risk management is essential, as well as proficiency in accounting information systems, tax strategy, planning, and compliance. Strong stakeholder management skills and proficiency in MS Office, especially MS Word & Excel, with experience in MS Dynamics, will be required.

    Core Competencies:

    We are looking for someone who is a strategic leader with excellent project management skills, a strong communicator, both written and oral, collaborative and skilled in negotiation and problem-solving, self-managed, and able to work effectively under pressure.

    Requirements:

    To qualify for this position, you should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, with an MBA or Master’s in a finance-related discipline.
    ACCA certification is required, along with a minimum of 4 years’ experience in a similar leadership role. You should be proactive with the ability to handle multiple tasks and maintain high-quality standards under pressure.
    Excellent teamwork skills, with a courteous attitude and a clear sense of confidentiality, are essential. Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills are a must, as well as being highly motivated with a strong sense of ownership.

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  • Fintech Graphic Designer HR Manager

    Fintech Graphic Designer HR Manager

    Essential Candidate Profile:

    Strong communication skills – including the ability to listen to the needs of others and comprehend complex matters, articulate issues clearly and concisely, and present effectively in both oral and written presentations to all levels in the organization.
    Ability to make sound decisions with a strong sense of urgency, possessing a high degree of professionalism, integrity, and objectivity.
    Willingness to build meaningful partnerships with all departments and levels of the organization and to effectively communicate information and concepts to different skill levels and personalities.
    Strong self-direction with proven ability to – think on your feet- and take appropriate actions.
    You are self-directed, organized, and detail-oriented as well as have the ability to multitask and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

    Overall Key Responsibilities: 

    Work with the Marketing and Growth team to define the brand design identity.
    Develop and produce artwork and advertising, which reflect the company’s identity.
    Support the Marketing team with any design requests across social media, programmatic ads, YouTube ads, emails, push notifications, and within the company’s app/website.
    Collaborate closely with the marketing team to ensure brand coherency and consistency across all creative output.
    Proactively identify emerging design trends and contribute to robust internal creative conversations.
    Create compelling designs across graphical banners, videos, landing pages, etc. which will be used as marketing collaterals.

    What skills and experience will you have?

    Knowledge and understanding of the finance and fintech sector is a must.
    4+ years of professional experience in established graphic studios, branding agencies, or in-house design and branding roles.
    An incredible portfolio.
    A clear communicator – the ability to express complex ideas clearly and succinctly, while collaborating closely with teams outside of the Creative group
    Ability to single-handedly execute creative work
    Brand and marketing experience and interest are a huge plus
    Expertise in Figma, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator
    Familiarity with UI/UX work is a plus

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  • Human Resource Business Partner Software Engineer

    Human Resource Business Partner Software Engineer

    Job Purpose/Mission 
    Facilitate the achievement of the business objectives while maintaining accountability for the end-to-end delivery of HR deliverables in Talent Acquisition, Management, Succession Planning and Performance Management : Work with the business to Shape and implémenté effective HR stratégies and activities, drawing on their unique knowledge as people professionals. Develop people solutions that help achieve business objectives while enabling EEA, Kenya employees to flourish by developing meaningful relationships with key people and teams across EEA, Kenya.
     Responsibilities

    Together with Head of Human Resources, collaborate with Heads of Departments (HODs) to ensure business units have structures that fit for purpose and guiding the business leaders/line management in execution of people agenda.
    Attending business meetings with respective business units and consulting with line management, providing HR guidance when appropriate.
    Monitor quality and compliance on Performance Management process as well as ensure quarterly poor performance meetings are held on time to have performance culture instilled among employees at EEA, Kenya.
    Instill drive and commitment into all aspects of performance development and create an environment where great performers are known, and their contribution valued and rewarded, and poor performers are on Performance Improvement Plans.
    Monitor talent management and succession planning by ensuring EEA, Kenya retains the best talent also all leadership and critical roles have successors identified and developed to take over future roles.
    Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to line management (e.g. coaching, counseling, career development and disciplinary actions).
    Act as a linkage between the Human Resources department and business units to ensure work relationships are improved, morale is built and ultimately increases productivity and retention.
    Ensures exceptional standards of professional capability in resourcing/ top grading of talent and leadership cadres. Plays a strong and direct role in ensuring ‘no compromise’ in all resourcing/recruiting decisions.
    Gets the HR basics right.  Manages the end-to-end execution of recruitment, development, performance management, talent, and succession planning.
    Support Managers in identification of training needs to ensure trainings attended / conducted are “must haves” and not “nice to have”. Also participates in evaluation and monitoring of training programs to ensure training objectives are met.
    Monitor compliance on HR policies and procedure and staff grievances by initiating disciplinary procedures where necessary.

    Knowledge and skills 
    Experience:

    Minimum 4 years of experience in HR
    Experience in Budget Management, Performance and Team Management.
    Excellent Analytical skills, Coaching Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Negotiation Skills
    Excellent sense of urgency and time management (tight deadline) with high organizational skills.
    A passion for community for community development through sustainable renewable energy solutions is an added advantage

    Qualifications:

    A minimum of bachelor’s degree
    HR Certification is an added advantage.

    Language(s): 

    Good verbal and written communication in both:
    Kiswahili

    Technology:

    Experience in using HRMIS e.g ARUTI, One HR

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  • Shariah Officer – Nairobi Recovery Officer – Kenya

    Shariah Officer – Nairobi Recovery Officer – Kenya

    About the Opportunity
    We are looking for a motivated and experienced Shariah Officer (SO) to join our team! You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with Islamic principles in investment activities and operations in the organization.
    You will play a key role in advising on the Shariah-Compliance of products, services, and investments, and provide guidance to the organization to ensure adherence to Shariah laws and regulations. The following responsibilities and qualifications typically associated with Shariah Officer.
    Responsibilities

    Shariah Compliance: Monitor and ensure that all financial activities of the organization are in line with Shariah principles and guidance.
    Risk assessment: Conduct periodic reviews and audits to identify potential risk and non-compliance with Shariah principles and regulations.
    Product Development: Provide advice and input on the development of Shariah-Compliant-products, service and investment activities.
    Research: Stay updated with current developments and trends in Islamic finance and Shariah-compliant practices.
    Documentation and reporting: Prepare reports, documentation, and ensure proper record-keeping to demonstrate the organization’s adherence to Shariah Compliance.
    Shariah Audit: Coordinate and facilitate internal and external Shariah audits to assess the organization’s compliance with Shariah requirements.
    Training and Education: Conduct training sessions and workshops to educate employees and stakeholders on Shariah principles and Islamic Finance.

    Minimum Qualifications
    The ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:

    Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
    A minimum of 4 years of experience in a Islamic Finance.
    Understands all shariah finance contracts and and execution
    Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written in English & Swahili. Local language is an added advantage.
    Understanding of micro-businesses, loans and savings products will be an addition.
    Strong understanding of Islamic finance principles and Shariah jurisprudence, with the ability to interpret and apply them in organization’s activities.
    Professional Qualifications. Relevant certificates or qualifications in Islamic finance, Shariah compliance or related fields would be an advantage.
    Excellent computer skills, especially with MS Excel and Word
    Strong interpersonal skills.
    Strong presentation and organizational skills
    Ability to work well in a team environment and in a fast-paced environment
    Critical-thinker and problem-solver
    Shows perseverance, personal integrity, and critical thinking skills

    What You’ll Get
    This role is a tremendous opportunity to work in a high-growth, mission-driven organization. Our compensation includes both a great culture and a competitive market-based package, including:

    Incredible company culture, including deep investment in your learning and growth, and a commitment to inclusion and diversity
    Opportunity to work with a talented, passionate, and committed team of professionals across the region
    Ability to make a significant social impact and contribute to economic growth
    Competitive salary, and potential KPI-based bonus
    Favorable policies like health insurance, staff savings program, parental leave, sabbatical program, and more.

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  • Program Risk & Compliance – Senior Associate

    Program Risk & Compliance – Senior Associate

    Purpose of Position:
    KPMG International Development Advisory Services (IDAS) wish to recruit a Senior Associate to provide risk management services and promote adherence to KPMG policy and professional Standards within the firm.
    Key roles and responsibilities

    The Senior Associate will have the following responsibilities:
    Ensure that the KPMG risk and compliance procedures for engagements, third parties and other aspects are followed in all aspects of implementation of the Program.
    In coordination with the Finance and Operations Manager maintain a risk and compliance checklist.
    Ensure all contracting procedures for third parties and grant recipients are aligned to the KPMG and Program risk and compliance procedures.
    Maintain an updated Program Risk Register.
    Review program and third-party documents as required.
    Review grantee contracting files and reports.
    Assist in conducting risk due diligence of grantees.
    Where required, guide the grantees on the risk identified and proposed mitigations as well as program reporting requirements.
    Advise on regular updates to the policies and procedures manuals of the Program.
    Ensure that KPMG standards are maintained across the Engagement and report on any form of non-compliance.
    Any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time.

    Academic/Professional qualifications and Experience:

    Bachelor’s degree qualification in any business-related field.
    Knowledge of data protection laws in East Africa.
    Minimum 4 years of experience in a busy legal, compliance or regulatory environment.
    CPA/ ACCA would be an added advantage.

    Technical skills and competencies:

    Technical skills and competencies:
    Strong analytical & problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex legal and risk requirements and apply them to practical business scenarios.
    Good communication skills (written and verbal).
    Ability to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
    An eye for detail.
    A high standard of integrity.
    A high aptitude for learning and innovation.

    Personal attributes

    Flexibility – ability to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
    Self-driven and results-oriented – ability to work with minimum supervision.
    Team player with leadership capability.
    Training/ facilitation skills.
    Diligent and committed to excellence.
    A high standard of integrity.
    Excellent coordination and planning skills.

    We offer:

    An exciting opportunity to work in a Big 4 firm with a presence across East Africa.
    Continuous learning and development.
    Exposure to multi-disciplinary and diverse teams.
    Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative.
    Opportunity to work in a driven and versatile risk management function.

    If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please use the link below to apply: Senior Associate – Program Risk & Compliance– Candidate’s Summary.  Filling the link is mandatory for consideration alongside your application to dasrecruit@kpmg.co.ke quoting ‘Program Risk & Compliance – Senior Associate’ by 07 June 2024.

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    dasrecruit@kpmg.co.ke

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  • Program Advisor, Land, Environment and Resource Justice

    Program Advisor, Land, Environment and Resource Justice

    About KHRC

    The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) is Africa’s premier and flagship non-governmental organization (NGO). It was established and incorporated in 1992 by Kenyans exiled in the United States of America (USA) and later registered in Kenya in 1994. The KHRC founders are among the foremost leaders and activists in the struggle for human rights and democratic reforms in Kenya and beyond. KHRC now seeks to hire an experienced Program Advisor for Land, Environment, and Resource Justice under its Economic and Social Justice program.

    Overall purpose

    The Program Advisor for Land, Environment, and Resource Justice supports and reports to the Economic and Social Justice program manager. This role contributes to and works towards achieving KHRC’s vision, mission, and strategic actions by promoting inclusive and accountable management of land and natural resources. The position involves liaising with all staff and demands professional discretion and a solution-oriented approach.

    Key duties and responsibilities
    Programmatic
    Land Reforms, Land Justice, Resource Governance

    Continuously map the different laws, policies and regulations governing the sector.
    Advocate for progressive policy, legal and institutional reforms, including best practices.
    Continuously undertake public and community engagements: mobilization, awareness creation, and consciousness building.
    Strengthen and connect sector networks to initiate and sustain partnerships with organizations and coalitions in the land, environment, and natural resource sectors.
    Undertake legal, political and policy actions on human rights violations related to land, environment, and natural resources governance to ensure justice and remedies for victims.
    Undertake research and documentation of historical and emerging injustices on land, environment, and natural resources.
    Facilitate mapping and organization of victims of historical and emerging injustices, host communities, and civil society actors.
    Support high-level political or policy actions that embed human rights in resolving injustices in land, environment, and natural resources.
    Advocate for the implementation of decisions made by relevant national and regional institutions.
    Undertake actions on corporations and individuals involved in land, environment, and resource injustices.
    Continuously analyze laws and policies on benefits and remedies in land and resource governance
    Engage legal, policy and institutional reforms for more progressive frameworks.
    Lead policy conversations and other actions on community engagement and benefit-sharing mechanisms.
    Develop and implement mechanisms to provide remedies for affected groups.
    Organize and empower the different community and civil society organizations.

    Administrative and other responsibilities
    To lead in programmatic administration as per the tasks below:

    Design and implement projects within your area of work.
    Develop and sustain strategic partnerships with relevant state and non-state actors.
    Represent KHRC in the different advocacy networks and spaces at all levels.
    Establish and maintain a database of relevant contacts within areas of interventions.
    Engage in resource mobilization for the growth and sustainability of KHRC’s work.
    Prepare timely, periodic narrative reports for both donor and internal reporting.
    Supervise researchers, interns, and other staff or human resources assigned to you.
    Comply with the policies, practices, and values of KHRC.
    Participate in and support other projects and activities of the organization.
    Undertake other tasks and interventions as may be assigned by the supervisor or management.

    Required qualifications
    To be successful in this role, the post holder will have the following attributes:

    A degree in social sciences, preferably economics, political science, or law.
    A minimum of four years’ experience working in a similar human rights and governance role.
    Experience in land, mining, and resource governance processes.
    Proficient skills in MS Office, specifically PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
    Fluency in English, both verbal and written.
    Demonstrable research and reporting experience.
    Experience in working with marginalized and rural communities.
    Experience in policy advocacy.
    Experience in programmes and project management.
    Experience working with coalitions and partnerships.

    Required competencies

    Passionate, creative, and dedicated to human rights, valuing diversity, integrity, and transparency.
    Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative team player.
    Results-driven, flexible, analytical, and adept at practical problem-solving.
    Ability to effectively manage diverse groups of people and various demands.
    Demonstrates adaptability and adeptness in handling complexities.
    Proficient in conducting research and producing high-quality reports.
    Self-motivated, organized, collegial, and capable of meeting tight deadlines.
    Willingness to take initiative and work independently with minimal supervision.
    Ability to maintain confidentiality, tact, and discretion when interacting with individuals.

    If you believe you meet the qualifications outlined above, please submit your application letter and CV detailing your suitability for the position. Include your daytime telephone contact and three referees, preferably your current or previous line managers, to vacancies@khrc.or.ke. Please quote the title of the position you are applying for in the subject line. The closing date for applications is Friday, May 31, 2024.

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    vacancies@khrc.or.ke

  • Snr Software Engineer (Snr SWE)

    Snr Software Engineer (Snr SWE)

    The Microsoft Search, Assistant, and Intelligence (MSAI) team is responsible for developing and delivering innovative solutions for Microsoft 365 Copilot. We work on integrating intelligence and natural language capabilities into all the Microsoft 365 apps.
    As a Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to impact millions of enterprise users and help them be more productive and efficient by building the next set of intelligence features around search & recommendations in Microsoft 365 Copilot. You will be empowered to drive innovation by producing new and exciting ideas to creatively solve issues, as well as actively look for opportunities to improve product quality.

    Responsibilities

    You will work with a team of applied scientists and developers who are responsible for all stages of the research & development cycle including early ideation, design, implementation and scaling it internationally. You will be expected to work on many levels – from high level vision, to design and implementations of both self-contained components and large, team-oriented code bases. Your coding skills will be challenged writing scalable, distributed, and highly efficient components. You will also be responsible for monitoring live site to ensure rock-solid availability.
    Your responsibilities will include shipping large-scale backend services that host complex models and algorithms to process critical user data. You will also be involved in developing offline processes to monitor, extract, index and build ML & NLP models, using LLMs to improve products. Collaborating with other engineers to build demos and apps to showcase these services is one of the ways in which you will be able to contribute new ideas. The development process is driven by gathering implicit signals from real users through online experimentation to learn and iterate on the next improvements in the product.
    You will also have the opportunity to participate in frequent hackathons that allow you to work with many different teams around the world. The goal is to pursue high impact work to quickly deliver on critical areas that our users value, by delivering high quality features in a highly collaborative team environment.

    Qualifications

    You should have strong software design and development background with C#, C++ or Java (or similar languages like Python) with at least 4 years of experience.
    A BSc degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science (or related fields like Electronic Engineering, Physics or Mathematics) is required.
    Grounded in growth mindset, and advocate for diversity and inclusion.
    Customer obsession and passionate about product impact
    Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to simplify and explain complex ideas.

    Preferred Qualifications

    Proven experience working on large scale web services would help you get started, while experience or interest in natural language processing, machine learning, deep learning, or data mining area a big bonus. You also need strong verbal and written communication skills with excellent interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.

    Apply via :

    jobs.careers.microsoft.com