The position holder will coordinate finance activities for CABI Southern Africa.
What You’ll do
• Oversee day-to-day financial operations, including payments, petty cash, and bank transfers.
• Act as one of the bank agents for the organization, additionally collaborating with the finance team to optimize banking processes and reduce transaction costs.
• Maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards and organizational policies
• Assisting in administering country statutory requirements, including but not limited to applying VAT exemption and remittance of PAYE.
• Act as the liaison person between the staff and the  underwriters of the staff medical scheme
• Pay close attention to financial liquidity, forecast cash flow, request adequate floats from the Africa regional office, and ensure timely payments.
• Manage the payment process for suppliers, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with contractual agreements, working closely with the procurement team to validate invoices, verify receipts, and reconcile vendor accounts.
• Prepare payment vouchers and cheques and /or Initiate payments in the online banking platform and circulate for authorization from signatories as per bank mandate
• Administration of petty cash, including withdrawal from bank, disbursement to and receipt of cash from staff for project and office operation activities, and daily cash counts and reconciliation.
• Post source documents in the accounting system and file electronic copies in shared file, for reconciliation and audit
• Issue and reconcile staff travel advances, ensuring compliance with travel policies and accurate record-keeping.
• Review of expense and partner expense claims, accountabilities for authorization by budget holders/line managers, and preparing journals for authorization before posting into the system
• Collaborate with other departments to streamline financial & administrative processes and enhance overall efficiency.
• Any other task that may be assigned to the research officer

ABOUT YOU:
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Professional qualification in accounting
• Minimum 3 years’ finance and accounting experience in a similar role
• Familiarity with relevant financial software and tools.
• Knowledge of accounting principles, budgeting, banking operations, and supplier management.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and financial software.
Personal Characteristics
• Self-motivated, adaptable, well-organized, and able to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to prioritize among multiple competing requests.
• Results focus on work planning, execution of tasks, and reporting
• Strategic focus, corporate orientation, creative and innovative in approaching
assigned duties
• Unquestionable Integrity
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines
• Capacity to build effective relationships with programme stakeholders
• Ability to work with people from diverse nationalities