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Stratostaff
Interim Finance Coordinator at Stratostaff
KenyaFull TimeMid-Senior Level
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Role Purpose:
The role focuses on coordinating day-to-day financial operations, maintaining accurate financial records, supporting budgeting and reporting, monitoring transactions, and helping ensure compliance with internal policies and applicable requirements. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented finance professional with strong financial management and analytical skills, sound integrity, effective stakeholder coordination, and the ability to meet deadlines while improving processes.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial Operations & Reporting
Coordinate day-to-day financial transactions and maintain complete, accurate, and up-to-date financial records.
Support preparation of periodic financial statements, management reports, and other financial summaries.
Reconcile accounts and financial records, investigate discrepancies, and follow through on resolution.
Monitor cash flow, expenditure, and budget utilization, escalating material variances or emerging issues.
Coordinate payment documentation and approvals in line with established procedures.
Budgeting & Financial Analysis
Support the preparation, monitoring, and review of departmental and organizational budgets.
Compile and analyze financial data to identify trends, variances, risks, and opportunities for cost efficiency.
Prepare budget-versus-actual reports and provide clear explanations of significant variances.
Provide timely and accurate financial information to support planning and management decision-making.
Compliance & Internal Controls
Apply internal financial policies, procedures, and approval controls consistently.
Maintain organized supporting documentation and audit trails for financial transactions.
Support internal and external audit processes by preparing requested schedules and documentation.
Identify potential control gaps, irregularities, or compliance concerns and escalate them appropriately.
Handle financial and organizational information with confidentiality and integrity.
** **Stakeholder & Process Coordination
Coordinate with relevant internal teams and external parties on invoices, payments, reconciliations, and financial queries.
Communicate financial information clearly to colleagues and stakeholders who may not have a finance background.
Track outstanding financial actions and follow up to support timely resolution.
Identify opportunities to streamline, standardize, or automate finance processes and improve operational efficiency.
Prioritize competing tasks and meet reporting and transaction deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
Requirements
Qualifications, Experience & Attributes
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
Relevant experience in financial coordination, accounting, finance operations, or a similar role.
Practical understanding of financial reporting, reconciliations, budgeting, and internal controls.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications; familiarity with accounting or ERP systems is an advantage.
Strong numerical, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
High level of integrity, discretion, attention to detail, and accountability.
Ability to communicate effectively, collaborate across teams, and manage competing priorities.
Key Competencies
Financial management and reporting: Ability to coordinate financial transactions, maintain accurate records, support budgeting, and prepare timely and reliable reports.
Financial controls, compliance, and integrity: Ability to follow financial policies, maintain audit-ready documentation, safeguard resources, and handle sensitive information ethically.
Analytical thinking and commercial acumen: Ability to interpret financial data, analyze variances, identify risks and inefficiencies, and provide useful insights for decision-making.
Stakeholder management and collaboration: Ability to coordinate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders, communicate financial matters clearly, and resolve queries promptly.
Planning, execution, and continuous improvement: Ability to organize workloads, prioritize competing deadlines, deliver accurate work on time, and identify opportunities to improve finance processes.