Assistant Finance Analyst (Partner Financial Reporting)

About the role

CIMMYT, a non-profit international research centre for cereals and crops, is looking for a locally recruited Assistant Finance Analyst in Nairobi to support its Development Coordination Programme (DCP) in managing partner financial reporting. The role helps clear reporting backlogs and handle the increased workload caused by closing existing subgrants and starting new ones, ensuring timely and accurate reporting, payment processing and complete financial documentation.

Key responsibilities

• Partner financial review: check partner reports, transactions, supporting documents and expenditure against approved budgets and agreements (30%)
• Partner payments and reporting: process and track payments, follow up on errors, missing documents and outstanding reports, and maintain reporting and payment trackers (25%)
• D365 and routine finance: support D365 reconciliations, journal entries and reclassifications, and escalate significant financial and compliance issues to the Program Finance Manager (5%)
• Financial reporting, audit and period-end: support month-end and year-end activities, partner audits and reviews, and keep audit documentation complete (20%)
• Financial closeout and records management: organise closeout records and track outstanding partner actions

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, commerce, economics or a related field
• 1-2 years of relevant finance or accounting experience, preferably in partner or project financial management
• Advantage: CPA Part II qualification, NGO or donor-funded project experience, partner reporting or ERP experience

Required skills

• Good Microsoft Excel and financial analysis skills
• Experience with ERP systems such as D365 is an advantage

What we offer

• Remuneration commensurate with experience and qualifications
• Non-contributory pension scheme and comprehensive medical insurance
• Paid annual and statutory leave
• Learning and development opportunities
• Two-year appointment including a six-month probation, with possible extension