Job Details
- Deadline: 9th October 2026.
- Company: BRAC
- Location: Kenya
Job Description
Senior Officer, Regional Accounts, AIM (Kisii/Kakamega), Kisii, Kenya
Organization
BRAC
Country
Kenya
Field location
Kisii
Office
BRAC in Kisii
BRAC International (BI), a leading non-profit organization, is
on a mission to empower people and communities facing poverty
illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Our vision is to create
a world free from exploitation and discrimination, where everyone
has the opportunity to realise their potential. We design proven
scalable solutions that equip people with the support and
confidence they need to achieve their potential.
BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and over the last five
decades has grown to become one of the world's largest
non-governmental organisations (NGOs), reaching over 100 million
people. We started our first international operation by venturing
into Afghanistan in 2002, building on lessons from our work in
Bangladesh to support a nation devastated by war. Currently
operating in 16 countries across Asia and Africa. Born, proven and
led in the Global South, BRAC International brings a unique
Southern perspective and commitment to continuous learning
providing a depth of insight, experience and evidence to meet the
needs of diverse communities with humility and courage across Asia
and Africa. To learn more about BRAC International, please visit
(www.bracinternational.org)
About the AIM Program
The Mastercard Foundation Accelerating Impact for Young Women
(AIM) in Partnership with BRAC is equipping 2 million adolescent
girls and young women (AGYW) with age-appropriate entrepreneurship
employability, and life-skills training, as well as the tools to
start and scale their own businesses. The nine-year program
(2021-2030) applies BRAC's proven model using microfinance, youth
empowerment, agriculture, education and skills development to
improve lives and livelihoods. It currently operates in seven
African countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
Ghana, and Kenya. Based on the AGYW age, needs, and circumstances
AGYW are placed on one of two pathways in the AIM program: an
education pathway or a livelihood pathway.
About the AIM Education Pathway
The AIM Education pathway is designed to increase access to and
completion of quality secondary education for adolescent girls
aged 12-17, across the AIM countries: Ghana, Kenya, Liberia
Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. The program seeks to
achieve three core objectives: (1) to empower 400,000 adolescent
girls by increasing their agency, voice, and life skills; (2) to
support adolescent girls to complete at least lower secondary
school; and (3) to improve gender-responsive education in at least
2,000 secondary schools, positively impacting an estimated 2.4
million students.
This AIM education pathway is closely aligned with the
Mastercard Foundation's strategic priorities under its Young Africa
Works initiative, particularly the emphasis on improving the
quality and accessibility of secondary education to better prepare
young people for meaningful work. Through a set of integrated
interventions, AIM Education targets structural and social
challenges that often hinder girls' education—including
financial barriers, inadequate infrastructure, undertrained
teachers, harmful gender norms, lack of community support, and weak
school governance systems.
Job Summary
The Regional Accounts Manager (RAM) is responsible for providing
financial oversight, technical guidance, and quality assurance for
branch-level financial operations within the assigned region.
Reporting directly to the Country Office Finance Manager, the RAM
ensures that all branch financial activities are conducted in
compliance with BRAC financial policies, donor regulations, and
internal control standards.
The role supervises and supports Branch Accounts &
Operations Officers (BAOOs) by reviewing financial transactions
strengthening financial controls, ensuring accurate financial
reporting, and building the financial management capacity of branch
teams. The RAM plays a critical role in maintaining financial
integrity across multiple branches by monitoring reconciliations
financial documentation, and system records.
The position also supports financial risk management, audit
preparedness, and coordination with programme teams to ensure that
financial procedures effectively support programme implementation
while maintaining accountability and transparency across regional
operations.
Major Responsibilities
Financial Oversight and
Compliance
- Provide technical oversight of branch financial operations to
ensure compliance with BRAC financial policies and donor
regulations.
- Review branch financial transactions and records to ensure
accuracy and completeness.
- Verify that BAOOs maintain accurate Daily Cash Registers (DCR)
and perform required reconciliations.
- Review weekly and monthly bank reconciliations prepared by
branches.
- Monitor branch-level financial documentation to ensure
completeness and audit readiness.
- Conduct periodic financial quality assurance reviews of branch
financial records.
- Monitor adherence to BRAC financial procedures across branches
including Cash management policies, Procurement procedures, Asset
management policies and financial documentation standards
- Ensure compliance with donor financial guidelines and
organizational financial procedures.
- Review adherence to local tax and statutory requirements where
applicable.
- Monitor synchronization between Binsight and SBI Cloud
systems.
- Review system-generated financial reports to detect
discrepancies.
- Provide guidance to BAOOs on proper use of financial
- Support resolution of financial system errors or
inconsistencies.
Field Monitoring, Branch Support and Regional
Financial Risk Management
- Conduct regular monitoring visits to branches to review
financial operations.
- Perform surprise cash counts and verify physical financial
records.
- Review asset registers and inventory records during branch
visits.
- Assess compliance with internal control procedures.
- Provide on-the-job coaching and support to BAOOs.
- Conduct periodic financial risk assessments across branches in
the region.
- Monitor key financial risk indicators including Cash variances
Delayed banking, Reconciliation discrepancies, Procurement
irregularities etc.
- Recommend corrective actions and escalate serious financial
risks to the Country Office Finance Team.
- Work closely with regional programme leadership to align
financial processes with programme implementation.
- Provide financial guidance during programme activities such as
asset distributions and participant support initiatives.
- Support programme teams in financial planning and resource
management.
Budget Monitoring, Financial Planning, Financial
Reporting and Consolidation
- Monitor budget utilization across branches within the
region.
- Analyze budget versus actual expenditures and identify
variances.
- Provide financial insights to support programme
implementation.
- Support preparation of Annual Operating Plan (AOP) inputs and
financial projections.
- Review branch-level financial reports including Monthly
financial reports, Bank reconciliation statements, Procurement
summaries
- Ensure financial reports are accurate, complete, and submitted
on time.
- Consolidate regional financial data and submit reports to the
Country Office Finance Team.
Mentorship and Capacity Building
- Provide technical guidance to BAOOs on accounting procedures
financial policies, and internal controls.
- Conduct regular coaching and mentoring sessions with BAOOs to
strengthen financial management capacity.
- Support the onboarding and orientation of newly recruited
BAOOs.
- Identify training needs and recommend capacity development
initiatives.
- Facilitate regional finance learning sessions and promote peer
learning among BAOOs.
Strengthening Internal Controls, Audit Coordination
and Preparedness
- Monitor implementation of internal control systems at branch
level.
- Review segregation of duties within branch finance
- Ensure timely reconciliations and proper voucher approval
processes.
- Review financial documentation for completeness and
compliance.
- Monitor financial transactions to identify potential
irregularities or fraud indicators.
- Review unusual financial activities or discrepancies.
- Ensure suspected fraud incidents are reported in accordance
with BRAC policies.
- Support investigation and follow-up on financial irregularities
where required.
- Support branches in preparing for internal and external
audits.
- Conduct pre-audit reviews of branch financial records.
- Ensure financial documentation is properly organized.
- Support BAOOs in responding to audit queries.
- Track implementation of audit recommendations across
Safeguarding Responsibilities
- Promote and uphold BRAC's safeguarding principles by ensuring
that all staff, participants, and community members are protected
from abuse, exploitation, harassment, and neglect during programme
- Support the integration of safeguarding standards into
financial and programme operations.
- Promote safeguarding awareness among staff and encourage
reporting of safeguarding concerns.
- Follow established safeguarding reporting procedures for any
reportable incidents.
Experience (Including sector/industry)
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business
Administration, or Commerce.
- Minimum 4-5 years of experience in finance and accounting
preferably in development or NGO programmes, including experience
with managing finance and accounts for development programs
including microfinance, livelihood, education, agricultural and
food security, and/or girl's and women's empowerment programs
- Experience supervising finance staff and overseeing financial
operations across multiple locations is an added advantage.
Knowledge and Competencies
- Strong knowledge of financial management, accounting
principles, and internal controls.
- Experience with financial systems and digital reporting
tools.
- Strong analytical, supervision, and mentoring skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination
abilities.
- High level of integrity and commitment to BRAC's mission and
values.
Specific Educational Qualification
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
- Accounting / Finance / Business Administration / Commerce
Professional Certification
- Part or full qualification in a recognized professional
accounting certification such as ACCA, CPA, or equivalent will be
an added advantage.
Eligibility
- Must be legally eligible to work in Kenya
How to Apply
This is an outstanding opportunity to work with BRAC
International. If you feel you are the right match
for the position mentioned above, please follow the application
instructions accordingly
Please submit your resume, including all job assignments in
detail, and cover letter via the
below link: Senior Officer, Regional Accounts, AIM
Only complete applications will be accepted, and short-listed
candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline: 9th October 2026.
BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and
vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to
share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every
member of the communities we work with has the right to be
protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and
exploitation -regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status
as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our
recruitment process includes extensive reference and background
checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other
misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of our
Performance Management System.
BRAC is an equal opportunities employer
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