Duties
Basic Function of the Position:
Serves as a Voucher Examiner in the Financial Management Center (FMC), reporting to the Supervisory Voucher Examiner, and is responsible for examining, reviewing, auditing, monitoring and processing through the Departments’ Financial Management System all payments for over sixty (60) ICASS Agency entities within the U. S Mission in Kenya.
The incumbent’s work involves processing of a wide variety of complex, challenging, difficult, laborious, and bulky payments in the form of invoices for goods and services received through mechanisms such as Purchase Orders, Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Trust Funds.
In addition, does complex and intricate vendors’ accounts reconciliations, liaises with the relevant Tax Authorities and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs respectively on tax exemptions, processes employee claims and vouchers for Representation, Travel Vouchers, Rest and Recuperation (R& R), Home Leave, Medical Evacuation(Medevac), Emergency visitation Travel ( EVT), Education Travel, Official Residential expenses (ORE) for the Ambassador and the DCM, Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance (TQSA), Gardening Reimbursement, School fees reimbursements, controls and administrates travel advances
Qualifications and Evaluations
Requirements:
EXPERIENCE:
Three (3) years of progressive experience in voucher examination, payroll, accounting, and disbursing, is required.
Education Requirements:
- Completion of High school is required.
- Two years of university studies is required.
Evaluations:
LANGUAGE:
Level IV (Fluent Reading/Speaking/Writing) in English (This may be tested) and Level III Kiswahili (Good, Reading/Speaking/Writing) is required.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Must be able to comprehend, logically and properly apply to voucher examining process, the various detailed and complex technical regulations and requirements.
• Must be competent in voucher examination, critical and analytical reviews and auditing so as to be able to process various complex invoices, bills and claims.
• Must possess considerable skills in articulating complex issues orally and in writing, e.g. to explain disallowance of claims, to describe alternative or hypothetical conditions.
• Must have proficiency in the use of computer packages/applications such as Word, Excel, RFMS/M, COAST, or equivalent Financial Management Software.
• Must have skill to operate a calculator.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO): The U.S. Mission provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation.Qualifications:
All applicants under consideration will be required to pass medical and security certifications.
Benefits and Other Info
Benefits:Agency Benefits:
Locally Employed Staff, including Members of Household (MOHs), and Third-Country Nationals (TCNs), working at the U.S. Mission in Nairobi, Kenya may receive a compensation package that may include health, separation, and other benefits.
For EFMs, benefits should be discussed with the Human Resources Office.
The pay plan is assigned at the time of the conditional offer letter by the HR Office.Other Information:
HIRING PREFERENCE SELECTION PROCESS: Applicants in the following hiring preference categories are extended a hiring preference in the order listed below. Therefore, it is essential that these applicants accurately describe their status on the application. Failure to do so may result in a determination that the applicant is not eligible for a hiring preference.
HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER:
- AEFM / USEFM who is a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran*
- AEFM / USEFM
- FS on LWOP and CS with reemployment rights **
* IMPORTANT: Applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”), equivalent documentation, or certification.
A “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. Acceptable documentation must be submitted in order for the preference to be given.
** This level of preference applies to all Foreign Service employees on LWOP and CS with re-employment rights back to their agency or bureau.
For more information (i.e., what is an EFM, USEFM, AEFM, MOH, etc.?) and for additional employment considerations, please visit the following link.
THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO EFMs, USEFMs, and AEFMs ONLY:
1. Current employees who used a hiring preference to gain employment who are within their first 90 calendar days of employment are not eligible to apply.
2. Candidates with a hiring preference who have already accepted a conditional offer of employment may NOT be extended a second conditional offer of employment unless and until they withdraw their candidacy for the first position in writing.
3. The following may also be considered when determining successful candidacy: nepotism, conflicts of interest, budget, etc.
How to Apply
How to Apply:
All candidates must be able to obtain and hold a local security clearance.
To apply for this position click the “Submit Application” button. For more information on how to apply visit the Mission internet site.Required Documents:
To qualify based on education, you MUST submit the requested degree and / or transcripts as verification of educational requirement by the closing date of this announcement. Failure to provide requested information, or the information is insufficient to verify eligibility, may result in disqualification for this position.
All Applicants:
- Residency and/or Work Permit
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- High school certificate
- Proof of two years of university studies
Eligibility Family Member Applicants:
- Copy of Sponsor’s Orders/Assignment Notification (or equivalent)
- Passport copy
- DD-214-Member Copy 4, Letter from Veteran’s Affairs, or other supporting documentation (if applicable)
- SF-50 (if applicable)
Next Steps:
Applicants who are invited to take a language or skills test, or who are selected for an interview will be contacted via email.
For further information – the complete position description listing all of the duties, responsibilities, required qualifications, etc. may be obtained by contacting the Human Resources Office.
Thank you for your application and your interest in working at the U.S. Mission in Nairobi, Kenya.
