Accountant
Vacancy No.: KPH/ACCT/1/24
Appointment Type: PERMANENT
No. of Positions: 1
a) Job Specifications
Duties and responsibilities: -
- Maintaining registers of fixed assets, and debtors;
- Collecting and compiling information required in the budgetary process;
- Processing and paying taxes;
- Compiling and processing accounting statistics;
- Verifying cashbook, payment and surrender vouchers;
- Supervising receipting;
- Reviewing of the monthly staff payroll journals
- Preparation of all transfer letters for submission to the bank to effect payments;
- Preparation of bank reconciliations, cash flow statements and monthly reports;
- Reconciliation of ledger control accounts;
- Reconciliation of debtors' ledger accounts;
- Preparation of Audit supporting schedules for audit purposes;
- Facilitating internal and external audit exercises.
b) Persons Specification
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -
- Bachelor Degree in Commerce (Accounting option), or be in possession of a degree from a university recognized in Kenya majoring in fields relevant to the Accounting Function such as Finance and Economics;
- CPA II/ACCA II or an equivalent accounting qualification from an institution recognized in Kenya;
- Meets the provisions of the Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya.
c) Skills
- Proficiency in computer applications
- Communication Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Keen to details
d) Competencies
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work independently and in a team
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize work
- Demonstrated results in work performance
- Demonstrated ability to implement Quality Management Systems; and
- A track-record of excellent time management skills.