Accountant Grade 6 (1 Post) at Kenya School of Government

• The successful candidate will be reporting to the Senior Accountant and be responsible for prudent management of financial resources and the reporting thereof. The appointment will be on permanent terms, subject to satisfactory performance.

Specific duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Verifying vouchers and committal documents in accordance with laid down rules and regulations;
• Maintaining primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers, vote books and registers;
• Ensuring safe custody of Institution records and assets under him/her;
• Preparing budgets and financial reports;
• Capturing processed payments in to the cashbook;
• Balancing and reconciling cash books on daily basis;
• Facilitating for the withdrawal of petty cash for office use and ensuring safety of the same at all times;
• Preparing bank reconciliations statements;
• Extracting and providing cash liquidity analysis; and Ensuring security of cheques and cheque books.
• Maintaining Institution accounts payable and receivables as outlined in the Financial Procedures Manual.

Qualifications and Work experience

• For appointment to this Grade a candidate must have: -
• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting option), Business Management (Accounting or Finance option) or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• iProficiency in computer applications