Accountant II at County Assembly Kirinyaga

Job Description

To foster sustained growth by adding value to all our agri-products, health, education, security & Bio-diversity.

Job Ref: KCPSB/ACCT/11/01/08/24

Terms of Service: Permanent & Pensionable

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This is the entry and training grade for the Accountants cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will entail: –

Receiving and compiling financial reports from public sector entities; Collecting and maintaining a data base of the public-sector entities; Preparing payment and receipt vouchers; Capturing data; Maintaining primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers and vote books; Receiving duly processed payments and receipt vouchers; Writing cheques and posting payments and receipt vouchers in the cash books; Balancing and ruling of the cash books on daily basis; Capturing Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) in the system and filing returns; Preparing Appropriation in Aid (AIA) returns; Preparing payment advice (PA) forms; Raising accounting debt entries; Processing payments, reimbursements and disbursements; Preparing annual final accounts; Verifying invoices and preparing accounting reports; Defining employee and supplier details; Uploading and capturing accounting data into the system; Providing user support and help desk management; and Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting Option) from a recognized institution or any other relevant equivalent qualification. Two years working experience. Certificate in computer applications skills.