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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.