Migori County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of southwestern Kenya. It is located in western Kenya and borders Homa Bay County, Kisii County, Narok, Tanzania and Lake Victoria to the West. The county also borders Uganda via Migingo Island in Lake Victoria.

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; and providing user support and help desk management.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• 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; and
• Certificate in computer applications skills.