Accountant Jobs Vacancy at Kenya Red Cross Society in Kenya

Job Title: Project Accountant

(1 Position)

Reporting to: Branch Cordintaor

Job Location: Busia

Overall Purpose

Responsible to the Branch Cordinator for overall financial management of the branch and project.

Other duties include maintaining of financial records, processing of working advances, preparation of project returns and reports, reconciling and balancing accounts as well as posting and compiling monthly reports to show records related to financial operations in the field.

Also receiving and disbursing money as well as processing and validating cheques in accordance with approved policy.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate at the field level the execution of the project budget expenditures in line with the approved budget
• Compile and analyse accounting reports, records and other data to maintain expenditure controls and also determine the financial resources required to implement specific programmes
• In consultation with the branch coordinator, ensure timely request of funds from the HQ and disbursement of funds according to the planned activities
• Receive cash or banker’s cheques, recording financial transactions, counting money to verify amounts and issuing receipts for funds received.
• Prepare bank deposit slips in order to ensure that all collections are promptly banked in accordance with accounting procedures.
• Disburse cash and writing vouchers and cheques in order to make payment against specified expenditure requisitions.
• Prepare cheque payments and refund claims and ensure that payments are made against verifiable accounting documents.
• Post data and balance accounts as well as compile collections, disbursements and bank reconciliation reports.
• Maintain complete records of all financial transactions such as payment vouchers, receipts and other documents in accordance with accounting procedures.
• Reconcile the cashbook with bank statements and checking balances against verifiable documents on a monthly basis.
• Prepare monthly revenue, expenditure returns, financial statements and reports to cover specified periods.
• Prepare budget for specific projects in collaboration with the officer in charge
• Maintain an assets register for the project

Minimum Qualifications

CPA (K) or equivalent ACCA final level qualifications or a Bachelors Degree in a Business Related Field withCPA Part (II), Section 4.
At least two years experience in a busy accounts/ finance office

Key Competencies

Knowledge of administrative, accounting and financial procedures and systems
Demonstrated competence in financial and accounting, posting and processing accounts.
Proficiency in computer applications especially, word processing, database and spreadsheets, computerized accounting systems including use of the e-mail, the internet as well as local and wide area network systems.

How to Apply:
Applications must contain: A letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates, address and contacts of two referees.

All applications should be sent to:

The Secretary General
Kenya Red Cross Society
P. O. Box 40712-00100,
Nairobi

Deadline: 12th Oct 2012