Project Accountant at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

The selected candidate will be in charge of project accounting duties at clinical trials site in Thika.

Accountant Job Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit timely and accurate monthly reports on usage of project funds to multiple donors and sponsors for various studies.
• Provide support for procurement process in a manner that’s transparent, fair and in accordance with policy.
• Provide logistic and operations support to the study activities.
• Effectively manage all service providers and suppliers
• Ensure all project equipment are well maintained and operating optimally and maintain fixed assets register.
• Ensure that project cash flows (income and expenditures) are managed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Monitor budgets utilization and communicate variances on a regular basis to the management and sponsors.
• Engage with different host institutions on timely submission of accounting reports.
• Provide administrative, operations and logistics duties for the project as directed by the supervisor.

Qualifications for the Accountant Job

• Should have a degree in business related course
• Be a Certified Public Accountant
• Advanced excel knowledge and experience are required
• Exposure to QuickBooks accounting package will be an added advantage