Accountant at Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC)

Supervise branch accounting operations to ensure accountability and enforcement of internal checks and controls in line with established procedures.

Responsibilities for the Accountant Job

• Safeguard and maintain the Corporation’s assets in the branch to ensure all the assets are properly utilized and accounted;
• Supervise receipt of all cash collections in the branch and ensure that banking receipting of these monies to ensure accountability and audit trail of all branch collections;
• Review and confirm accuracy of client accounts to ensure an up to date record of loan accounts in the branch;
• Participate and provide secretarial services in the branch Loans Committee, Branch Arrears Committee,
• Disposal of Old Assets and Branch Staff committee so as to ensure accurate recording of proceedings and follow up of actions;
• Participate in the preparation and implementation of the branch annual plans and budgets to ensure the branch realizes its targets;
• Supervise the preparation of weekly imprest claims and monthly reconciliations of imprest, collections and
• Mpesa accounts to ensure accountability of branch cash collections;
• Monitor and analyze the branch expenditure and variances and recommendations to the branch manager on areas of improvement;
• Verify the transmittal cash book, create a batch in the equinox banking system so as to ensure all the daily cash operations balances;
• Check the Mpesa transactions sheet and cash book on daily basis so as to ensure accountability of Mpesa operations;
• Ensure all the overnight cash are accounted for and safely kept in the safe so as to ensure safety of Corporation’s money;
• Manage the settlement of supplier’s invoices and payments in a timely manner andin line with established procedures;
• Prepare discharge of charge upon clearance of loan balances by the clients so as toensure timely release of securities;
• Supervise the branch registry in order to ensure all the branch files are serially kept for ease of retrieval;
• Apply parallel credit balances daily to their respective accounts which are in arrears so as to update the accounts in order to reflect the true status at any given time;

Requirements for the Accountant Job

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or its equivalent from a recognized university
• Certified Public Accountant CPA II or its equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years relevant work experience preferably in a financial institution

Other skills

• A demonstrable ability to drive organizational value through the implementation of appropriate and diligent financial management practices;
• Have demonstrated personal integrity;
• Strong leadership and management skills;
• Problem solving , analytical and orientation to detail skills;
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to make critical and timely decisions in a highly sensitive environment;
• Familiarity with the Public Sector financial accounting principles and procedures;
• Must be computer literate.