Accountants at County Government of Lamu

Job Group K

REF:LCPSB/AD/2017/13

Terms of Service: Permanent & Pensionable.

Job Responsibilities

• An officer at this level will be responsible for accounting operation, including verification of vouchers and committal documents in accordance with laid down rules and regulations;
• Data capture, maintenance of primary records such as cashbooks, ledger, vote books,
• Registers and preparation of simple management reports e.g imprest and expenditure returns etc. He/ she will be responsible for the safe custody of Government records and assets under him/her, analysis of the below the line accounts and may be deployed as a cashier where duties will entail receiving duly processed payment 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;
• Arranging for withdrawal of cash for office use and ensuring safety of the same at all times;
• Extracting and providing cash liquidity analysis;
• Ensuring security of cheques and cheque books;
• Preparation of expenditure and Authority to Incur Expenditure (AlE) funding returns on quartly basis ;
• Preparation of Appropriation in Aid (AIA) returns on quarterly basis;
• Paying personal and merchant claims guided by cash balances in the cash books and treasury regulations; and
• Receipting of all money due and payable to government.

Qualifications

• A Bachelors degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option) and passed Part II of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Examination; OR Passed Part Ill of Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Examination or its approved recognized equivalent qualification;
• Knowledge of computer application;
• Shown merit and ability in work performance and results.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to get on well with the diverse workforce;
• Good knowledge in the professional field of specialization;
• Good communication and supervisory skills;

Core Competencies

• Team playing skills;
• Accuracy;
• Care for resources;
• Manual dexterity;
• Execution of instructions;
• Interpersonal skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Records Management skills.