Accountant (2 Posts) at Kenya Bureau of Standards

Job Purpose
Implements finance policies, strategies, and procedures in the assigned section/region to improve the financial health of the organization for the purposes of facilitating and supporting KEBS mandate on Standards, Metrology and Conformity Assessment (SMCA);

Operational Responsibilities / Tasks

• Prepares bank reconciliation reports and ensure that cash book and balance statement are in line with the operational account entries;
• Provides bank charges schedule on a monthly basis for all accounts for management accounts and final accounts;
• Implements annual budget and ensures revenue and expenditure is kept within the budget;
• Reconciles and updates supplier statements with KEBS records and responds to customer queries;
• Prepares payment vouchers and imprests upon receipt of complete documentation from user departments, and recording in the payment circulation register and forwarding certification, examination and approval;
• Monitors payments processing, Vote balances, charging of proper votes, and recommend correction on deviated expenditure;
• Maintains and secures accountable documents and financial records;
• Reconciles and accounts for all revenue received from all regions and headquarters against banking to ensure services rendered are paid for;
• Verifies the validity of supplier payments by checking whether proper authority and all the necessary supporting documents are attached for purposes of payment;
• Examines casual, temporary payroll deductions staff payment to ensure accuracy and compliance with statutory deductions;
• Reconciles balance in the fixed asset subsidiary ledger with the summary-level account in the general ledger for annual accounts;
• Sets objectives and performance indicators to improve productivity in Finance section in line with the corporate strategic plan;
• Implements Management Systems adopted by KEBS for the purpose of ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and sustained customer satisfaction in the finance section; and
• Implements strategies for handling and resolution of complaints and appeals to enhance customer satisfaction in the respective section; and
• Processing regional reimbursements and ensuring expenditures sent from the regions are within accounting procedures.

Academic qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance or Accounting

Professional Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant, CPA (K);
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA);
• Certified Investment and Financial Analyst(CIFA); or
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).