Accountant – (4) Positions at Embu County Government

VACANCY NO. CPSB 18/23 (E)
Terms of Service: Two (2) Years Contract

Duties and Responsibilities
This will be the entry and training grade for professional Accountants. An officer at this level will be required to deal with accounting operations in an Accounting Unit. Work at this level will be subjected to occasional checks rather than close supervision.

Specifically, work will involve:

• Verification of vouchers and committal documents in accordance with laid down rules and regulations;
• Data capture, maintenance of primary records such as cash books, ledgers, vote books, registers and preparation of simple management reports e.g. imprest and expenditure returns etc;
• Responsible for safe custody of Government records and assets under him/her
• She/he may be deployed as a cashier where duties will entail:
• Receiving duly processed payments 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 (AIE) funding returns on quarterly basis at the County treasury level;
• Preparation of Appropriation In Aid (AIA) returns on quarterly basis at the County treasury level;
• Paying personal and merchant claims guided by cash balances in the cash books
• Requirements for Appointment and treasury regulations; and Receipting of all money due and payable to government.

Direct Appointment

• For direct appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Bachelors degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option) and passed Part II of the Certified Public
• Accountants (CPA) Examination
• Passed Part III of the Certified Public Accountants (K) Examination or its approved equivalent qualification.