Accountant I at Nakuru County Government

No of Positions: 18

VACANCY NO. 03/2021/02

1. Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.38,270 - Ksh. 51,170 p.m. (Job Group ‘K’) Allowances as per the SRC circulars attached to the position
2. Terms of service: Three (3) years renewable contract subject to satisfactory performance.

For appointment to this position a candidate must;

1. Be a Kenyan citizen;
2. Have a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option) and passed Part II of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Examination; OR Passed Part III of the Certified Public Accountants (K) Examination or its approved equivalent qualification.

Duties and Responsibilities

This will be the entry grade for professional Accountants. An Officer at this level will work under the guidance of a Senior Officer. Specific duties and responsibility will include: -

1. Verification of vouchers and committal documents in accordance with laid down rules and regulations;
2. Data capture, maintenance of primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers, vote books, registers and preparation of simple management reports e.g. imprest and expenditure returns etc.
3. Keeping safe custody of County Government records and assets under him/her, analysis of the below the line accounts.
4. Being 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 and ensuring security of cheques and cheque books;
5. Preparation of expenditure and Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) funding returns on quarterly basis;
6. Preparation of Appropriation In Aid (AIA) returns on quarterly basis;
7. Paying personal and merchant claims guided by cash balances in the cash books and treasury regulations; and
8. Receipting of all money due and payable to government.

Duties and Responsibilities

An officer at this grade will be responsible for timely and accurate preparation of quality management reports that fall under his/her section (s). Work at this level will also include;

1. Planning, directing, coordinating, supervising areas of control;
2. Training and development of staff under him/her and setting targets for the section (s). The officer may occasionally be required to undertake Adhoc assignments relating to accounting services;
3. He/She may be assigned responsibilities to authorize payments and sign cheques subject to limit set.
4. He/ She will certify and verify returns, documents, vouchers, monitor collection of revenue including inspection and responsible for County Government assets, records and keep custody of Accountable Documents under his/her sections(s).