Accountant I - 25 Posts at Nakuru County Government

Job Requirements

• 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.
• Certificate in Computer Applications.

Job Description

• Verification of vouchers and committal documents in accordance with laid down rules and regulations;
• 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.
• Ensure safe custody of government records and assets under him/her,
• Analysis of the below the line accounts and may be deployed as a cashier 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 County treasury level;
• Preparation of appropriation in aid (AIA) returns on quarterly basis at County treasury level;
• 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.