Accountant II (Finance and Accounts Division) at Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

Job Specifications

Duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Maintaining efficient filling systems;
• Safe-keeping of invoices, receipts, and other accounts records.
• Preparing payment vouchers, imprests, and committal documents in accordance with laid down financial rules and regulations;
• Capturing data, maintenance of primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers, vote books, registers, and preparation of management reports;
• Preparing payments to statutory accounts such as PAYE, NHIF, NSSF and HELB;
• Receiving duly processed payments and receipt vouchers for filing;
• Initiating payments on internet banking and posting payments and receipt vouchers in the cash books;
• Receipting cash deposits, balancing, and reconciling of the cash books on daily basis;
• Maintaining the revenue collection register;
• Extracting and providing cash liquidity analysis;
• Paying personal and merchant claims guided by cash balances in the cash books in line with treasury regulations; and

Preparing of quarterly financial management reports

Qualifications 

Person Specifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Commerce (Accounting/Finance Option), Business Management (Accounting/Finance Option), Economics, or equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Proficiency in Computer applications