Accountant Job Group K (5 Posts) at Isiolo County Government

Duties and Responsibilities

• This will be the entry grade for professional Accountants. An officer at this level will berequiredto deal with accounting operations in an Accounting Unit or County Treasury.
• Work at thislevel will be subjected to occasional checks rather than close supervision. Specifically, work will involve verification of vouchers and committal documents in accordance with laid downrulesand regulations; data capture, maintenance of primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers, vote books, registers and preparation of simple management reports e.g., imprest andexpenditure return etc.
• He/she will be responsible for the safe custody of Government recordsand assets under him/her, analysis of the below the line accounts and may be deployed as a cashier where duties will entail receiving duly processed payments and receipt vouchers; writingcheques 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 ensuringsafety of the same at all times;
• extracting and providing cash liquidity analysis; ensuringsecurityof cheques and cheque books; preparation of expenditure and Authority to Incur Expenditure(AIE) funding returns on quarterly basis at district treasury level; preparation of AppropriationInAid (AIA) returns on quarterly basis at district treasury level; paying personal and merchant claims guided by cash balances in the cash books and treasury regulations; and receiptingof all money due and payable to government.

Requirements for Appointment

• For direct appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a; Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option) and passed Part II of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Examination Membership to a relevant Professional body