Accountants I - 6 Posts at The County Government of West Pokot

Requirements for Appointment

• a candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option) passed
• Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Examination Part III or its approved equivalent qualification.
• Certificate in Computer Applications
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

• 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 return etc.
• He/she will be responsible for the safe custody of Government records and 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.
• 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 cheques books;
• Preparation of expenditure and Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) funding 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 receipting of all money due and payable to government.