Accounts Assistant at Corporate Staffing

Role and Responsibilities

The Accounts Assistant is a key member of the Nasio Trust Accounting team contributing to the efficiency and service delivery facilitating efficient Nasio field operations. He/she will work under the direct supervision and technical direction of the Head of Finance, and the overall management of the Deputy Programme Manager. He/she is responsible for: –

• Creating and managing financial statements and dashboards;
• Creating and filing all necessary tax and financial forms for the company.
• Supporting both internal and external audits.
• Collaborating with finance colleague to develop approaches for creating more-accurate financial records and models for the organisation;
• Creating visualizations that convey accurate financial views;
• Preparing monthly accounts reconciliation.
• Receiving duly processed payments and receipt vouchers;
• Verifying vouchers and committal documents in accordance with Nasio rules and regulations;
• Ensuring data capture, maintenance of primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers, vote books and registers, and preparing simple management reports;
• Preparing cheques and posting payments and receipt vouchers in the cash books;
• Balancing and ruling of the cash books on daily basis; and,
• Any other duties that many be reasonably assigned by mana1gement.

Qualifications

• A diploma in accounting from a recognized institution;
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an accounting-related field;
• Proficiency in accounting software and bookkeeping programmes such as QuickBooks Online;
• Fluent English and Kiswahili;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Minimum of one year experience in accounting, bookkeeping, or financial modelling;
• Strong attention to detail;
• Strong analytical skills; and,
• Good time management and organisational skills.