Senior Accountant at Mandera County Government

POST REF: MCPSB /MOF/2022/04/07

Duties and responsibilities

• Coordinating and supervising operations in the area of deployment; preparing final accounts;
• Ensuring safe custody of Municipality assets and records;
• Authorizing payments and signing of cheques subject to set limits;
• Ensuring timely and accurate preparation of quality management reports;
• Providing guidance to officers to achieve the desired results;
• Arranging for withdrawals 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;
• Training and development of staff;
• Any other duties which may be assigned from time to time

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce/Business administration (Accounting/Finance Option) from a recognized university;
• Membership to a relevant professional body is added advantage;
• Self-starter, excellent team player, effective communicator and must be able to work with minimal supervision;
• 2 years’ experience relevant to the position;
• Satisfies requirement of chapter six of the constitution of Kenya 2010 on
• leadership and integrity.