Senior Accountant at National Legal Aid Service - NLAS

JOB REFERENCE NO. NLAS/SA/6/1/2026/21

Qualifications.

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• At least 6 (six) years cumulative work experience, three (3) of which should have been at the grade of Accountant I or in a comparable position in the Private or the Public sector;
• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines, Commerce, Finance; Economics, Business Administration/Management (Finance or Accounting option) or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Part lll of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Examination or Equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; indigent;
• Been a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or an Associate of Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA) or any other relevant professional body;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and result.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the following functions;

• Generating invoices for approvals;
• Verifying amount billed as per relevant regulation;
• Facilitate prompt delivery of sales invoices;
• Participating in debt collection and follow up in liaison with relevant department/officers;
• Responding to a debtor queries;
• Reconciling and distributing debtor’s statement;
• Maintaining file of disputed invoices;
• Carrying out monthly bank accounts reconciliations;
• Processing of payment vouchers including payroll payments vouchers;
• Process of statutory deductions payments e.g. PAYE, VAT an withholding tax among others;
• Supervising stock taking and reconciliation;
• Verifying payments vouchers and staff imprest in accordance with the laid down financial procedures, policies and regulations;
• Reconciling general ledger expense accounts;
• Preparing and maintaining accurate prepayments, accruals and provision schedules;
• Carrying out bank transfers and banking;
• Preparing of periodic financial statement and all statutory accounts; and
• Preparing outstanding debts and accounting reports.

Remuneration will be in accordance with NLAS Salary Scale:

NLAS GRADE 6. Ksh. 90,468 x 7,388 – 97,856 x 7,391 – 105,247 x 7,391 – 112,638 x 7,391 – 120,029 x 7,391 – 127,420 x 7,391 – 134,811 x 7,391 – 142,202 p.m.