Title: Accounts
Assistant
Reports To: Finance Manager
Location: Kisumu
Hope for
Victoria Children (HOVIC) is seeking to recruit an Accounts Assistant to perform
the functions outlined below.
Provide
supportive function to the finance manager
Main Duties:
- Preparation of cheque and cash payment vouchers, taking them for authority to pay and issuing out cheques.
- Handling all project daily cash transactions and keeping petty cash float.
- Maintenance of capital (asset) items inventory
- Post transactions into ledgers
- Processing of payroll for the staff.
- Help in the preparation of financial reports
- Handle payments of statutory and other payroll deductions
- Undertake banking duties and collecting funds for the organization.
- Support in the handling insurance matters.
- Data entry for bank reconciliation statements in the accounting software.
- Any other duty allocated by the management from time to time.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
(The
knowledge, skills and abilities may be required through a combination of formal
schooling, self-education and prior experience or on-the-job-training).
Level of
Education: Bachelor’s degree in any of the following areas: Accounting,
Finance, Business, or any related field with a minimum of CPA part II
Competencies/Abilities/Skills
Required
- Working knowledge of computerized accounting and other computer application packages
- High level of integrity to be able to handle assets, cash and cash related transactions.
- Good interpersonal skills to be able to relate to people of diverse backgrounds.
- Attention to detail to be able to scrutinize payment supporting documents before effecting payment.
- Effective communication both oral and written
- Good organizing skills
- Relevant Job Experience
- At least two (2) years’ experience in a busy accounts office (preferably an NGO).
Desirable Characteristics
- Highest level of honesty and integrity
- Desire to develop personally/professionally, willingness to learn, develop new skills, and take on more responsibilities.
- Openness to working in a flexible work environment with fast evolving systems and Procedures
- High level of initiative in improving the organization’s working environment
- Results oriented to the point that person is willing to engage hands-on with duties of all variety
Terms & Conditions
Applicants
MUST quote current and expected salary.
Availability
for interviews in the week of 25th - 30th November, 2013.
One year
contract – renewable depending on performance and availability of funds.
To Apply:
Interested
candidates should submit application with CV and testimonials to;
Director
Hope for
Victoria Children
P.O Box
9350- 40140
Kisumu,
Kenya.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted by email for an interview.
Applicants
are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling
basis.
Application
deadline is 27 November, 2013.
Email
applications should be addressed to hovicjobapplications@gmail.com and copy the
same to careers@hovic.org