General Secretariat – Accountant
Accountant
Overall Purpose of the
Job
Maintenance of financial
records, budgets, monitoring and reporting on donor project funds
Duties
- To plan, organize and implement accounting
operations and objectives; coordinates and integrates all activities
toward achievement of established goals and objectives,
- To ensure all functions and programs under charge
are performed within established budgetary parameters, to include
performing cost control activities, monitoring revenues and expenditures,
and ensuring sound fiscal control;
- To prepare fiscal documentation regarding
accounting activities, e.g., weekly, monthly and annual reports,
- Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts for
all funds,
- To plan, manage, coordinate, and implement the
year end closing processes and procedures for the assigned accounting records;
conducts year-end closing process; provides information to financial
auditors; conducts standard internal audits of various accounting records;
- To ensure adherence to generally accepted
accounting standards and principles; ensures maintenance of proper audit
trails and verification and reconciliation actions for all processed work,
- To evaluate receipts, expenditure forms, purchase
orders, distributions, and disbursement orders for the purpose of ensuring
compliance with policies,
- To perform verification and reconciliation tasks
for invoices/ receipts/ balances according to department checks and
balances procedures,
- Ensure proper set up and running of accounting
systems,
- Preparation and Compilation and combination of
donor financial reports as per guidelines,
- Preparation of the audit files
Qualifications
- Has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree Accounting
option or its equivalent.
- Has a minimum of CPA K professional qualification,
a registered member of ICPAK;
- Excellent MS Excel and MS Word
- Knowledge of having handled an accounting program
e.g. pastel
Performance Indicators
- Extent of carrying out duties and responsibility
in #3 above
Personal Traits
- Proven problem solver with the ability to work in
a diverse team environment.
- Has good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good organizational Skills.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
in English
- A good knowledge of social teachings of the Church
and Ethical principles
- Integrity
- Analytical skills
- Confidentiality
- Result oriented
- Attention to details
How
To Apply
Applications should be
addressed to:-
General Secretary
Kenya Conference of
Catholic Bishops – General Secretariat
P.O Box 13475-00800
Nairobi
Email to hr@catholicchurch.or.ke
Applications must reach
us on or before 11th
March 2022