Primary School Accounts Assistant
Industry: Education
Location: Kisumu
Salary: Ksh 30,000 – 35,000 gross
Duties & Responsibilities
- Preparation of schedules for reports
- Preparation of final accounts
- Ensuring the school’s compliance with relevant
statutory requirements
- Updating the general ledger operations and
making all journal entries
- Preparation of monthly income and expenditure
and related financial statements and financial forecasts.
- Keep records of all financial transactions
within the organization in an orderly manner.
- Create and follow a filing system that is
simple and easy to retrieve files and records.
- Ensuring the accounting records are completed
on monthly basis.
- Entering daily transactions to the existing
accounting software QuickBooks/MS Excel
- Prepare cheque request forms for payments
attaching all required supporting documents.
- Disburse cash payments as per the financial
policy of the company.
- Support the staff in processing their payment
requests.
- Bank Reconciliation
- Ensuring all advance accounts are zeroed out.
- Prepare & compute withholding taxes and
other statutory deductions in accordance to the law.
- From time to time prepare periodical financial
reports as requested by the Directors.
- Keep all the financial records.
- Ensuring completeness, accuracy and timeliness
in the processing financial information.
- Any other duties as assigned
Qualification & Skills
- A Business/Commerce related degree or
Diploma with an Accounting option desirable
- CPA Part 2 and Above
- Proficiency in use of accounting software like
QuickBooks, Microsoft Excel.
- Knowledge and proficiency of Finance and
Accounting principles.
- 2- 3years Accounting experience in an
educational institution or busy accounts office
- Knowledge in General Ledger accounts
- Audit experience is desirable
- Strong communication skills
- Team Player
- Highly motivated to meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently and with minimal
supervision
- Strong team player
- Excellent communication, high computer
literacy levels (Microsoft Office) and interpersonal skills
- Good networking skills
If you are up to the challenge,
posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only
quoting the job title on the email subject (Primary School Accounts Assistant
30-35K) to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 7th October, 2014
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.
