The County Government of Vihiga is seeking to recruit highly
transformative and dynamic self-driven individuals with a highly degree of
integrity, result oriented, demonstrable professionalism, competence and
impeccable capability to fill the following positions within its staff
establishment.
Financial Accountant JG ‘K’ (1 positions)
The Financial Accountant shall report to the County Director of
Accounting Services and shall be responsible for carrying out accounting and
payroll services in the County treasury and county departmental entities.
Responsibilities
- Controlling
of expenditure commitments in the Ministries/Departments;
- Initial
evaluation and scrutiny of expenditure proposals and compilation of
information required in the budgetary processes;
- Processing
of Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and revised budget estimates;
- Budgeting
of donor financed projects, reviewing of financial implementation of such
projects, and monitoring commitments on expenditures;
- Reviewing
Programme based budget performance indicators and subsector reports and
facilitate finalization of the sub sector reports;
- Preparation
and maintenance of monthly cashbooks, bank reconciliations, statutory
returns
- Budgeting
of donor financed projects, reviewing of financial implementation of such
projects, and monitoring commitments on expenditures;
- Reviewing
Programme based budget performance indicators and subsector reports and
facilitate finalization of the sub sector reports;
- Preparation
and maintenance of monthly cashbooks, bank reconciliations, statutory
returns, bank reconciliation, imprest registers, fixed
asset register, salary and
cash advance registers,
and voucher examination.
- Coordinating
the preparation of sector budget proposals for departments
- Planning,
directing, coordinating, supervising accounting operations in the area of
deployment;
- Preparing
monthly and quarterly revenue and expenditure reports and annual financial
statements for audit purposes;
- Timely
preparation and Maintenance of the County
- Ensuring
safe custody of government assets and records
- Ensuring
timely and accurate preparation of quality management reports
Core Competencies
- Able
to work under minimum supervision, meet set deadlines
- Innovative,
selfless, high level of integrity and confidentiality in handling
government records
- Must
have good report writing skills and be a team player
Qualifications
- Must
be a Kenyan citizen
- Bachelor’s
degree in any of the following discipline: Commerce, (Accounting or
Finance option), Business management, business administration, Economics,
or any other relevant field
- Must
be a registered member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
Kenya (ICPAK) in good standing
- Be
conversant with public financial management laws and regulations
- At
least 5 years working Experience in government accounting and working
knowledge of IFMIS system
- Fulfilled
the requirement of chapter six of the Constitution of Kenya 2012
- Proficiency
in computer applications
Kindly note that:
- County
Government of Vihiga is an equal opportunity employer; Women, People from
marginalized areas and persons living with disabilities are encouraged to
apply
- Please
note that canvassing for these positions will lead to automatic
disqualification.
- Salary
and other benefits attached to the above vacant positions will be as
determined by SRC guidelines.
- All
the above vacant posts are on a 3-year renewable contract terms based on
satisfactory performance.
- More
details on the above advertised positions can be obtained on the County’s
website
How to Apply
The applicants should download the application for
Employment form “VCPSB/APP.01A-2019” on the official County Website, complete it and submit to the
undersigned on or before Tuesday 17th April, 2020 at 5pm.
THE SECRETARY/CEO COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE
BOARD,
P.O. BOX 880-50300 MARAGOLI
QUEENS ARCADE BUILDING MBALE TOWN
ALONG KISUMU KAKAMEGA ROAD
Please Note
- You Must
Attach photocopies of
your ID card, Academic, Professional or any other documents to the
application
- County
Government of Vihiga is an equal opportunity employer and encourages
People Living with Disabilities, Youth and Women to apply.
- County
Public Service Board does not charge any recruitment fee whatsoever. Do Not
Pay Money to Fraudsters because Our services are absolutely free
- Canvassing
will lead to automatic disqualification
- Only
shortlisted candidates will be invited for the interview
- Those with certificates from foreign institutions must have them certified by the relevant authority