The Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP) is the organisation representing the rights and interests of producers of sound recordings whose membership comprise of individuals and record labels. Incorporated in 2003, KAMP was registered and granted its licence to operate as a collective management organization (CMO) in May 2008, by the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO)
We represent the rights and interests of producers of sound recordings, where we collect license fees for commercial use of music and distribute royalties in accordance with the Copyright Act of 2001, Laws of Kenya.
We have been running a
joint licensing entity commonly referred to as KAMP PRISK MCSK for joint
licensing operations.
We are seeking to
recruit a National Accountant to be based at its Head Office in Nairobi on a
one year contract renewable subject to performance and renewal of the KAMP
operating license.
Role
The National Accountant
will report to the Head Finance and administratively to the Head of Operations,
Licensing Department. The position ensures that the KAMP- PRISK-MCSK (KPM)
financial status is sustainable in the short and long run by engaging in
prudent accounting practices which involve cash receipts, cash payments,
processing of payments and monitoring income, assisting with audits or
fact-checking, and preparing budgets and reports.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Receipt of collections, petty cash receipts and
vouchers and variance reports from the regional Petty cash reconciliations
every week (COB of every start day of the week), collections (to be
received on a daily basis and up dated), variance reports and other
reports by the 5th day of the month.
- Verify and compile the petty cash expenditure,
collections and variance reports
- Consolidation of the petty cash reconciliations,
collections and variance reports
- Consolidation analysis of all the regions and
generation of variance reports per region clearly making a breakdown of
income and expenditure in a dash board.
- Consolidation and analysis of year to date
variance reports per region in a dash board from the allocated budgets
- Summary and analysis of bounced cheques and a
clear follow up on replacement on a weekly
- Maintenance of a debtors and creditors register
and monthly reporting of each region’s debtors and ageing status clearly
highlighting measures taken and the progress on the Cumulative debtors report
to be maintained.
- Allocation of vote heads to the expenditure as
well as income realized on a monthly
- Summarizing the income and expenditure report from
the regions together with the bank statements for the
- Reconciliation of the KPM bank and paybill accounts
and reporting of any discrepancies by 5th of every
- Verification of the paybill statements with the
bank statements to ascertain full capture of receipts on a weekly
- Observe payment procedures and processing of
payments e. all documentation is received, approvals sought and
ascertaining expenditures are within budgets.
- Capture and update of all the receipts and
payments in the accounting system to the correct account codes, and ensure
that all ledgers are up to date for all HQ
- Check accuracy in capture of receipts and payments
from the regional offices in the accounting system and against their
submitted
- Filing of all the accounting documents in respect
to tripartite operations
- Maintain stores records as far as accountable
books are concerned. A store card of receipt and dispatches made to
various regions to be
- Advice the management on the economic order
quantity and the re-order levels for the accountable
- Work hand in hand with the regional accountants as
well as the THREE heads of finance and heads of
- Assist in licensing of users at the Head
- Any other role that may be allocated by the
supervisor
Qualifications
- Degree in accounting and/or commerce
- CPA(K) Professional certification
- Knowledge of IFRSs is a must
- 4 years of experience in accounting/finance
- Knowledge on the use of accounting software g.
QuickBooks and ERP systems.
- Proficiency in the use of Office suite
- Good communication and inter personal skills
- Ability to function as a team player
- Membership to ICPAK will be an added advantage
How to Apply
If you meet the above
requirements, kindly send your Curriculum Vitae and application letter, quoting
your expected salary, via email to hr@kamp.or.ke and info@kamp.or.ke or drop them physically
at our Head Office on the 2nd Floor of Jumuia Place 1 along
Lenana Road in Kilimani, Nairobi.
If you send your
application via email the subject should strictly read NATIONAL ACCOUNTANT. Applications should be
received on or before close of business Thursday, 1st April
2021. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
