VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
POSITION: SHORT TERM ACCOUNTANT
PERIOD:6-9 MONTHS
CFK BACKGROUND:
With over 20 years of
experience, our focus is on working with communities living in the informal
settlements to improve public health and economic prosperity.
JOB PURPOSE:
Reporting to the Head of
Finance, the Short-Term Accountant will be required to provide support to the
Finance Department in discharging the day-to-day accounting tasks in order to
ensure that all organizational, donor and legal requirements are met in a
timely and efficient manner.
Responsibilities
- Process
payments including preparing payment vouchers
- Process
project-based requisitions and ensure that all necessary support documents
are provided.
- Work
with Field staff to provide financial information relating to their
projects in a seamless manner
- Ensure
that all advances to staff for project activities are properly accounted
for
- Maintain
proper accounting records on project expenses in the QuickBooks accounting
system
- Account
Receivables and Account Payables reconciliations
- Reconcile
Bank Accounts, Petty cash Accounts, Staff Advance accounts and other
balance sheet Accounts on a monthly basis to ensure correctness of balances
- Ensure
financial documents are filed correctly in accordance with the established
filing system
- Work
with staff to ensure timesheets are correctly and promptly completed on a
monthly basis
- Ensure
statutory deductions to relevant bodies and related returns are remitted
before their deadline (this includes HELB, NSSF, NHIF, PAYE, and for
Pension).
- Update
Fixed Asset register with fixed Asset purchases and other changes.
- Monitor
MPESA platform for float replenishment and conduct MPESA transaction
reconciliations
- Review
petty cash vouchers and requests for replenishment with the admin officer
- Support
in the preparation of donor reports by ensuring all receipts and supporting
documents are scanned and filed accordingly
- Assist
with internal and annual audit preparations
- Maintain
high levels of confidentiality in relation to sensitive and confidential
financial information
- Any
other duties as maybe assigned by the Head of Finance.
Qualifications and
Experience:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Accounting, Business Administration (Management or Finance) or
Economics
- Certified
Public Accountant (CPAK)
- Minimum
5 years financial accounting experience preferably in an NGO environment.
- Knowledge
of QuickBooks accounting system
- Experience
and knowledge in providing account analysis and grant tracking/monitoring
- Excellent
interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Experience
with international donors requiring high-levels of reporting data.
- Ability
to generate innovative solutions in work situations
AVAILABILITY: Immediately
How to Apply
Qualified candidates
should fill the form below and submit their CV, current and expected salary to recruitment@cfkafrica.org by 3rd February 2023 by 5:00pm.
To learn more about CFK
Africa, please visit: http://cfkafrica.org.
