Job Requirement

• Served in the grade of Principal accountant or its equivalent in a comparable position in the Public Service for a minimum period of three 3 years;
• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Business/Commerce/Accounting/Finance or equivalent from a recognized University 
• Certified Public Accountant
• Registered Member of Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results. 

Job Description

• Preparation of financial statements.
• Controlling and supervising processing of payments.
• Preparation of cash flow plans.
• Accounting and recording of all accounting transactions.
• Coordinating preparation of management accounts
• Manage/supervise Principal/ Senior Accountants to handle a cluster of sub sectors and maintain the schedules and ledger of pending suppliers of goods and merchants at sector level.
• Manage the pending bills vote books and Manage preparation of vouchers for debt settlement
• Facilitating preparation of month, quarterly and annual financial statements
• Coordinate accounting services and staff to ensure compliance with financial and accounting standard.
• Ensure expenditure is fully authorized in accordance to policy and regulation and process payments
• Prepare accounting sector budget estimates and liaise with sector working group
• Liaise with Internal and external auditors on financial reports and audit queries
• Ensure compliance with budget estimates
• Liaise with Assistant Principal/senior accountants to ensure accounting services in the sectors are in line with policy
• Approve payment vouchers,
• Requisitions for LSO’s and LPO’s for the Sector.