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Job Title:  Accounts Assistant

• Intuitively review of financial documents
  to ensure accuracy of the information and compliance with the
  organization’s financial policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the preparation of
  vouchers and entering transactions into the accounting system and/or excel
  ledgers.
• In charge of reviewing advance requests to
  ensure that no additional advance is given while there is an unaccounted
  for advance against a staff.
• Assist in review of accountabilities
  submitted by staff and sub recipients to ensure accuracy and completeness
  of the accountabilities.
• Take part in generation of monthly advance
  reports and submission to the Head Finance for review before passing them
  to staff and sub recipients with outstanding advances.
• Keenly track of all advances to ensure
  accuracy of the advance balances and reconciliations.
• Participate in review of petty cash
  transactions to ensure accuracy and completeness of documentation and that
  value for money was obtained before the approval for replenishment by Head
  Finance.
• Ensure proper coding of all the
  expenditures done in line with the organization’s approved codes.
• Support in the coordination on financial
  matters with third parties like vendors, banks, URA, NSSF, among others.
• Ensure filing of all the accountability
  and supporting documents with proper references for ease of retrieval and
  in accordance with the Organization’s and donor requirements.
• Perform any other assignments that may be
  assigned by the immediate supervisor.

• The ideal candidate for the Accounts
  Assistant vacancy should possess a Bachelor’s degree in commerce or
  Business Administration with a bias in Accounting.
• Level 2 ACCA OR Level 3 CPA (U) or
  equivalent professional qualification an added advantage.
• A minimum of two of more years’ experience
  in same position obtained from a busy and reputable organization.
• Prior NGO experience is an added advantage
  
• Good working knowledge and experience of
  Accounts packages and Microsoft Office packages
• Excellent communication and interpersonal
  skills

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