Job Title: Assistant Accountant
Hiring Organization: CHAK
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type:
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 07/11/2024
CHAK is
looking to hire an Assistant Accountant on a fixed term contract of three
years. The assistant accountant will support CHAK in financial and record
keeping processes. The role holder is expected to undertake payment processing,
record keeping and provide support to the senior accountant. This contract is
non-renewable and is subject to availability of funds.
Job responsibilities
- Prepare
payments, ensure timely approval and proper allocation of project expenses
- Prepare M-PESA disbursements
and ensure proper reconciliation and replenishment
- Support travel
arrangements through processing travel advances and expenses
- Preparation and
input journal entries into the system
- Ensure timely
remittance of PAYE, WHT, NITA,HELB and VAT
- Ensure
remittance of statutory payment schedules to service providers
- Support internal
and external audits
- Reconcile
supplier statements with the supplier ledger on a timely basis
- Printing and
filing of payment vouchers
- Any other duties
as assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications
and requirements
- Bachelor’s
degree in Finance or related disciplines
- Certified Public
Accountant (CPA) or equivalent current certification required
- Two years’
experience in a busy finance office
- Knowledge of
financial software applications. Knowledge of Nav 365 will be an added
advantage.
- Fluency in
spoken and written English