Accountant II

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen
  
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting Option) from a recognized institution or any other relevant equivalent qualification; and
  
• Certificate in computer applications skills.
  

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen
  
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting Option) from a recognized institution or any other relevant equivalent qualification; and
  
• Certificate in computer applications skills.
  

This is the entry and training grade for the accountants cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Receiving and compiling financial reports from public sector entities
  
• Collecting and maintaining a data base of the public-sector entities
  
• Preparing payment and receipt vouchers; capturing data
  
• Maintaining primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers and vote books
  
• Receiving duly processed payments and receipt vouchers
  
• Writing cheques and posting payments and receipt vouchers in the cash books
  
• Balancing and ruling of the cash books on daily basis
  
• Capturing authority to incur expenditure (AIE) in the system and filing returns
  
• Preparing appropriation in aid (AIA) returns
  
• Preparing payment advice (PA) forms
  
• Raising accounting debt entries
  
• Processing payments, reimbursements and disbursements
  
• Preparing annual final accounts
  
• Verifying invoices and preparing accounting reports
  
• Defining employee and supplier details
  
• Uploading and capturing accounting data into the system; and providing user support and help desk management.