Project Accountant at The National Treasury and Economic Planning

VACANCY NO: 12/PA/2023

Specific responsibilities of the Project Accountant include but are not limited to the following:

• Preparation of Accounting source documents.
• File the project documents appropriately with adequate cross reference to ensure ease of  retrieval.
• Follow up of accountabilities, maintaining a detailed log of outstanding accountabilities.
• Data entry into the accounting system.
• Preparation of reconciliations for review by the Financial Controller.
• Facilitate both internal and external auditors to audit the project’s financial transactions  and reports to meet the required submission dates by IFAD.
• Support the Financial Controller in preparation of reports to enable the withdrawal of  funds from IFAD and GoK.
• Maintain key registers such as fixed assets; inputs into the contracts register, contract  monitoring forms.
• Support the financial controller in the preparation of informative management accounts  in the form of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports regarding aspects of  project financial monitoring bringing out variances and advising implementers as to the  limits of expenditure.
• Support in review reports of IFAD/GoK supervision or review missions and follow-up on the  implementation of agreed actions.
• Support in review other aspects of the accounting and financial control systems, including  cash management and banking; procurement of goods and services; advances and acquittals;  authorisation of expenditure; and budget/actual comparisons.
• Preparation of the Annual Financial Report.
• Carry out any other activities as may be assigned by the financial controller.

Minimum Requirements

• An Advance Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics or related with a bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting from a recognized University.
• CPA-K qualification
• At least 7 years of relevant work experience, 3 of which in a donor funded project.
• Membership to ICPAK required.
• Computer-literate including accounting packages and well-versed in the use of Excel, Word, and basic data base set-ups.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Excellent communication skills and practical knowledge of Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills.