Senior Accountant at The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation

 Job Specification

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:-

• Generation of sales invoices for approvals;
• Verification of amount billed as per relevant regulation;
• Facilitate prompt delivery of sales invoices;
• Liaising with relevant customers office on debtors’ related matters;
• Reconciliation of debtors and SAP ledgers;
• Debt collection and follow up in liaison with relevant department/officers;
• Respond to debtor queries;
• Reconciliation and distribution of debtors statement;
• Provide debt collection report on outstanding debts
• Liaising with customers to provide billing information and support in order to facilitate swift payment of invoices due to the Corporation;
• Maintain file of disputed invoices;
• Monthly Bank Accounts Reconciliations;
• Collection of Performance Contract Evidence on quarterly basis;
• Responding to suppliers queries on payments status in liaison with user departments and Supply Chain Department;
• Billing of vendor invoices;
• Processing of vendor payment vouchers;
• Liaising with other officers in handling supplier queries;
• Reconciliation of vendor accounts before any payment;
• Maintenance of disputed vendor invoice file;
• Processing of statutory deductions payments e.g. PAYE, VAT, Withholding tax etc.;
• Supervise stock take and reconciliation;
• Reconcile general ledger expense accounts;
• Preparation and maintenance of accurate prepayments, accruals andprovision schedules;
• Liaising with Human Resource & Corporation Secretary on Directors and Staff payments status;
• Processing staff imprests, surrenders and claims;
• Preparation of payroll payment vouchers;
• Management of Directors payments and PAYE;
• Preparation of Directors cost breakdown;
• Reconciliations of Directors and Staff accounts;
• Preparation of overdue Staff and Director Debt reports;
• Performing bank transfers and banking;
• Reconciliation of all employee cost ledger accounts; and
• Digitizing imprests and imprests surrender documents.

Person Specifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• A minimum period of four (4) years relevant work experience;
• Bachelors degree in any of the following: Commerce, Business Administration, Business Management (Accounting/Finance option) or other relevant and equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Passed Part III of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Examination or ACCA affiliate exams;
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Associate of Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA);
• Membership in good standing of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or any other recognized professional body;
• Certificate in supervisory course not lasting less than two (2) weeks;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results; and
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.