Makueni County Public Service Board Jobs Portal

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For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: - 
(i)Served in the grade of Chief Accountant, job group ‘M’ for a minimum period of three (3) years;
(ii)Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: - Accounting, Finance, Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting or Finance option), Business Management (Accounting or Finance option) from a recognized institution and passed Part II of the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination;
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Any other relevant equivalent qualification plus Part III of the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination or its recognized equivalent;
(iii)Membership of the Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (ICPAK); 
(iv)Certificate in computer applications or data base management or enterprise resource management from a recognized institution; 
(v)Certificate in Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized Institution; and 
(vi)Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;
(vii)Enter Most recent evaluated Staff Performance Appraisal score on the field SPA.

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An officer at this level will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities: - Receiving and analyzing financial reports from public sector entities; maintaining database of all public-sector entities; providing technical advice; reviewing the quality of financial statements; preparing the annual consolidated financial report for the County; developing training materials; capturing exchequer issues and receipts in the system; reconciling bank statements with exchequer issues and receipts; raising exchequer requisition for the County and counties; ensuring safe custody of County government assets and records; preparing management reports in accordance with the financial orders and regulations; and verifying payment advice (PA) forms. The officer at this level will also be responsible for: raising accounting debt entries; processing payments, reimbursements and disbursements; recording proceeds of domestic debt; preparing annual final accounts; verifying payment and receipt vouchers and committal documents; capturing data; maintaining primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers, vote books; preparing management reports; keeping safe custody of Accounting records and assets; receiving duly processed payments and receipt vouchers; writing cheques, posting payments and receipt vouchers in the cash books; authorizing payments and signing cheques subject to set limit; balancing and ruling of the cash books as provided; and ensuring security of cheques and cheque books. In addition, the officer will be responsible for: verifying Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) in the system and filing returns; preparing Appropriation in Aid (AIA) returns; verifying invoices; preparing accounting and management reports in the system; uploading accounting data into the system; coordinating closure of the monthly accounting periods; verifying users in the preparation of final accounts; reviewing business process; providing user support on accounting processes and system setup; and training and development of staff.

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