Duties and Responsibilities
- To plan, organize and implement accounting operations and objectives; coordinates and integrates all activities toward achievement of established goals and objectives
- To ensure all functions and programs under charge are performed within established budgetary parameters, to include performing cost control activities, monitoring revenues and expenditures, and ensuring sound fiscal control;
- To prepare fiscal documentation regarding accounting activities, e.g., weekly, monthly and annual reports
- Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts for all funds
- To plan, manage, coordinate, and implement the year end closing processes and procedures for the assigned accounting records; conducts year-end closing process; provides information to financial auditors; conducts standard internal audits of various accounting records;
- To ensure adherence to generally accepted accounting standards and principles; ensures maintenance of proper audit trails and verification and reconciliation actions for all processed work
- To evaluate receipts, expenditure forms, purchase orders, distributions, and disbursement orders for the purpose of ensuring compliance with policies
- To perform verification and reconciliation tasks for invoices/ receipts/ balances according to department checks and balances procedures
- Ensure proper set up and running of accounting systems
- Compilation and combination of financial reports
- Preparation of the audit file
- Plans and directs the activities of accounts assistants engaged in the maintenance of a variety of accounting records and controls applicable to all financial transactions of the KEC-Catholic Secretariat.
- Has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree Accounting option or its equivalent.
- Has a minimum of CPA K professional qualification;
- Excellent MS Excel and Ms Word
- Extent of carrying out duties and responsibility in #4 above.
- Is a committed Catholic, with good recommendation from own Parish Priest
- Is a person of attested integrity, with high degree of stewardship of resources
- Is innovative and assertive
- Is able to work under little supervision
- Is able to serve people of all types of temperament.
Applications should be addressed to:
Secretary General
Kenya Episcopal Conference-Catholic Secretariat
P.O Box 13475-00800
Nairobi.
or hr@catholicchurch.or.ke
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To reach him on or before 28th April 2011
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
