Accounts Assistant at African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)

Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Accounts Assistant include:

• Review of financial documents to ensure accuracy of the information there in and compliance with the organization’s financial policies and procedures.
• Preparation of vouchers and entering the transactions in to the accounting package and/or excel ledgers.
• Review advance requests to ensure that no additional advance is given while there is an unaccounted for advance against a staff.
• Undertaking a thorough review of accountabilities submitted by staff and sub recipients to ensure accuracy, reasonableness and completeness of the accountabilities.
• Ensure monthly generation of advance report and their submission to the Finance Manager for review before passing them to staff and sub recipients with outstanding advances.
• Keep track of all advances to ensure accuracy of the advance balances and assist to reconcile them.
• Review the petty cash transactions to ensure accuracy, reasonableness, completeness of documentation and that value for money was obtained before the approve for replenishment by Finance Manager;
• Ensure proper maintenance of the cash books for all the bank accounts.
• Ensure proper coding of all the expenditures is done in line with the organization’s approved codes.
• Coordination on financial matters with third parties like vendors, banks, URA, NSSF, etc.
• Proper filing of all the accounting and supporting documents with proper references for ease of document tracing and ensure they are kept in accordance with the Organization’s and donor requirements.
• Any other assignments that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor

Qualification

• First degree in Accounting

Experience:

• At least two years’ experience in Accounting

Knowledge Requirements:

• Language proficiency: Level IV English (Fluency in Both written and oral) is required
• Ability to establish and maintain good relations with people at various levels and of different nationalities
• Proven knowledge of modern office procedures
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially the use of MS ExcelResponsibilities
  The responsibilities of the Accounts Assistant include:
• Review of financial documents to ensure accuracy of the information there in and compliance with the organization’s financial policies and procedures.
• Preparation of vouchers and entering the transactions in to the accounting package and/or excel ledgers.
• Review advance requests to ensure that no additional advance is given while there is an unaccounted for advance against a staff.
• Undertaking a thorough review of accountabilities submitted by staff and sub recipients to ensure accuracy, reasonableness and completeness of the accountabilities.
• Ensure monthly generation of advance report and their submission to the Finance Manager for review before passing them to staff and sub recipients with outstanding advances.
• Keep track of all advances to ensure accuracy of the advance balances and assist to reconcile them.
• Review the petty cash transactions to ensure accuracy, reasonableness, completeness of documentation and that value for money was obtained before the approve for replenishment by Finance Manager;
• Ensure proper maintenance of the cash books for all the bank accounts.
• Ensure proper coding of all the expenditures is done in line with the organization’s approved codes.
• Coordination on financial matters with third parties like vendors, banks, URA, NSSF, etc.
• Proper filing of all the accounting and supporting documents with proper references for ease of document tracing and ensure they are kept in accordance with the Organization’s and donor requirements.
• Any other assignments that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor

Qualification

• First degree in Accounting

Experience:

• At least two years’ experience in Accounting

Knowledge Requirements:

• Language proficiency: Level IV English (Fluency in Both written and oral) is required
• Ability to establish and maintain good relations with people at various levels and of different nationalities
• Proven knowledge of modern office procedures
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially the use of MS Excel