KCDP Project Coordinating Unit Accountant Job Vacancy in Kenya 18th April 2014
1 Position
Name of Country: Kenya
Project Background: The Government of Kenya has received financing from the international Development Association (IDA) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) towards the Kenya Coastal Development Project (KCDP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds to finance hiring of an Accountant to serve in the Project Coordinating Unit (PCU).
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) is the coordinating institution for KCDP and is charged with mobilization of all consultancies on behalf of the project implementing agencies in line with the project requirements.
This request for Expression of Interest (EOI) follows the general Procurement notice for this Project, issue of 26th July, 2011.
Objective: The PCU Accountant will provide accounting support to the PCU Team of the KCDP. This team is comprised of the Project Coordinator, the Component Managers, Consultants and PCU support staff.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensuring all payments are adequately supported, computations on the supporting vouchers are correct, spending is within the approved budget and is correctly approved by the budget holder;
- Ensuring all advance payments are correctly and fully accounted for with appropriate expenditure documents;
- Ensuring monthly reconciliation procedures of various accounts are carried out in a timely manner;
- Reviewing and posting expenditure, fixed assets movements, depreciation and payroll journals to General ledger accounts;
- Ensuring approved budgets are input into the budget ledger in a timely manner to facilitate monitoring of actual against budget;
- Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls;
- Undertake payroll administration and remittance of statutory deductions to the relevant authority;
- Ensure safe custody of all financial documents; and
- Prepare financial reporting including quarterly interim Financial reports (IFRs).
- Ensuring timely reporting to the Financial Specialist on budget spent including analysis by the implementing agency;
- Work closely with the Financial Specialist and PCU Project Accountant at the PCU to provide financial accounts, audit schedules and supporting documents to auditors as required, particularly those required for the Statements of Expenditures (SOEs) and Project Account management; and
- Undertake miscellaneous accounting and finance tasks as may be assigned from time to time.
- Have at least a first degree in a related field;
- Have a Certified Public Accountant III certification;
- A minimum 3 years’ relevant work experience in the public sector and donor funded projects is preferable;
- Computer skills including good command of MS office;
- Ability and willingness to learn new finance software;
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and under pressure to meet tight schedules; and
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Successful candidates will be selected in accordance with the selection method based on Comparison of CVs as set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
The Director
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Silos Road, English Point — Mkomani, Mombasa.
Email: consultancies@kmfri.co.ke and info@kcdp.co.ke
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Tele: +254 -20-2353904 or +254-20-8041560/1; Fax: +254 -20-235 3226
Candidates are requested to submit written Expressions of Interest EOI (by mail or e-mail) complete with copies of relevant testimonials such as CVs clearly marked “EO1 No. KCDP/16/2013-2014, Expression Of Interest (EOI) for hiring of an Accountant to serve in the Project Coordinating Unit (PCU)” to the above address OR be deposited into the tender Box mounted next to the office of the Supply Chain Chief Qfficer at KMFRI Headquarters in Mombasa on or before 2nd, May 2014 at 11.00 am
Evans Nyakoni
For: Director / KMFRI Issued on: 17tl April 2014