Accountant - HQ

Required Qualifications

Education and knowledge

• Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field
• Full professional accounting qualification, CPA (K) /ACCA
•  Hands on experience working with a computerized accounting system preferably with Sun System applications and excel spreadsheets
• Thorough understanding of Kenya tax laws, International Financial Reporting Standards and experience in application and enforcement of the standards at the corporate level

Experience

• 3 years accounting experience in financial and project accounting preferably in the NGO environment
• Experience in preparation and supervision of basic accounting ledger entries and extraction of the trial balance and financial statements
• Experience handling multi-currency transactions

Skills

• Numerical
• Confidential
• Detailed
• Proactive
• Team work
• Interpersonal
• Communication skills

Competences

• Professionalism
• Ethical
• Integrity
• Ability to work within deadlines

Mental Competencies

Problem Analysis

The job requires a professional and analytical approach to accounting

Flexible Thinking

The job requires creative problem solving within the framework of set corporate policies and procedures and generally accepted accounting standards

Decision Making

           The job requires ability to make timely and well-considered decisions based on corporate policies

Communications

ORAL

internal: The job demands a high level of oral communication skills in order to effectively communicate with other departments and staff members

external: The job demands a high level of oral communication skills in order to effectivelycommunicate with external parties including banks, debtors, creditors, country offices

WRITTEN:      

Internal : The job demands a high level of written communication skills in order to effectively communicate with other departments and staff members

external: The job demands a high level of written communication skills in order to effectively communicate with external parties including banks, debtors, creditors, country offices and donors

Environmental Conditions

Corporate Policies, Systems, Procedures and Methods

The job demands a thorough understanding of AMREF’s Financial policies and procedures, corporate culture and Human Resource Management policies and procedures

Work Environment

Normal office environment

Hours of Work

Normal working hours. Job holder may be required to work outside normal working hours due to the nature of the work in general

Apply at http://10.1.0.4:81/eHRM/default.aspx , recruitment module. Note that only online applications will be accepted. We encourage interested candidates to submit their applications by Monday, 05 August 2013.