Assistant Accountant - Full Time

Qualifications and Experience:

1. Must have a Bachelors degree in Commerce, Business Administration or Bachelor of Business Sci-ence majoring in Accounting and Finance from a recognised institution of higher learning.

2. A professional qualification in Accounting & Finance, obtained from an internationally recognized institution, is a must eg. Part II CPA/ACCA/CIA/FIA

3. Must have at least two (2) years of experience performing similar tasks in a large and reputable public or private sector organization.

4. Must be literate in relevant Accounting Packages.

5. Must be able to work under pressure

6. Must be a committed and mature Christian

Key Competencies & Responsibilities:

1. Will be responsible for entering all payment vouchers

2. Receives and files bank statements and other bank communications hard copies for all University bank accounts

3. Provides information on matters relating to banks as required by the Director of Finance, Finan-cial accountant and the Management Accountant

4. Answer student queries regarding their fees status

5. Preparing ,making adjustments and reports to the Director of Finance of any anomalies

6. Checking and verifying the accuracy of the payroll for both full time and part time staff

7. Reviewing monthly trial balances

8. Ensuring that documents, vouchers, cheque counter folios, receipt copies and all supporting doc-uments are brought for filing.

9. Ensuring that all donated funds are receipted

10. Responsible for ensuring that calculations and payments of statutory deductions are carefully done and in time.

11. Will be in charge of managing the budget including projections and monitoring

12. Will be responsible for carrying out bank reconciliations of all bank statements, cashbooks

13. Will be in charge of reconciling cash and petty cash floats

14. Any other official duties that the Bursar may assign from time to time