Job Title Assistant Accountant
Function Assistant to the Finance and Administration Manager in all financial function in WASO. These include accounting, payments, banking, payroll, budgeting, financial reporting, financial management and compliance.

Main Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with all applicable internal control and USAIDS financial management policies and procedures.
• Planning and prepare financial year budget, general ledger account, journal voucher’s recoding fixed asset register
• Ensuring all project expenditure has appropriate expense class and account coding. These should be due deliverable, accepted in good condition prior to finalizing payment
• Ensuring all project expenditure is reasonable, a located and allowable has adequate supporting documentation
• Responsible to prepare monthly financial report cash books, petty cash, issuing receipts, bank reconciliation statement and preparation of the trial balance to WASO guidelines
• Plan and prepare financial year budget, general ledger account, journal voucher’s recording fixed asset register, treatment of suspense account, treated depreciation of asset and preparation of final accounts
• Maintaining and managing in a systematic and efficient manner, accurate financial records and supporting documentation(both hard and electronic copies)of all financial transaction
• Ensuring all documents are dully received and approved, and they are all marked according
• Ensuring all vouchers and cheques numbers are assigned
• Updating check register ,forecast cash needs and timely update check
• Safeguarding all the original financial documentation
• Preparing cost sharing report as mandatory for USAIDS
• Effectively interacting with all levels of staff and partners
• Maintaining high integrity of confidentiality as per organization regulations.
Qualifications and other requirements specific to the role • Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Accounts, BBA(accounts)
• At least 3-year experience in accounts for community-based HIV services for KVP.
• Experience in planning and budgeting will be an added advantage
Interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work in a team
• Computer skills in basic applications example Quick book, Ms excel, Ms word etc.