Job Vacancy: Payables Accountant- CHAK

Christian Health Association of Kenya is seeking to hire an experienced accountant with expertise in financial management. The accountant will support the Head Office operations through financial management processes and documentation.

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare payments, ensure timely approval and proper allocation of project expenses
• Manage petty cash disbursements for CHAK Core and NHCTS and ensure proper reconciliation and replenishment.
• Prepare Mpesa disbursements and ensure proper reconciliation and replenishment
• Support travel arrangements through processing travel advances and expenses.
• Support preparation of budgets.
• Support preparation of monthly payroll.
• Preparation & Input of journal entries in the system
• Ensure accurate and timely month-end closing tasks that include, account analysis, reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, actual to forecast variance analysis etc.
• Ensure timely remittance of PAYE, WHT,NITA,HELB and VAT.
• Ensure remittances of statutory payment schedules are issued to service providers e.g pension ,sacco, insurances)
• Support internal and external audits
• Implement the approved financial policies/finance diary
• Reconcile supplier statements with the supplier ledger on a timely basis
• Analyse monthly medical costs ,Motor vehicle courier and annual insurance cost
• Printing and filing of payment vouchers
• Any other duties as assigned by the Supervisor

Qualifications and requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related disciplines
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent current certification required
• 3 years of experience in a busy finance office handling multiple projects
• Knowledge of financial software applications. Knowledge in Nav 365 will be an added advantage
• Fluency in spoken and written English