Vacancy title:
Senior Accounts Assistant I

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Education, and Training, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
Turkana University College

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, July 8 2025

Duty Station:
Turkana | Turkana | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 24 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Qualifications and Experience
The applicant:

• Must have a Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration and CPA Part I. OR
• Must have Part III of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) examinations or its recognized equivalent OR
• Must have Part II of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) with six (6) years working experience three (3) of which as Senior Accounts Assistant Scale 7 or its equivalent.
• Must be a member of a recognized professional body.
• Must be ICT Competent in Accounting Software (provide evidence).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Engraving/tagging all University College assets for identification.
• Updating University College asset register.
• Assist in filing of income and VAT returns.
• Vouching of receipts and reviewing effectiveness of internal controls.
• Process payments and ensure payment vouchers are properly coded.
• Assist the accountant with posting processed payments to the General Ledger (GL).
• Assist in carrying out bank reconciliations and other final accounts functions as directed.
• Assist senior accounts staff with various tasks such as preparing budgets and annual accounts.
• Preparation and management of payroll confidential records filling.
• Reconcile accounts payables and receivables ledger to ensure that all payments and receipts are accounted for accurately and posted properly.
• File all financial and other documents for safe custody and future references.
• Review weekly cash collection schedules and ensure all collection for the week have been banked intact and reconciled to original source documents.
• Monitor monthly departmental expenditure to avoid spending beyond allocated budget.
• Daily Bank Receipts posting.
• Assist with Audit checks and resolving discrepancies.
• Maintaining register for accountable documents and ensure their safe custody.
• Preparation of routine performance reconciliation schedules and reports.
• Prepare routine weekly and monthly reconciliations for all accounts.
• Any other duties assigned by your immediate supervisor

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Appointment to the positions of Lecturer, Public Relations Assistant I and Senior Procurement/Supplies Assistant I will be on permanent and pensionable terms subject to successful completion of probation. Appointment to positions of Senior Accounts Assistant I, Senior Audit Assistant I, Kitchen Assistant Scale 1 and Clinical Officer II will be on one year contract.

Appointment to the position of Tutorial Fellow will be on a two-year contract.

APPLICATION MODE:

• Applicants should send ten (10) hard copies of their application to the undersigned clearly indicating the advert reference number of the position of interest on the envelope.
• All applications should be submitted together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, a copy of ID/Passport, copes of academic certificates, testimonials and any other relevant supporting documents.
• The Curriculum Vitae should include information on academic qualifications, professional experience, leadership and management roles and membership of professional association, email address and telephone contact.
• The Deputy Principal (Administration, Finance & Planning)

Turkana University College
P.O. Box 69 - 30500
LODWAR, KENYA.

All applications should reach the Office of the Deputy Principal (Administration, Finance and Planning) on or before 5.00 P.M on 8th July, 2025.

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