International Centre for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT)
Recruiting an Accounts
Assistant for IITA
IITA is an
international non-profit research-for-development (R4D) organization created in
1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and supported primarily by the
Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
CIAT, on behalf
of IITA, is seeking for an Accounts Assistant with the main responsibility of
performing a wide variety of finance and accounting support duties, ranging
from complex to routine, all of which contribute to the efficient and
professional operation of IITA programs.
Main responsibilities include:
- Assist the Project Accountant in preparation of students’/interns payroll.
- Timely capture, tagging and reporting of fixed assets details in liaison with the administration office (Procurement)
- Maintain the cash and travel advance register
- Prepare cheques for payments and imprest reimbursements
- Process and submit payment vouchers and receipts to the accountant for posting
- Undertake banking duties including over counter transactions, relationship management etc.
- Prepare payment vouchers and ensure proper support documentation
- Process travel claims/advance and ensure timely submission and processing of advances and legalizations
- Preparation of Journal Vouchers for review by project accountant.
- Maintain office cash imprest and coordinate weekly cash count process
- Ensure proper filing of financial and accounting records for easy retrieval
- Compile and process hard copy accounting support documentation for submission to HQ
- Perform any other under the jurisdiction of the accounting office
The candidate shall have the following
competencies, skills and experience:
- CPA III
- 1 Year experience in a busy accounting environment
- Possess good interpersonal and communication skills, good judgement and a high level of integrity and respect for confidentiality.
- High level of computer skills, ability to handle complex financial and accounting systems including knowledge of Oracle and ability to learn new applications quickly.
Terms of employment:
The position is
nationally recruited, will be based at IITA Offices in Nairobi, Kenya.
The contract
will be for two years period, subject to a probation period of three (3)
months, renewable depending on performance and availability of resources.
How to Apply:
Applicants are
invited to send a cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above
position against the listed qualifications, competencies, skills together with
a detailed curriculum vitae, including names and addresses of three referees.
All
correspondence should be sent to ciatkenyainfo@cgiar.org
and should clearly indicate “IITA Accounts Assistant” on the subject line.
Applications and
CV’s should be saved as one file using the applicant’s last name and first name
for ease of sorting.
Closing date for
applications: 3rd March 2014
All applications
will be acknowledged; only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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