Accountant
1 Position
Name of Country: Kenya
Project Name: Kenya Coastal Development
Project
Project ID No: P094692.
Credit No: 4801-KE
Expressions of Interest Reference No: EOI/No. KCDP/16/2013-2014
Project Background: The Government of Kenya has received
financing from the international Development Association (IDA) and the Global
Environmental Facility (GEF) towards the Kenya Coastal Development Project
(KCDP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds to finance hiring of an
Accountant to serve in the Project Coordinating Unit (PCU).
Kenya Marine and
Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) is the coordinating institution for KCDP
and is charged with mobilization of all consultancies on behalf of the project
implementing agencies in line with the project requirements.
This request for
Expression of Interest (EOI) follows the general Procurement notice for this
Project, issue of 26th July, 2011.
Objective: The PCU Accountant will provide
accounting support to the PCU Team of the KCDP. This team is comprised of the
Project Coordinator, the Component Managers, Consultants and PCU support staff.
The officer will
be responsible for day-to-day accounting aspects of the project and will
formally report to the Project Finance Management Specialist who in turn
reports to the Project Coordinator.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Overall work programming and
implementation
- Ensuring all payments are adequately supported, computations on the supporting vouchers are correct, spending is within the approved budget and is correctly approved by the budget holder;
- Ensuring all advance payments are correctly and fully accounted for with appropriate expenditure documents;
- Ensuring monthly reconciliation procedures of various accounts are carried out in a timely manner;
- Reviewing and posting expenditure, fixed assets movements, depreciation and payroll journals to General ledger accounts;
- Ensuring approved budgets are input into the budget ledger in a timely manner to facilitate monitoring of actual against budget;
- Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls;
- Undertake payroll administration and remittance of statutory deductions to the relevant authority;
- Ensure safe custody of all financial documents; and
- Prepare financial reporting including quarterly interim Financial reports (IFRs).
Documentation and reporting
- Ensuring timely reporting to the Financial Specialist on budget spent including analysis by the implementing agency;
- Work closely with the Financial Specialist and PCU Project Accountant at the PCU to provide financial accounts, audit schedules and supporting documents to auditors as required, particularly those required for the Statements of Expenditures (SOEs) and Project Account management; and
- Undertake miscellaneous accounting and finance tasks as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Required:
- Have at least a first degree in a related field;
- Have a Certified Public Accountant III certification;
- A minimum 3 years’ relevant work experience in the public sector and donor funded projects is preferable;
- Computer skills including good command of MS office;
- Ability and willingness to learn new finance software;
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and under pressure to meet tight schedules; and
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Interested
persons are drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank Guidelines: Selection and
Employment of consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by
World Bank Borro wers published in May 2004, and revised in October 2006 and
May 2010 (Consultants Guidelines,), setting forth the World Bank’s Policy on
conflict of interest.
Successful
candidates will be selected in accordance with the selection method based on
Comparison of CVs as set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
Candidates can
obtain further information at the address below from 0800 to 1500 hours from
Monday to Friday excluding Public Holidays.
Those wishing to
submit soft copies MUST send them to the two addresses below.
The Director
Kenya Marine and
Fisheries Research Institute
Silos Road,
English Point — Mkomani, Mombasa.
Email:
consultancies@kmfri.co.ke and info@kcdp.co.ke
www.kcdp.co.ke FBkeycdp, twitterkeycdp
Tele: +254
-20-2353904 or +254-20-8041560/1; Fax: +254 -20-235 3226
Candidates are
requested to submit written Expressions of Interest EOI (by mail or e-mail)
complete with copies of relevant testimonials such as CVs clearly marked “EO1
No. KCDP/16/2013-2014, Expression Of Interest (EOI) for hiring of an Accountant
to serve in the Project Coordinating Unit (PCU)” to the above address OR be
deposited into the tender Box mounted next to the office of the Supply Chain
Chief Qfficer at KMFRI Headquarters in Mombasa on or before 2nd, May 2014 at
11.00 am
Evans Nyakoni
For: Director /
KMFRI Issued on: 17tl April 2014
