Finance Assistant

Description
Provide Accounting and Financial support to the Finance unit of APHIAplus, Nakuru office .
Job Summary / Responsibilities
Managing Petty cash as below:
Reimbursing expenses falling under petty cash.
Timely requisitioning of petty cash at field level.
Ensuring completeness of all petty cash vouchers: proper back up, complete approval by relevant officers, continuous referencing & accuracy of the figures.
Manage Program advances in the county offices as below :
Receiving advances from the field & dispatching to the relevant officers.
Making payments to participants.
Follow up with staff on due advances for retirement.
Help put together returns for the advances retirement in a timely manner.
Verification for completeness of all retirement returns: arithmetical accuracy, stamping paid, complete approvals &full back up on the returns.
Timely banking of cash refunds for monies received at field level and communicating to Finance officer/man
Maintain well updated & accessible Finance files at field level (retirement returns, petty cash, cash reconciliations &any other correspondence finance information).
Support program staff in making cash payments in meetings/works
Work closely with field finance teams to help capacity build program staff on a need basis
Qualifications
At least CPA Part II.
Minimum 1-3 years of progressive working experience in similar environment with adequate exposure to project accounting, financial management including budgeting, grants and contracts.Understanding of finance records reconciliations.
Must have demonstrable hands-on experience with an accounting system.
Experience working with an international organization and a University degree in Commerce or Business Accounting will be an added advantage.