To ensure timely fee collection and other financial duties as assigned by Finance and Administration Officer
Responsibilities for the Accounting Job
Ensure timely collection of school fees
Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports toassess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
Develop and provide timely financial accounting reports for management consumption
Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting or other tax requirements.
Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
Maintain or examine the records pertaining to regulatory agencies.
Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
Represent the school in discussions with the revenue authority and provide support during litigation involving financial issues.
Key Performance Areas and Measures
Ensure timely fees collection
Manage petty cash
Manage all salary payments and deductions eg NSSF, NHIF
Timely collection and banking of school fees
100% clear, complete and comprehensive record keeping eg petty cash transactions, bills, invoices
The school meets the statutory tax requirements
Timely submission of reports to the Finance Officer
Qualifications for the Accounting Job
Academic and professional qualifications
First degree in business administration or equivalent
CPA or equivalent qualification
Technical knowledge, skills and competencies
Strong analytical and organisational skills
Ability to prepare standard financial reports on a regular basis
Proven computer literacy in Microsoft Office or related programs
Experience in using financial accounting packages and working in a computerised environment
Proven ability to work well with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders and to act ethically
Strong work ethic, based on proactive planning and personal responsibility
Customer service skills
Over 5 years of relevant work and progressive experience preferably gained through working in a busy service oriented organization
Personal Attributes
Critical thinking skills
Trustworthiness
Undoubted integrity
Time management skills
Good communication skills
