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• Ensure
  that accurate and complete accounting, reporting and internal control
  systems are functioning and that all relevant records are maintained on
  payments made by the Lab to various payees, on revenue invoices issued by
  the Lab to various payees and a record of Accounts Payable and Accounts
  Receivable
• Participating
  in issuing various accounting documents like payment vouchers, receipts,
  invoices etc.

• Prepare
  Monthly billings to Customers and ensure dispatch on timely basis and
  compiling financial information on revenues accruing to Lab
• Review
  requisitions before submitting to the procurement unit for Order
  processing
• Witness
  receiving of goods supplied before keeping in the store.
• Prepare
  payments by verifying documents
• Compute
  taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment,
  reporting and other tax requirements. Ensuring prompt remittance of all
  rates and taxes.
• Ensuring
  compliance with the entity’s financial management procedures
• Participating
  in preparation of the Annual budget
• Ensuring
  timely submission of expense reports, bank reconciliations and any other
  periodic reports.
• Provide
  input to responses to internal and external auditors observations in the
  review of entity’s financial and administrative practices and records

• Presents
  monthly control Account reconciliations for review by the Financial
  manager
• Produce
  month end reports (Balance sheet, income and expenditure and cash flow
  statements for the review by the Finance Manager (FM) and cash flow
  projections for use by management,
• Lead
  on the monthly stock taking exercise, reconciliation and discusses the
  outcome with the FM
• Prepare
  monthly bank and cash reconciliations, follow up on unpresented payments
  for over 3 months and errors on bank statements.
• Scrutinize
  all petty cash statements for voracity and unusual entries and brings to
  the attention of the FM where necessary and review and checks all imprest
  refill requests before processing
• Review
  the fixed Asset reconciliations and sign off on quarterly basis before
  passing it to FM

• The
  applicant must hold a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting option) or Bachelor
  of Business Administration (BBA) (Finance/ Accounting) from a reputable
  Institution/University
• ACCA
  or CPA qualification (or in the process of being certified, level 2
  minimum).
• Four
  years of progressively responsible experience in professional accounting
  or auditing is required.
• High
  levels of professionalism
• Planning
  and Organizing skills
• Teamwork.
• Demonstrated
  experience in working with and managing Sub¬grantees
• Knowledge
  and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and
  IFRS
• Demonstrated
  skills in developing and managing budgets and fiscal control principles
• Demonstrated
  skills in developing and monitoring systems and capacity building of
  external stakeholders
• Relevant
  skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheets

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