Accountant and Properties officer Job at Presbyterian, Kenya

The Presbyterian Foundation (the investment arm of the PCEA) seeks to employ a qualified person to the position of Chief Accountant to the Foundation charged with day to day management of financial operations.

The ideal candidate shall have the following competencies, qualification and experience:

Competencies, Qualification and Experience:

 

• Must posses a higher diploma or a first degree in any business studies, business management and economics or social sciences areas. An advanced degree shall be an added advantage
• Must have professional accounting Qualifications –CPA, ACCA
• Computer skills backed by high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office-word, excel and power point as well as operational knowledge of accounting software such as PASTEL, QUICKBOOKS etc
• Must have analytical and strong investment evaluation skills
• Must have risk and quantitative analysis skills
• Must have business communication and interpersonal skills
• Must have audit experience of not less than 5 years
• Must have internal audit back ground of not less than 3 years
• Must be a believer, a person of high morals and integrity.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising, coordinating and managing the financial operations of the foundation and its related investments which include guest houses, hotels and rental properties
• Implementing internal controls at the foundation and at its related investments units which include guest houses, hotels and rental properties
• Performing accounting work at the foundation
• Performing financial performance monitoring of the foundation and its units including guest houses, hotels and rental properties, and reporting this to the CEO and the Board of the foundation
• Reviewing budgets, expenditure and investment proposals, and spending approval requests by the foundation and by its units which include guest houses, hotels and rental properties
• Reviewing all accounting reports of the foundation and its related units which include guest houses, hotels and rental properties
• Preparing budgets of the Foundation and causing to be prepared annual budgets by the various units of the foundation which include guest houses, hotels and rental properties
• Preparing financial reports as deemed necessary by the CEO and the Board of the foundation.
• Shall be answerable to the Secretary/CEO

Properties Officer

The Presbyterian Foundation (the investment arm of the PCEA) seeks to employ a qualified person to the position of Properties Officer to the Foundation charged with day to day management of properties of the foundation.

The ideal candidate shall have the following competencies, qualification and experience:

Competencies, Qualification and Experience:

• First degree in Land economics or other related discipline
• A minimum of 5 years experience in a property management firm

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a record of all leases on properties owned by the Foundation
• Ensuring that all rates and rents due to government agencies are paid promptly
• Preparing the relevant schedules of rent collections, arrears and defaults
• Ensuring the collection of rent form all properties owned or managed by the foundation
• Ensuring currency of insurance on all properties owned or managed by the foundation
• Undertaking on a periodic basis the relevant inspection of all properties owned or managed by the foundation for purposes of repairs and maintenance
• Maintaining a repairs and a maintenance log of all properties owned or managed by the foundation
• Reporting to the CEO
• Undertaking the registration of titles and leases of all the properties owned by the foundation in liaison with Presbyteries, Parishes and Church institution.
• Shall be answerable to the Secretary/CEO.

Interested candidates should submit their application to festgitonga@pcea.or.ke on or before 30th June, 2011.

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