KCDP Project Coordinating Unit Accountant Job in Kenya

Accountant

1 Position

Name of Country: Kenya
 

Project Name: Kenya Coastal Development Project
 

Project ID No: P094692.
 

Purchaser: Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 

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

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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