Accountant

Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparing and verifying payment vouchers as well as revenue vouchers and submitting them for processing in accordance with the laid down rules and regulations.
• Carrying out routine accounting work such as balancing of cashbooks, imprest, and advances.
• Maintaining registers of documents received and dispatched.
• Primary data entry in ledgers, cashbooks, vote books, and registers.
• Issuing receipts for monies received.
• Filing payments and receipt vouchers and ensuring the safety of accounts files.
• Filing simple statutory returns with relevant institutions.
• Entering entries relating to revenues and expenses into the system.
• Processing imprests, advances, and other disbursements and remitting statutory deductions.
• Preparing and maintaining financial records.
• Maintaining primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers, vote books, and registers; writing cheques and posting payments and receipt vouchers in the cash book.
• Preparing simple management reports such as imprest and expenditure returns.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements and Person Specification

For appointment to this position, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Finance, Accounts, Commerce (Finance Option), Business Administration, Business Management, Economics or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Proficiency in computer applications skills.
• Fulfillment of the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya.

Additional Advantages

• Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (CPA-K).
• Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or any other recognized professional body.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Integrity and professional ethics.
• Planning and organizing skills.
• IT and analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in teams.
• Excellent time management.

How to Apply

All applications should reach the Board on or before 1st June, 2026 by 1700hrs. Applications should be addressed to:

Chief Executive Officer, Human Resource Management Professionals Examinations Board, P.O. Box 23733 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

Applicants should email the softcopy applications to the CEO using the email: recruitment@hrmpeb.or.ke quoting the vacancy reference number (HRMPEB/ACC/5/1/04) and job title on the subject. All documents should be merged into a single PDF file.