JOB DETAILS:

Description

TASO Staff Cooperative Society Limited (TASCOS) is hiring a SACCO Administrator responsible for posting and balancing the SACCO books of accounts and computer systems, and making timely financial reports, plans and budgets. Ensure that all vouchers are properly completed and authorized before they are posted to the SACCO’s books of accounts.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Implement established internal financial controls.
  • Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, annual and other necessary financial reports in time.
  • Review timely bank reconciliations.
  • Perform periodic and surprise cash counts to ensure the petty cash system is properly maintained.
  • Review all payment/ loan requests for completeness and adequacy of supporting documentation.
  • Ensure that activity funds advanced (contingency funds) are accounted for within 48hrs after the completion of such an activity.
  • Ensure that statutory deductions are properly accounted for and remitted to the relevant authorities within the required dates.
  • Prepare financial statements for external audit purposes
  • Coordinate the External audit exercise for the SACCO.
  • Compile & consolidate the SACCO Annual budget.
  • Prepare and submit variance and other management reports as required.
  • Provide technical and financial management support of the SACCO
  • Ensure proper utilisation and timely accountability of funds of the SACCO.
  • Organize quarterly executive meetings
  • Organize SACCO Annual General Meeting on time
  • Maintain the SACCO Assets/ Inventory register

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Applicants should possess a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Bachelor of Commerce, 2 years in a position with heavy accounting responsibilities in a reputable SACCO or organization, preferably an NGO.

Special Knowledge

• Knowledge of financial accounting procedures
• Knowledge of planning, budgeting, reporting and auditing
• Knowledge of SACCO/ cooperative management
• Key Skills: Supervisory Skills, Organizing Skills, Public Relations Skills and Hands-on-computer skills in MS Word, Excel and relevant accounting packages
• Other Qualities/Attributes: Highest level of honesty and integrity, appropriate degree of assertiveness and Speed and accuracy