Accounts Assistant

This position offers a great opportunity for career growth. Job Purpose: To contribute to strategic and responsible finances management by providing professional accounting to ensure timely, dependable, and accurate information for decision making. Key Responsibilities: - Invoicing, receipting and mailing of student statements. - Invoicing, receipting and mailing other customer statements - Bank reconciliations for all banks and ensuring approvals by the 10th of the month for the previous month - Attend to student fees issues and other matters by other stakeholders. - Attend to student registration and exam clearance. Ensure adherence to laid down policies and procedures. - Attend to graduation clearance matters and reconcile and prepare for caution fee and credit balance refunds. - Update batch receipts for student scholarships once received. - Ensure timely banking of cheques received in the cash office - Monitor cash imprests paid out to ensure compliance with finance policy and recommend remedial actions to the finance manager. - Monitor accounts receivable and ensure that they are settled within the agreed timelines - Prepare the necessary journals entries for approval and posting. - Obtain and file all bank statements - Timely response to student queries through emails and phone calls - Attend to queries by student donors for students who are on scholarships on a timely basis. - Maintain a professional and customer friendly approach in dealing with students and other stakeholders in the course of your work. - Any other duties may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor in furtherance of the University objectives. Requirements: Qualifications and Experience - Hold a degree in Business with Accounting option with at least one year experience in a similar position. - CPA qualifications at at least the intermediate level. - Excellent grasp of computer applications, especially Excel. - Experience working with an accounting system. Requirements: Qualifications and Experience - Versatile and willing to take up any assignments within the department when necessary. - Good communication skill and interpersonal relationships. - Attention to detail and accuracy. - Person of high integrity and good morals in line with the Christian Values of the university. - A committed born-again evangelical Christian.