Accountant-job Grade Cue 6 at Commission for University Education

Duties and responsibilities will entail:

Facilitating reconciliation of the various ledgers;

Facilitating preparation of various financial reports and budgets and online submission of reports;

Preparing annual, quarterly, monthly trial balance reports;

Maintaining the fixed asset register;

Advising on assets that need revaluation and those that have been fully depreciated;

Participating in preparation of periodic budget(s);

Maintaining and updating the vote book entries;

Capturing income and expenditure data in the accounting system;

Identifying officers with outstanding balances and ascertain closing balances at the end of every month;

Processing statutory deductions for timely submission to comply with the regulations;

Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual expenditure reports for review by the management;

Preparing periodic outstanding imprest reports, cash flow reports to assist in decision making;

Undertaking bank reconciliations;

Verifying and examining payment vouchers and staff imprest warrants;

Accounting for project funds including the preparation of donor fund expenditure analysis reports for review by management;

Maintaining and controlling financial documents by filing and storing financial reports for future retrieval and reference; and

Maintaining accounting documents.

Persons Specifications

• For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -

Bachelors Degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Business Management (Finance option) or other relevant and equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;

Proficiency in computer applications; and

Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya.

Application Procedure

• Interested and qualified candidates who meet the above requirements are requested to make their applications ONLINE through the Careers portal available on CUE website.

• Shortlisted candidates will be expected to bring the original certificates for verification during the interview.

• All applications to reach the Commission on or before 2nd June, 2026 at 5.00 p.m East Africa time.

The Successful candidates will be required to provide the following documents before the award of offer in compliance with Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010:

• Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

• Clearance from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

• Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).

• Clearance Certificate from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB).

• Clearance Certificate from an approved Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)