City Eye Hospital
Position Title: Accountant
About Us
City Eye Hospital is a social venture that provides quality and affordable eye care to people living in Kenya and is a member of the ACCESS eye hospital network in Sub-Saharan Africa.
We are a dedicated, dynamic, and experienced team of eye care professionals.
We are looking forward to onboard top and unique talent to support our venture of offering unmatched eye care services in line with our core values; God, People and Excellence.
We have exciting career opportunities as detailed below;
Vacancy Details
Our Ref: CEH/HR/REC/002/2023
Terms of Engagement: Locum – 2 Months
Role: Accountant
Place of work: City Eye Hospital – Main Hospital
Reporting to: Senior Accountant
No. of Vacancies: 1
Main Purpose of the Role: Reporting to the Senior Accountant, the incumbent will be tasked to perform tasks in Accounts Receivables (NHIF), payables and bank reconciliations.
Key Responsibilities
Accounts Receivables
- Raising accurate NHIF profoma invoices and forwarding them to the relevant personnel for sharing with the clients as per the relevant company standard operating procedures.
- Raising accurate NHIF invoices and forwarding them to the relevant personnel for further action as per company standard operating procedures.
- Receiving of NHIF payments into the system.
Accounts Payables
- Posting of purchase invoices.
- Providing support in writing cheques.
- Verification and approval of optical lenses LPOs as per set guidelines
- Performing supplier accounts reconciliations on a monthly basis
- Ensure proper deposits of front office revenues as per set Standard Operating Procedures
- Preparation of VAT and WHT, Itax as per SOP
- Posting of petty cash and conducting bank reconciliations
- Posting of petty cash and conducting bank reconciliations.
- Take part in company projects and carry out any other tasks that may be assigned to you by your
- Line Manager and/ or any other person placed in authority over you.
Knowledge and Experience Required
- Bachelors or higher in a business-related field (preferably accounting)
- CPA Finalist
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar role.
- Professional qualification shall be an added advantage.
- Must be available to on- board immediately.
Key Skills and Competencies Required
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Exceptional Communication and Customer Care skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work on tight deadlines.
- Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Experience in working with ERP systems.
- Computer literacy skills.
Application Criteria
Interested and qualified candidates to make their applications through careers@cityeyehospital.or.ke with the subject being “Accountant- Locum” – CEH/HR/REC/002/2023’’.
This should reach us on or before 22nd January 2023.
The application must include;
- An up-to-date CV, not more than 4 pages long, with the current and expected remuneration indicated in the CV.
- A one-page document in PDF format explaining how their personality aligns to the core values of City Eye Hospital.
We are committed to grant you a great applicant’s experience, and we do not discriminate against gender, religion, marital status or any other diversities.
All applications shall be accorded due consideration but due to the high volume of the same that we receive, we shall only be able to contact the shortlisted candidates.
Applicants who fail to adhere to the application criteria indicated and do not meet the qualifications highlighted shall automatically be disqualified.