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Open in new tab POSITION TITLE: Parish Accountant
CONTRACT TYPE: Part-time
CONTRACT PERIOD: One (1) Year
MODE OF APPLICATION: Hand delivery.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 28th August 2023
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Working closely with the Parish Finance Committee (PFC) Chair and the Parish Priest to support in the
administration of Parish Financial Resources.
✓ Prepare adequate accruals for all unpaid invoices of a particular month and make releases once payment
has been affected. Ensure all accruals are reconciled to the general ledger on a monthly basis.
✓ Respond to vendor inquiries and reconcile vendor statements.
✓ Make reconciliations of prepayments, provisions and staff advances and submit schedules within the
required time.
✓ In consultation with Parish Finance Chair, maintain updated cashbook(s) for reference before any
payments are processed.
✓ Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for all parish accounts.
✓ Ensure timely posting of all non-current Assets into the accounting software and issuing of Local
Purchase Orders
✓ Prepare billing instructions for clients for the delivery of services.
✓ Responsible for Issuing of Proforma invoices and all claims on a timely basis and ensure they have gone
through the relevant approval process and within agreed service levels and ensure they are duly recorded
in the correct entity.
✓ Regular updates of income stream through account reconciliation of project accounts; company
expenditure, income etc.
✓ Verification and filing of all documents related to accounts receivable in the finance department.
✓ Ensure that tax is correctly accounted for on all payments in accordance with the Income Tax Act and
provide suppliers with their Withholding Tax (WHT) certificates on a timely basis.
✓ Regular issuing of updated monthly financial reports.
✓ Propose and document standard operational procedures.
✓ Initiation of transactions in the Smart Parish system for approval
✓ Implement and train staff on use of Smart Parish System
✓ Track implementation of the annual parish budget and the strategic plan
✓ Introduce controls in the running of all parish projects and ventures including but not limited to water
billing and payment, book sales, pledge tracking, offertory reporting among others.
✓ Proper filing & organizing of all documents pertaining to the above tasks for ease of retrieval.