Vacancy Reference: HRMPEB/ACC/5/1/04

Job Purpose

• The Finance and Accounts function is responsible for ensuring that the Board’s financial resources are collected and managed in a prudent, accountable, and transparent manner to achieve effectiveness, economy, and efficiency. The role also entails maintaining a robust financial management system that supports the production of accurate and reliable financial statements, free from material error and fraud, to inform management decisionmaking and meet statutory reporting requirements.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• This is the entry and training grade for Accountants. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Preparing and verifying payment vouchers as well as revenue vouchers and submit for processing in accordance with the laid down rules and regulations;
•  Carrying out routine accounting work such as balancing of cashbooks, imprest and advances;
• Maintaining registers of documents received and dispatched;
• Primary data entry in ledgers, cashbooks, vote books and registers;
• Issuing receipts for monies received;
• Filing payments and receipt vouchers and ensure safety of accounts files;
• Filing simple statutory returns with relevant institutions;
• Entering in the system entries relating to revenues and expenses;
• Processing imprests, advances and other disbursements and remit statutory deductions;
• Preparing and maintaining financial records;
• Maintaining primary records such as cashbooks, ledgers, vote books, registers; writing cheques and posting payments and receipt vouchers in the cash book;
• Preparing simple management reports such as imprest and expenditure returns and
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Person Specification

For appointment to this position, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Finance, Accounts Commerce (Finance Option), Business Administration, Business Management, Economics or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications skills; and
• Fulfill the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution

Additional Advantage:

• Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (CPA-K)
• Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or any other recognized professional body

Key Skills and Competencies

• Integrity;
• Planning and organizing skills;
• IT skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Ability to working in teams; and
• Time Management.

All applications should reach the Board on or before 1 st June, 2026 by 1700hrs. Applications should be addressed to:

Chief Executive Officer,
 Human Resource Management Professionals Examinations Board.
 P.O. Box 23733 – 00100,
 Nairobi, Kenya.

Applicants should email the softcopy applications to the CEO using the email  quoting the vacancy reference number and job title on the subject. All the documents should be merged into a single PDF file