Accounts Clerk (Temporary)

About the role

The Mahatma Gandhi Institute in Moka is recruiting, on a temporary basis, an Accounts Clerk. The post assists the Accounts Officer and Senior Accounts Officer and covers payroll, petty cash, bank reconciliations, ledgers and computerised accounting and payroll software.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the Accounts Officer and Senior Accounts Officer in their duties.
• Prepare papers relating to salaries and wages, passage benefits, vouchers, claims and receipts.
• Write up cheques and supervise their issue and despatch.
• Deal with petty cash and maintain the petty cash book.
• Maintain and update the Debtors' Ledger, Creditors' Ledger, Vote Control Book, Plant Register and cash books.
• Check overtime forms, deal with transport bookings and vehicle maintenance, and process car loan applications.
• Collect money, attend to banking transactions and prepare monthly bank reconciliation statements.
• Work on computerised accounting and payroll software, help prepare monthly expenditure and revenue analysis, and assist in stock verification and final accounts.

Required profile

• Cambridge School Certificate with credit in at least five subjects including English, French, Mathematics or Principles of Accounts, obtained at not more than two sittings; or equivalent GCE O'Level passes (Grade C or above) in at least five subjects, or an equivalent qualification accepted by the MGI and RTI Council.
• For candidates without a credit in English, passes at Principal and Subsidiary level plus the General Paper are also considered.
• Either a Principal Level Accounting pass with at least two years of finance/audit experience, a Third Level Accounting pass with two years' experience, or a Level 2 Bookkeeping certificate with four years' experience.
• Knowledge of spreadsheet or computer operation software is desirable.
• Candidates must provide written evidence of claimed experience and qualifications; age limit of 45 for non-government candidates.

Applications are made on the prescribed form, with copies of academic, professional and character certificates, and submitted by 3.30 p.m. on 25 November 2025. Salary is Rs19,850 per month plus salary compensations at approved rates.