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Accounting Technician (Salaries & Disbursement)
Jamaica Trade Board Ltd
- Kingston and St. Andrew
- 10000 - 20000
- Permanent full-time
- Updated 11/11/2025
- HRM
Responsible for managing salary payments and supporting efficient operations of the Finance and Accounts unit.
Accounting Technician (salaries and disbursement)
Salary Range : $2,190,302 - $2,945,712
FMG/AT3
JOB PURPOSE
The incumbent is responsible for the control of payment of fortnightly and monthly salaries and to contribute to the efficient and orderly operations of the Finance and Accounts unit by ensuring the accurate and timely lodgments of funds to the relevant bank accounts and maintaining TBL’s Deposit Holders Account and filing system.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Checks all the allowance claim forms to ensure that they are accurately calculated and processed accordingly.
• Prepares the annual returns for Income Tax, NIS, NHT and Education Tax for the relevant statutory bodies and submit to the Financial Accountant for review.
• Prepares fortnightly and monthly payroll in accordance with approved salary package.
• Ensures that advances and overpayment (if any) are promptly recovered.
• Calculate statutory and authorized deductions and remit to relevant government and financial institutions
• Prepare deductions reports
• Prepare payment vouchers in cases of adjustments made to the payroll
• Balances payroll and adjusts monthly summary
• Prepares costing for all retroactive payments due to fortnightly and monthly paid employees including those resulting from reclassification /upgrade or new heads of agreement.
• Effectively maintain salary deductions control register
• Ensure that all source documents are noted and placed on file for retrieval
• Prepare all relevant salary particulars including P24, P45 salary leaving and pension particulars requested by employees.
• Provide letters to employees in respect of salary particulars, contributions and other deductions.
• Files information pertaining to memoranda and deduction orders received
• Records data concerning transfers and resignations of employees
• Review employees status, assignments, rates of pay and benefits.
• Packages monthly and fortnightly salaries and submits to be disbursed
• Checks and records Deposit Holders Deposits to Peach Tree System
• Prepares and submits invoices to Deposit Holders
• Prepares and submits monthly statements to Deposit Holders
• Checks and verifies Deposit Holders request
• Prepares all payment vouchers and submits to checking and certifying officer for signature
• Enters journal vouchers and cashier’s daily revenue collection to Peach Tree System
• Prepares monthly Invoice for payment of Revenue to TAJ and AGD
• Prepares and submits utilities bills to Accountant to process payment
• Dispatches salary deduction cheques to the relevant agencies and ensure they are properly recorded and signed for
• Assists in the preparation of audit schedules
• Maintains Petty Cash Imprest, making authorized petty cash payments and obtain petty cash reimbursement when necessary
• Prepares monthly lodgments for TBL’s bank accounts,
• Issues cheques to payees upon proper identification
• Performs cashier duties in the absence of the incumbent
• Lodges amounts received to the relevant bank account promptly and ensures that the amounts received are correct and receipts properly drawn
• Ensures that payees are advised promptly whenever cheques are ready in order to eliminate the possibility of holding stale-dated cheques
• Records journals vouchers submitted by Finance Manager for payroll, depreciation, revenue collection and bank charges on a monthly basis and other adjustment journals
• Maintains Utilities Register
• Files accurately and timely all accounting documents including Bank Statements, Accounting Statement, Deposit Holders Lodgement/receipt slips, Revenue Collection and Payment Vouchers.
• Ensures that Deposit Holders account balances are kept at a minimal level
• Processes deposit account application request for prospective customers
• Customers notified to collect cheques within the agreed timeframe
MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• AAT Level 3; OR
• ACCA-CAT Level C/Level 3; OR
• ACCA Level 1; OR
• NVQJ Level 3, Accounting; OR
• Diploma in Accounting from an accredited University or Community College; OR
• Associate of Science Degree in Business Studies/Business Administration from an accredited tertiary Institution; OR
• Associate of Science Degree in Accounting from MIND OR
• Diploma in Government Accounting from MIND OR
• Government Accounting Levels 1, 2 & 3 from MIND
• BSc. Degree in Accounting or Management Studies with Accounting; OR
• BBA Degree; OR
• Successful completion of 3 years of any of the Bachelor’s Degree programmes mentioned above.
AND
• Three (3) years’ related work experience, preferably within a government institution
Ref: Accounts
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Jamaica Trade Board Ltd
- 10th Floor, Air Jamaica Building, 72 Harbour St, Kingston , Jamaica
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