Senior Accountant

A diversified horticultural company based in Nairobi with 4 farms in the outskirts of Nairobi is seeking to recruit a Senior Accountant to be based in their Nairobi office. The ideal candidate MUST have experience working with multi-currency. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Post financial data to appropriate accounts in an automated accounting system.
• Enter, update, and/or retrieve accounting data from automated systems.
• Payroll preparation and statutory remittance.
• Submit relevant withholding and VAT payments to Kenya Revenue Authority.
• Code, post and receive payments.
• Prepare and coordinate deposit activities.
• Perform all necessary account, bank and other reconciliations.
• Monitor customer accounts for non-payment and delayed payments.
• Assist in month end reporting procedures.
• Prepare and process employee expense reports.
• Design, prepare, and maintain accounting and finance spreadsheets.
• Clients accounts reconciliations for payments received and disbursed.
• Keep track of all insurance policies and licences, renewal dates and renew as required.
• Keep track of the company’s in-house employee loan scheme.
• Create sales agreements and proforma invoices and assist the sales team in seeing through sales.
• Prepare a proper monthly Work-in-Progress report and a stock report.
• Prepare all financial accounts ready for Auditors.          
• Review new procedures, manuals, and system enhancements.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Five years’ work experience in Accounting or Finance.
• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, or equivalent.
• CPA(K).
• Experience working with multicurrency.
• Must be above 35 years.
• Advanced proficiency in accounting software tools, i.e. spreadsheets.
• Ability to understand and apply current accounting guidelines, system and policy updates.
• Ability and drive to work independently, solution oriented.
• Ability to meet schedules and deadlines of the work area.
• Ability to communicate effectively.

Monthly gross Salary: Kshs 150,000 (Approx. 1,500 USD)

Deadline: 15th January 2017 

Applications:

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