Job Title: Accountant
Hiring Organization: BURN
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Manufacturing
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 07/13/2024
About
BURN
BURN designs, manufactures, and distributes aspirational
fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing
world. BURN has revolutionized the global cookstove sector by proving the
business case for selling a high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized
cookstoves. Since 2013, BURN has sold 200,000+ high quality, locally
manufactured and unsubsidized jikokoas â„¢ stoves in East Africa. These stoves
have helped 1,000,000+ beneficiaries save $39 million in fuel expenditures and
626,221 tons of wood while reducing indoor air pollution by 65%. BURN currently
sells ~10,000 stoves per month and intend to double sales by the end of 2017.
About the role
Reporting to the Head of Finance, the individual will be
responsible for preparing accounts and managing financial information. They
will be required to prepare and examine financial records, assuring information
is up to date and accurate as well as accounting or taxation or focus on more
specific areas of the company’s financial department.
Duties
and Responsibilities
- Enter all
financial transaction details into the accounting system on real time
basis for both local and foreign entities.
- Supplier
Management.
- Assist with
implementing and maintaining internal financial controls and procedures.
- Assist with the
preparation and coordination of the audit process.
- Reconciliation.
- Statutory
filing.
- Prepare supplier
payments.
- Identify and
address discrepancies on purchase invoices and receipts shared.
- Ensure all
supporting documentation (including tax-compliant invoices) is available
and filed correctly.
- Customer
invoicing.
- Accounts
Receivable – Preparing, verifying and sending customer statements for both
local and export markets.
- Submitting
financial reports on a timely basis.
- Updating and
keeping all settings up to date in the ERP/accounting system.
- Any other tasks
as requested by the line manager and/or senior management
Skills
and Experience
- Experience in
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is desirable.
- At least 3
years’ experience in a business environment preferably manufacturing
industry.
- Bachelor’s
degree in finance or accounting.
- CPA finalist.
