Overall Purpose Of The Job.
- This role is responsible for providing
guidance to the Chief Accountant and Executive Management through
management reporting; budgeting and forecast cost and control.
Job Responsibilities:
- Preparation of monthly management
accounts.
- Provide the required assurance that all
accounting entries passed in the GL are free of material misstatements and
that due diligence is observed while processing accounting journals.
- Preparation of monthly segments and group
consolidated profit and loss statements, Balance sheet and cashflow
statement.
- Respond to financial inquiries raised by
various costs and profit centers. Ensure appropriate and effective
accounting policies procedures are adopted in accordance with statutory
requirements and accounting standards.
- Offer decision support to business units
through informative dashboards, trend reports and variance analysis.
- Cost control through daily approval of
expenditures to conform to set budgets.
- Regularly advise management on new
projects profitability through preparation of P&Ls, Cashflows and ROI
reports.
- Assist in preparation of the Annual
financial Report booklet.
- Daily GL analysis and monitoring of
quality of the information input. Preparation of company annual budget
through collection of information from the business units, analysis using
a zero-based approach, consolidating and submission to management for discussion
and alignment, before approval by the Board of Directors. Upload of the
approved budgets to SAP(ERP). Maintaining budgetary control through daily
analysis of revenue and cost.
- Direct material costing which involves
preparation of weekly reports for print consumables and the broadcast
programs schedule.
Qualifications And Experience:
- University degree in accounting such as
B. Com (Accounting) or equivalent. CPA (K), ICPAK, ACCA.
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in
similar work in a commercial organization
- Strategic planning and Goal setting to
ensure the organization’s long- term sustainability
- Full member of top decision-making body
Ability
to understand long term effects on the organization Must understand
function/discipline planning requirements. Contributes to policy making
decisions impacting the whole organization.
How To Apply
If
you possess the above qualifications and have the drive to meet the challenges,
send your resume to vacancies@standardmedia.co.ke
not later than 26th July, 2024.
