Responsibilities:
Accounting
and finance Roles
- Managing the company’s financial accounts,
payroll, budget, cash receipts and financial assets
- Preparing the books in preparation for company’s
financial audits and supporting the audit process
- Following proper accounting procedures to reach
financial objectives
- Monitoring and analyzing financial accounting
data
- Creating financial reports based on data
analysis
- Ensuring day-to-day transactions such as
accounts payable, cash receipts and accounts receivable, credit card
transactions, and payroll are recorded properly.
- Performing timely and accurate month-end journal
entries and balance sheet reconciliations (e.g., net assets, investments,
revenue, expenses, payroll allocations, etc.), ensuring that accounting
schedules are updated and accurate.
- Ensuring proper revenue and expense recognition.
- Monitoring cash and investment balances and
performing cash flow forecasting and handling the company’s transactions
and debts.
- Ensuring all finance and accounting operations
comply with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and laws and
regulations.
- monitoring departmental, project, and
organizational budget; assisting with monthly financial reporting needs.
- Continually seeking and implementing
opportunities to streamline and improve finance and accounting operations
through technology, including training staff to better utilize financial
and accounting software.
Taxation and Legal
- Prepare tax provisions schedules, returns,
payments, reports and maintain a company’s tax database
- Find tax solutions to complicated tax issues or
errors from incorrect tax filings
- Identify legal tax savings and recommend ways to
improve profits
- Advise management about the impact of tax
liabilities and corporate strategies or new tax laws
- Coordinate outsourced tax consultants and
constantly consult on tax and compliance matters and advise the management
accordingly
- Accurately prepare quarterly and annual tax
reports
- Keep up-to-date with tax changes and industry
trends by participating in educational opportunities, participating in
professional organizations, keeping up with professional networks and
reading professional publications
- Collaborating with internal legal counsel on
ongoing transactions.
- Record all legal files and documents in files
and manage digital databases.
- Coordinate with real estate agents, attorneys,
and clients, ensuring smooth property transactions.
- Prepare, review, and organize terms of
references, contracts, leases, and closing statements.
Skills and qualifications.
- Minimum qualification of Diploma in Business
management, accounting and/or any other relevant qualification
- Must be a holder of CPA 3 and above
- Must have 3 years and above working experience
in a busy organisation
- Experience in real estate /construction industry
will be an added advantage.
- Must be Proficient in using accounting systems,
General Accounting skills and Computer skills especially excel.
- Professional training in various accounting
aspects, tax matters and compliance
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in
financial reporting.
- Good communication & Time management.
- Debt management skills
- Strong attention to detail and good analytical
skills
- NB: Starting gross salary will be Kshs 50,000.
How to Apply
Interested
and qualified candidates should submit their applications to hr@cherdafrica.co.ke and
cc info@cherdafrica.co.ke to
by 14th September 2025. The applications should include: –
- A cover letter
- A CV/Resume.
- Scanned copies of your original academic
certificates and testimonials
- Three referees who are knowledgeable about your
work relevant to the job.
