Responsible for maintaining accurate accounting records, posting and reviewing journals, managing staff and intercompany accounts, preparing payroll-related deductions and tax submissions, conducting bank reconciliations, supporting month-end closing, and resolving account discrepancies. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field, CPA(K), ACCA, CFA, or equivalent qualification. The position is based in Nairobi and requires full-time work.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain
accurate books of accounts.
Posting
of general accounting Journals
- Ensure
proper classification and posting of expenses into correct GL accounts.
- Review
completeness of accruals, provisions, and prepayments monthly.
- Ensure
supporting schedules for allocated accounts are prepared and shared on
time.
- Review
accuracy of standing charges.
- Conduct
full trial balance review and maintain up-to-date supporting schedule
- Ensuring
journals are properly approved before booking
- Matching
general ledgers
Month-End,
Annual Reporting, Audit & Budgeting
- Ensure
accurate cost allocation for assigned accounts monthly.
- Prepare
and share accrual and prepayment reports monthly.
- Ensure
all provisions are accurate, reviewed, and posted on time.
- Provide
supporting schedules during month-end, budget preparation, tax audits, and
internal/external audits.
- Support
Financial Controller (FC) on reporting, including Net Working Capital
(NWC) and Forex impact analysis.
Tax
Filing & General Ledger Management
- Follow
up on supplier invoices rejected on iTax and ensure resolution monthly.
- Ensure
matching of VAT accounts and timely resolution of discrepancies.
- Ensure
monthly upload and reconciliation of auto-populated VAT.
- Investigate
and resolve inconsistencies between iTax and local books with clear
explanations and timelines.
- Ensure
VAT and WHT are filed in good time
- Prepare
and submit payroll byproducts. Eg Nssf, Nhif, AHL,Nita and other payroll
related deductions
- Ensure
clean tax accounts in SAP
Approval
of Disbursement Costs and general expenses
- Ensure
all invoices are fully supported by relevant documentation (RCNs, POs,
Delivery Notes, Payment Passes, Inbound Sheets, Billing).
- Confirm
that cost recovery has been done before invoice approval; Any Variances
document.
- Raise
disputes with operations and follow up for timely resolution within agreed
deadlines.
- Ensure
proper coding of General expenses in SAP
- Ensure
proper cost allocation of cost
Inventory
Management
- Provide
reports on cyclical and year-end stock counts.
- Support
business control in inventory reconciliation and variance analysis.
Bank
reconciliations
- Prepare
monthly bank reconciliations
- Review
and resolve reconciling items in bank reconciliations
- Liaise
with treasury to close outstanding items in the bank reconciliations
Other
Matters
- Any
other responsibilities as may be assigned by Financial Controller or
Senior Management.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in commerce or any Finance/Accounting related course.
- CPA
(K), ACCA, CFA or equivalent
- Minimum
2 years in a similar role
