Agricultural Accountant
Summary
Our client, a subsidiary of a leading multinational is involved in large scale tea production with a commitment to sustainable agricultural practices and environmental care.
The Agricultural accountant will;Summary
Our client, a subsidiary of a leading multinational is involved in large scale tea production with a commitment to sustainable agricultural practices and environmental care.
Key Responsibilities
1) Accounting responsibilities:
a) Managing ledger updates:
- Ensure all month
end returns are received processed on time
- Validate
journals to ensure correctness and accuracy
b)
Ledger integrity:
- Carry out
concise and timely monthly reconciliations of the general ledger with a
view to correction
- Carry out a
review of Trial Balance with a view to understand underlying transactions
for relevance and accuracy
- Put in place
preventive measures to avoid ledger errors of omission and commission
- Uphold general
ledger information accuracy and timeliness in line with IAS and Accounting
Policy Manual
- Manage internal/external
audits in areas of responsibility
2)
Business Partnering
- Prepares and
issues unit cost of production reports and variance reports
- Carry out
monthly accounts discussions with the Estates Manager, variance and Cost
of production reports are presented and reviewed
- Support the
business units forecasting/budgeting process by understanding cost
behaviours and providing insights for decision making
3)
Business Controls:
- Ensure that
controls are in place in the Units and are actually working, by reviewing
all source documents to ensure that they are supported and dully approved.
- Perform
Operational control assessments (OCA) and selected spot checks
- Carry out
Training of Unit Managers and clerical staff on accounting issues as
stipulated in the Accounting Policy Manual and highlighting key controls
- On a monthly
basis the job holder is required to prepare/maintain a management
checklist which lists all control issues
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree
in accounting or finance
- Minimum of 3
years experience in accounting preferably in a large manufacturing company
- Professional
qualifications i.e. CPA-K; ACCA
- Good planning
and analytical skills.
How
to apply:
Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees by close of business Tuesday 4th June, 2013.
Adept Systems
Management Consultants
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please note that we do not charge fees for receiving or processing job applications.
Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees by close of business Tuesday 4th June, 2013.
Adept Systems
Management Consultants
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please note that we do not charge fees for receiving or processing job applications.