Job Title: Payroll Accountant
Summary: Our client is looking for a Payroll Accountant to perform responsible administrative, technical and reporting functions in the area of payroll and employee benefits.
Summary: Our client is looking for a Payroll Accountant to perform responsible administrative, technical and reporting functions in the area of payroll and employee benefits.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensures
the accuracy of payrolls by auditing departmental pay authorizations and
verifying deductions from wages. Manages the payment of wages and salaries
via the accounting system and prepares periodic payroll reports.
- Reviews
payrolls for compliance with the Company budget, personnel policies and
wage and withholding laws including KRA regulations for reporting and
withholding, Kenyan Labour Law requirements related to payroll practices
and recordkeeping.
- Maintains
personnel and pay records for Company employees to ensure accurate
integration of such records with the payroll and benefit systems.
- Administers
and interprets all policies and procedures for enforcement of provisions
of the NHIF and NSSF statutory bodies.
- Prepares
analyses for the Head of Finance & HR Management regarding current
revenues and expenditures and estimated future requirements.
- Utilizes
the IT provisions to maintain, retrieve and program data for analyses and
reports.
- Maintains
awareness of current rules and regulations pertinent to payroll,
retirement and benefits and ensures the timeliness and accuracy of
payroll, insurance premiums and claim payments.
- Recommends
changes in payroll policies and procedures.
- Monitors
changes in laws and regulations pertaining to payroll which require
Company policy changes and notifies the Administrator
- Maintains
frequent contact with department heads, programming staff and State
agencies.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's
degree (B. A.) with a major in Accounting
- At
least 2 years of practical government or business experience in payroll,
accounting, employee benefits, financial or statistical records
Skills
- Mathematical
skills-Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts,
interest, commissions, proportions, percentages. Ability to apply concepts
of basic algebra and geometry.
- Reasoning
ability- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of
concrete variables in situations where standardization exists. Ability to
interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram,
or schedule form.
Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should send
their applications, accompanied by detailed CVs and daytime telephone contact
to: