Branch Accountant Job in Kenya

Zetech University is the premier university for the education of Technology, Science and Business programmes, offering an exceptional learning experience to thousands of youth from Kenya and beyond. 

Our Mission is to provide holistic education and foster a culture of integrity, hard work, research innovation and creativity towards problem solving and lifelong skills. 

We are seeking to recruit a suitably qualified candidate to fill the position of a Branch Accountant 
 
Key Responsibilities
 
Reporting to the Senior Branch Accountant, the position holder will, among other duties, be responsible for:
  • Bringing in new students by marketing the university programmes and retaining current students by ensuring standard customer service is offered
  • Ensuring accuracy and completeness of invoices and maintaining an up-to-date billing system
  • Authentication of cheques, bank slips and credit notes to identify and block any fake documents
  • Keep custody of manual receipt book and ensure all manual receipts are updated in the ERP
  • Giving daily updates to the Revenue Manager on the revenue performance of the branch/campus
  • Performing account reconciliations
  • Monitoring customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities
  • Meeting the set revenue targets
  • Ensuring that all receivables are banked as per the laid down procedures
  • Assisting in budgeting for the branch
  • Analyzing receivables and reporting on outstanding accounts
  • Keeping custody, issuing and controlling the branch petty cash and presenting petty cash reports
  • Implementing effective cost management strategies
  • Analyzing branch revenue performance on a quarterly basis and conducting trend analysis for future revenue projections
  • Responding to customer enquiries and reconciling customer statements and correcting discrepancies as necessary 
  • Using standard analysis templates to analyze and submit the daily and weekly revenue collection reports on a weekly and daily basis respectively.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
  • A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a Business related field.
  • Should have at least 1 year prior experience in a similar position
  • Strong work ethics
  • Strong attention to detail
Interested applicants to send their applications including an updated CV, indicating current and expected salary and names of three referees, their email addresses and telephone numbers to the undersigned, not later than 9th January 2015:

The Human Resource Manager, 
via Email address: vacancies@zetech.ac.ke 

Website: www.zetech.ac.ke 


Zetech University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.