Job Title: Head of Finance
Department: Finance
Position Responsible To: Executive
Chairman
Position Report to the Job Title: Accountants
Overall Objective: To ensure safe maintenance and profitable
utilization of company resources by keeping and analyzing reliable and timely
data and financial reports meeting the financial reports meeting the management
and statutory requirementsKey Tasks
- Formulating sound financial policies,
procedures and systems that will ensure sound management of funds in the
company
- Coordinating budget and presentation of
budgeting control in the company monthly and annual budgets must be
prepared well before the beginning of the period and discussed in the
management meetings
- Ensuring adequate control and monitoring the
utilization of financial resources. He must always keep track of
resource utilization to ensure maximum returns throughout the organization
- Maintain day to day book keeping prepare
accurate and timely reports and distribute to appropriate users make a
daily print out for all the general ledger journals for the previous day
and forward it to the auditor after confirming the correctness
- Periodically ensure reconciliation of the cash
books debtors and creditors account cash book must be reconciled weekly on
receipt of the bank statements. Debtors and creditors must be
reconciled o n a monthly basis. Petty cash reconciliation and
physical check must be done at least once in every two weeks
- Supervise and appraise the accounts
departmental staff and identify their training needs. Ay training
needs should be communicated to the human resource manager as and when
noticed
- Prepared monthly and yearly financial reports
and review the same with management
- Attending to matters raised in audit
management reports letters
- Ensure prompt collections from debtors and
payments to creditors
- Ascertaining prompt optimum control system and
monitoring accurate recording of all financial transactions
- Ensure all financial records (final accounts
and supporting documents including for all past years) are properly filed
and stored and avail the same as and when required for audit government
departments like KRA during the required retention period
- Ensuring accurate costing of service offered
- Performing any other duty assigned by the
management from time to time
Key Requirements
- BBA, BCOM in Accounting and Finance
- A Masters holder in Business Administration
(Finance option) added advantage
- A CPA K holder
- Demonstrated experience of overall
responsibility and accountability for the financial management of an
organization preferably a busy transport organization or equivalent.
- Well conversant with computer applications-MS
Office is mandatory
- Knowledge of accounting principles and hands
on experience of using computerized financial accounting systems Good
presentation and analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills and
problem-solving skills
- Strong team player of high integrity, pleasant
personality, ability to work under least supervision
- Good time management skills and the ability to
prioritize
- High numeracy and sound technical skills
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are required to submit cover letter, curriculum Vitae copies of certificates and other testimonials before 6th of August 2015 to sheerlogictalentsourcing1@gmail.com stating the position title as the subject line.
Interested and qualified candidates are required to submit cover letter, curriculum Vitae copies of certificates and other testimonials before 6th of August 2015 to sheerlogictalentsourcing1@gmail.com stating the position title as the subject line.
