Our client a resort in Limuru are
seeking to recruit a Management Accountant to
support the revenue growing function but at the same time manage costs and
other controls to ensure maximum return.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain a documented system of accounting
policies and procedures
- Manage outsourced functions
- Oversee the operations of the treasury
department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate
for achieving the department's goals and objectives
Funds Management
- Forecast cash flow positions, related
borrowing needs, and available funds for investment
- Ensure that sufficient funds are available to
meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements
- Maintain banking relationships
- Assist in determining the company's proper
capital structure
- Arrange for equity and debt financing
- Invest funds
- Recommend appropriate dividend issuances,
based on historical dividend patterns and expected cash flows
Budgeting
- Manage the preparation of the company's budget
- Report to management on variances from the
established budget, and the reasons for those variances
- Assist management in the formulation of its
overall strategic direction
Financial Analysis
- Engage in ongoing cost reduction analyses in
all areas of the company
- Review the performance of competitors and
report on key issues to management
- Engage in benchmarking studies to establish
areas of potential operational improvement
- Interpret the company's financial results to
management and recommend improvement activities
- Review company bottlenecks and recommend
changes to improve the overall level of company throughput
- Participate in target costing activities to
create products that meeting predetermined price goals
- Assist in the determination of product pricing
in relation to features offered and competitor pricing
- Compile key business metrics and report on
them to management
- Manage the capital budgeting process, based on
constraint analysis and discounted cash flow analysis
- Create additional analyses and reports as
requested by management
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
- 5+ years of progressively responsible
experience in Hospitality industry
- Certified Public Accountant or Certified
Management Accountant designations
- An entrepreneurial mind set where they have
more than accountant’s mind and can interpret information to feed the
other sections of the business.
- Uncompromising integrity and ethical standards
- Problem solving ability and where they can
creatively solve challenges for an SME with several financial legacy
issues
- Strategic vision and leadership skills
- Results oriented mindset
- Firm demeanor that ensures he implements very
stringent controls and accountability culture throughout the team
- Good knowledge on various aspects of business
and finance, keeps abreast on all IFRS standards and other changes in the
industry so as to clearly guide the business
If qualified kindly send your application
letter and CV to jobs@jantakenya.com clearly indicating ‘Management Accountant’
by 11th January, 2016.
Do not attach any certificates.
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.