Our client a manufacturing company is
urgently looking for a financial accountant to
join their dedicated team.
Salary: 250K
Role Purpose: This role supports financial decision-making information by collecting, analyzing, investigating, and reporting financial data.
Key Responsibilities
Salary: 250K
Role Purpose: This role supports financial decision-making information by collecting, analyzing, investigating, and reporting financial data.
Key Responsibilities
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Prepare
detailed monthly accounts to the agreed standards and guidelines
·
Preparation
and submission of all statutory returns
·
Managing
the receipts and deposits of cash and bank transactions, including foreign
transfers
·
Maintaining
the fixed assets register.
·
Assisting
with the preparation of year-end accounts and providing information for
external auditors.
·
Assisting
with the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts.
·
Suggesting
updates to the accounting manual and procedures as appropriate.
·
Advising
and updating the Head of Finance on any irregularities or concerns about
invoices or any other financial matters.
·
Liaising
with the bank and daily online checking of the bank accounts.
·
Liaising
with the finance team to provide financial analysis on all aspects of project
budgets.
·
Assisting
the projects team to monitor and evaluate project quarterly accounts
·
Monitoring
currency exchange rates.
·
Assist
with the preparation of monthly management accounts, to be distributed to
management on a timely basis. These reports include Profit and Loss Statements,
Balance Sheets and Debtors Reports.
·
Assist
with the analytical review of month end results for discussion with the Head of
Finance
·
Preparation
of monthly Business Activity Statements and Tax statements
·
Continuously
review the systems to ensure they are meeting the needs of the organization and
to exploit the benefit of the software.
·
Manage
and protect the financial information and records of the group as relevant to
their task.
·
Ad-hoc
assistance to the Head of Finance.
Key competencies include
·
Advanced
analytical skills
·
Ability
to think/ plan on a strategic level coupled with advanced presentation skills.
·
Advanced
communication and interpersonal skills.
·
Excellent
command of both written and spoken English
·
Good
influencers with the ability to inspire others.
Experience / Academic Requirements
·
Bachelor’s
degree in commerce or a business related field. Postgraduate degree would be an
advantage
·
Cumulative
8+ years of working experience in Finance/ Accounting
·
Full
professional accounting certification
·
Membership
to a relevant professional body (ICPAK, ACCA) is mandatory
·
At
least ten years’ progressive experience in Accounting.
·
Demonstrated
success in supervising/ mentoring and training of finance teams.
·
3-4
years’ experience at a comparative role. Prior experience in an FMCG setup
If qualified, kindly send your CV
to recruitment@jantakenya.comclearly indicating ‘Financial Accountant’ on
the subject line by 18th December 2017.
