Role: Country Accountant
Location: Nairobi
Job description
Sokowatch is seeking a
Country Accountant on a 1-year fixed-term contract. The Country Accountant will
be tasked with performing key reconciliations such as reconciling transactions
across the general ledger and sub-ledgers together with other key accounts.
Responsibilities
- Perform and review ledger sub-ledger
reconciliations for all balance sheet items.
- Perform and review inventory and tax
reconciliations.
- Perform and review reconciliations for bank &
cash balances; debtors; suppliers; inventory and control accounts.
- Generate fixed asset register and fixed asset
movement schedule which ties to the General Ledger.
- Generate aged open balance listings for all items
in the balance sheet.
- Generate a list of all proposed reconciling
journals.
- Perform financial record audits to ensure
compliance with IFRS and with the law.
- Ensure all accounting procedures follow IFRS.
- Assist in instituting financial controls
(including end of day, end of month procedures) that are aimed to ensure
integrity of financial data capture and aide in the process for regular
reconciliations.
- Analyze financial data and trace discrepancies.
- Review financial documents to identify
inaccuracies.
- Perform review of reconciliations and tasks
carried out by the bookkeepers.
Qualifications
- Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business
Administration; CPA qualification; MBA/CFA a plus but not required
- Thorough knowledge of IFRS and experience with
accounting and financial procedures
- Strong investigative and analytical skills;
ability to identify errors
- Experience reconciling accounting figures and
financial records
- Appropriate handling of sensitive information
- Ability to work to deadlines
- High level of attention to detail
- Team player with the ability to work with multiple
parties
- Advanced computer software skills, including Excel
and Accounting packages
How to Apply
