POSITION: Senior Accountant
REPORTING TO: Financial controller
LOCATION: Nairobi
Our client who is an Oil
Marketing Company licensed to undertake the businesses of Importation,
Wholesale & Exportation of Petroleum Products is looking to fill the
position of Senior Accountant.
JOB PURPOSE
The Senior
Accountant is responsible for Stakeholder Management at
the following levels:
Internal:
- Front
Office
- Middle Office
- Operations
External:
- Banks
- Finance Facilities
- Auditors
The Senior Accountant will
be expected to work at the MF HQ in Dubai hence domestic and international
business travel may be required.
Responsibilities
Functional:
- Assist in maintaining accounts
payables and receivables.
- Prepare journal entries, keep the
balance sheets up to date and assist with monthly account closings.
- Perform the bank reconciliations
and prepare necessary material for audit purposes.
- Ensure that accounting
transactions are booked accurately in accordance with Professional Codes
of Practice, Accounting Standards and Service Level Agreements.
- Receive and verify the accuracy
of invoices and book them in accounting systems.
- Prepare and record inter-company
debit and credit notes.
- Reconcile the inter-company accounts.
- Ensure the Implementation of
Accounting policies and procedures.
- Prepare Accounts payable Reports.
- Coordinate with various control
functions in evaluating financial data and systems. Maintain a feedback
loop for system improvements and enhancements.
- Adhere to a strict reporting
deadline, perform monthly close process, including but not limited to
recording transactional, payroll and overhead data in the accounting
system and perform reconciliations, as necessary.
- Develop a deeper understanding of
financial results for the quarter and provide commentaries and analysis.
- Preparation and presentation of
entity financial results, including board packs. Develop confidence to
conduct board meetings and answer senior stake holders.
- Work closely with auditors and
tax consultants to prepare, verify and submit Statutory, Tax and
Financials returns. Support external annual audits under Swiss GAAP and
IFRS (have included this as Switzerland will be our head trading office).
Beyond the day-to-day control of the accounting function and
systems, this role encompasses the following responsibilities:
- Budgeting and planning, including
cost control.
- Debtors and receivables control,
Position analysis.
- Able to maintain a strong
internal control environment, identify control weakness and put
remediation steps.
- Proactively gain an understanding
of new accounting standards and their potential impact.
- Respond to ad hoc requests and
assist in special projects for the Head of Finance such Transition and
adoption of Full IFRS, Fair value measurement, Swiss Tax changes, etc.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance,
Accounting, or a similar field of study.
- Master’s Degree.
- Certified/ Charted Accountant.
Experience:
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience.
- Experience in an Oil Commodity
Trading company is preferred.
- Accounting Standards (IFRS,
GAAP).
Behavioral Traits:
- Attention and Enjoyment to/in
detail.
- Quick adaptation to new concepts.
- Clear, precise, and concise
business communication (written & oral).
- Leadership experience in change
management.
- Innovative problem-solving
abilities.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft
Excel.
How to Apply
To apply, submit your
application on our ATS at ats.flexi-personnel.com by
2nd OCT 2022 under
the SENIOR
ACCOUNTANT job posting.