Job Title: Finance Officer – IT
Industry: Information
Technology
Location: Nairobi
Gross Salary: Kshs 50k – 60k
Our client is a start-up IT firm in Kenya with more than 30
years’ experience in the data center industry across the world.
They are seeking to hire a Finance Officer who will actively participate in maintaining the financial health of our company through day-to-day management of financial transactions and procedures.
Key Responsibilities:
· Balance and maintain
accurate ledgers in ZohoBooks.
· Reconcile cash and bank
entries with deposits and expenses on a daily basis.·
· Ensure all transactions
have the necessary supporting documents which are stored
·
in ZohoBooks attached to the relevant transaction
·
in Zoho Workdrive and
·
where applicable for physical files.
· Produce monthly
financial statements (cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheet)
· Report daily cash
balances
· Calculate and file VAT
taxes timely and accurately.
· Ensure WHT deductions
are made from payments and paid to KRA timely and accurately.
· Collect WHT certificates
from KRA and send them to vendors in a timely manner.
· Ensure all statutory and
PAYE taxes are accurately deducted and paid to the KRA.
· Prepare financial
statements for audit.
· Ensure that customers
are invoiced timely and accurately via ZohoBooks.
· Ensure that customer
payments are matched to customer invoices accurately in ZohoBooks.
· Ensure that accurate
customer statements of accounts are prepared to assist with collections.
· Onboard vendors as per
company procedures on ZohoBooks.
· Prepare Purchase Orders.
· Strictly enforce “No PO,
No Payment” policy.
· Prepare and match
invoices with purchase orders.
· Obtain quarterly,
confirmatory statements of accounts from vendors.
· Deal with all
administrative requirements for the site.Maintain the asset register.
· Regularly complete asset
and quality audits.
· Assist Sales Operations
to prepare reports for customers, such as quarterly customer billing overviews.
· Assist Operations team
to provide reports on expenses from Operations.
· Prepare reports on
weekly activities.
The successful candidate
will need to:
· Work with the Finance
colleagues in other countries to develop the Finance function further.
· Engage proactively with
your colleagues to make improvements in the Finance Function.
Key Skills and
Qualifications
· BSc degree in Finance or
Accounting.
· Minimum 2-3 years of
experience in a similar role.
· Professional
qualification as a CFA/CPA is considered a plus.
· Knowledge of financial
account management, maintenance of general ledgers, fiscal compliance, audits,
invoicing, financial reporting and vendor management.
· Proven work experience
as a Finance Officer or similar role.
· Knowledge of financial
and accounting procedures.
· Experience using
financial software.
· MS Excel skills.
· Knowledge of financial
regulations.
· Excellent analytical and
numerical skills.
· Sharp time management
skills.
· Strong ethics, with an
ability to manage confidential data.
How to Apply
If you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary
qualification and experience, send your CV only quoting the job title on the
email subject (Finance Officer -IT) to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke by 4th
Nov 2022.