Job Title: Assistant Accountant
Hiring Organization: Kenya
Airways
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Airline
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 04/26/2024
The candidate will update customer accounts by applying receipts
to open invoices, dispatch invoices and statements to customers and reconcile
customer accounts to support the company’s collection process.
Principal Accountabilities (Responsibilities)
- Allocate and
apply customer payments accurately based on customers’ remittance advices.
- Prompt and
correct customer billing, to aid prompt payment and ensure improved and
increased liquidity/cash flow.
- Prepare and
dispatch invoices and statements to customers to ensure clients are aware
of the right level of debts owed.
- Preparing
customer account reconciliations and resolving the reconciling items
within the set timelines.
- Provide the
correct bank information to customers so as ensure funds are banked to the
right account for receipting and subsequent allocation to the right
debtor’s account.
- Contacting
customers to notify them of missed payments and requesting for proof of
payment and remittance advices.
- Respond to
customer account queries timely.
- Initiate
adjustments for minor balances, bank charges, commissions and foreign
exchange differences
- Maintain an
effective filing system for ease of reference and retrieval of supporting
documents to support outstanding debts.
Qualification (Minimum)
- Degree in Accounting
or Finance or business Field.
- CPA Section III
or equivalent ACCA is an added advantage.
- At least one
year of practical experience in Finance in a busy Organization.
- Exposure to use
of accounting systems.
- Proficiency in
MS Excel/Spreadsheet.
