Job Title: Assistant Accountant
Hiring Organization: Kenya
Airway
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Airline
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 04/24/2024
Brief Description
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.
- Additional
Details
Other
Skills
- Strong
analytical skills
- Team
player
- Results
oriented.
- Attention
to details and accuracy.
- Interpersonal
skills
- Integrity
- Good
business acumen for problem solving.
