Re - Advertisement
Job Title: Accountant – Law Firm
Industry: Legal services
Location: Nairobi
Salary: 35K - 40K (Gross)
They specialize in business law in
diverse sectors including banks and financial institutions, media and
telecommunications, mining and energy, property and the public sector. They
seek to hire an accountant
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare monthly and annual financial
statements and reports in an accurate and timely manner and prepare all
the documents that are required to support the annual auditing exercise.
- Prepare cash flows statements and Bank
reconciliation
- Ensure that all accounting transactions comply
with set financial systems and controls and initiate remedial action where
this is not the case.
- Prepare budgets in consultation with the
management, ensure budgetary controls are in place, monitor and report on
variances.
- Prepare and continually review the age
analysis and the payment to fees
- Ensure the timely settlement of company
liabilities, in line with the firms’ set policies.
- Compile tax reports/statutory returns,
ensuring that these are submitted in a timely manner to the relevant
authorities and consult with tax advisors as and when necessary.
- Liaise with the external auditors during
interim and annual audit and follow-up recommendations of internal audit
findings
- Conduct NHIF / NSSF / PAYE payments.
- Prepare banking EFT / RTGS / deposits and
withdrawal slips.
- Use of in house accounting /invoicing system.
- Assist in fast collection of client payments.
- Prepare and process fee notes, manual cheques
and contract payments
- Ensure fee notes and payments are matched
- Maintenance of important files
- Posting of journal entries and filing of
accounts documents
- Reconciliation of debtors/ creditors/ bank
transactions
- Maintenance of cashbook and entries’ posting
to general ledger
- Updating client statements and ensuring
compliance of standard procedures
- Any other duties as assigned
Skills and Qualifications Desired
- At least CPA Part 2
- At least 2 -3 years work experience, legal
background will be an added advantage.
- Should be computer system literate and able to
learn working on in-house accounting system / Quick books/Sage/ Pastel
accounting packages.
- Aged between 25 – 29 years, male candidates
prefered.
- Be honest and reliable and able to work unsupervised
- Analytical, technical and logical approach to
problem solving
If you are up to the challenge,
posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only
quoting the job title on the email subject (Accountant Law Firm
(Re-advert)) jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Friday 31st July 2015
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted