Finance Manager
Location: Nairobi
Location: Nairobi
Industry: Property
Services
Our client, offers services which
include asset management, corporate real estate services, facilities
management, property and project management, research, shopping Centre
management as well as valuations and advisory services.
Essential Functions and Basic Duties
- Ensures that accounting functions and duties
are accurately and promptly completed.
- Prepares journal entries and balances work in
more complicated accounting areas.
- Oversees the preparation of regulatory and
governmental reports. Reviews financial information needed to ensure an
accurate statement of the Company’s financial position to various
regulatory agencies.
- Oversees the Company’s fixed asset portfolio.
Prepares depreciation schedules and catalogs furniture, fixtures, and
equipment.
- Researches and resolves accounting errors and
discrepancies.
- Assists with budget preparations and
formulation of 1, 3 and 5 year projections and financial analyses. Monitors
costs and expenses.
- Undertakes quarterly and periodic reviews,
assess and adjust forecast in accordance with financial results.
- Completes consolidations of divisions.
- Manage financial income, including management
and admin fees on rental recoveries, commissions on new or renewed leases,
and interest earnings.
- Manages financial expenditure, including
running costs, staff expenses, admin costs, VAT and RSC levies, taxation.
- Prepares monthly reports and statements for
management and to the Client (detailed monthly report, income statement,
balance sheet and rent roll)
- Ensures that accounting functions are
completed in accordance with established procedures and applicable
regulations.
- Control of various financial functions
including Balance Sheets, Creditors, and allocation of funds received ex
debtors, check and authorize payments from accounts.
Manage and control various
bookkeeping duties and functions, including:
- Regular and timeous rent rolls and rental
statements
- Disbursement statements
- Bank reconciliations
- Net income payments to owners / clients
- Adjustment accounts for properties purchased
or sold
- Ensure the completion of month and periodic
statutory returns
- Control payment of Company and property
related accounts. Ensure recovery ex tenants as appropriate
- Administer all functions of tenants’ turnover
certificates
Produces various management reports,
including:
- Detailed and summarized income statements
- Preparation of Board packs
- Monthly and Annual figures
- Ensure the production of monthly reports for
clients/owners:-
- Monthly financial statements
- Trading densities per tenant/property, area
and per sector
- Turnover graphs per sector
Effectively supervises the Accounting
Department, ensuring optimal performance.
- Provides leadership to personnel through
effective objective goal setting, delegation, and communication. Conducts
meetings as necessary.
- Trains and directs accounting staff. Provides
support as needed.
- Conducts performance appraisals as required.
- Formulates and implements corrective actions
as needed.
Assumes responsibility for
establishing and maintaining effective business relations with vendors,
governmental agencies, and outside business and accounting professionals.
- Responds to questions and problems politely
and promptly.
- Ensures that outside contacts are properly
informed.
- Ensures that the Company’s professional
reputation is projected and maintained.
- Mentor the team under your supervision
- Develop a succession plan for all the roles
under Finance and Administration
- Leave management for all the staff in the Mall
Assumes responsibility for
maintaining effective communication and coordination with Company personnel and
with management.
- Assists area personnel as needed.
- Maintains regular contact with other
departments to obtain information and/or to correct transactions.
- Keeps management informed of area activities
and of any significant problems or concerns.
Assumes responsibility for related
duties as required or assigned.
- Stays informed of developments in the
accounting field and of changing governmental and legal requirements.
- Completes special projects as assigned.
- Ensures that the management office work areas
are clean, secure, and well maintained.
- Assist in approval, appointments and
management of payments to service companies and suppliers.
- Signing of cheques and EFT transfer and
controlling of petty cash.
Required Education and Experience
- A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting etc
- CPA qualifications mandatory
- Master’s degree preferred
- Minimum 6 years’ experience in a similar role
- Excellent computer skills
- Superb communication skills honed in business
partnering/advisory roles
- Experience of dealing with senior management
- Ability to build rapport quickly with key
members of the executive team.
- Strong understanding of financial procedures
To apply, send your CV only with no
attachments to recruit@flexi-personnel.com before 16th November 2015.
Clearly indicate the position applied
for and the minimum salary expectation on the subject line.
