Accountant
Location: Nairobi
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Our client, a multinational
pharmaceutical company that specializes in the development and marketing of
drugs for use in human medicine is seeking to recruit an Accountant.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Understand the financial reporting structure.
- Support monthly accounting, reporting,
financial variance analysis, budget /forecasting exercises.
- Determine routine entries needed in monthly
close.
- Complete monthly accounting, reporting, and
variance analysis and interpret variances.
- Establish and maintain supplier accounts
- Process supplier invoices and timely payment
- Prepare and reconcile monthly bank statements
- Issue cheques for all accounts due
- Establish and maintain cash controls
- Maintain the purchase order system
- Ensure security for all credit cards and
verify charges
- Determine non-recurring entries needed in
monthly close.
- Support budget / forecasting exercises.
- Ability to summarise and present Departmental
Overheads, confirming accuracy of all cost allocations.
- Ability to work closely with Share Financial
Services.
- Ability to develop and use available
technology for monthly reporting purposes.
- Develop budgets/forecasts, monitor actuals vs.
forecasts, and or actuals vs budget and communicate issues to
Finance.
- Establish department deliverables and
timelines to meet local reporting calendar
- Creates/improves models and
spreadsheets.
- Consistently adheres to and enforces all
corporate policies and procedures
- Document, communicate and implement processes
and procedures
- Maintain the computerized accounting system
- Maintain financial files and records
- Preparation and monitoring of the payroll
system.
- Ensuring the company finances are accurate and
up to date.
- Paying staff and expenses reimbursements in a
timely and appropriate manner.
- Ensuring that vendors and suppliers are paid
within established time limits.
- Work closely with the tax consultants and
auditors to fulfill company’s tax obligations.
- Assist with the annual audit
- Leading or assisting in any other business
related assignments as allotted from time to time.
Candidate Profile and Qualifications:
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce,
Finance or any other related disciplines from a recognized institution and
CPA (K)/ACCA,
- At least have 4 – 6 years progressively
responsible finance experience at the national or international level,
knowledge of computers and office software packages.
- Analytical thinking and business focus
- Time Management Skills
- Facilitation and Negotiation Skills
- Experience of working in cross-functional
teams.
- Good communication skills with all levels of
management.
- Ability to manage complexity and
tight/multiple deadlines.
- Must have fluency in written and spoken
English.
- Must be prepared to travel within territories
in SSA or Middle East.
To apply, send your CV and cover letter
only to jobs@flexi-personnel.com before close of business 7th December,
2015.
Clearly indicate the position applied
for on the subject line.
