Job Title: Inventory
Accountant – Retail
Industry: Renewable Energy
Salary: 65k – 80k based on experience
Location: Nairobi with travel around Kenya
Our client an award winning renewable
energy manufacturer and distributor of solar products ranging from solar
lights, energy cooking stoves and other home appliances.
They now seek to hire an experienced
inventory accountant to assume ownership of all inventory accounting
responsibilities and take initiative to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of the various tasks associated with this position.
Responsibilities
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Establishing and implementing
inventory management policies and procedures.
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Lead and Perform daily weekly and
monthly physical stock checks in all the kiosks and highlight variances to the
management.
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Prepare and distribute daily, weekly,
monthly and ad-hoc inventory levels and consumption reports to all the relevant
departments.
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Maintaining acceptable and accurate
inventory levels at warehouse/inventory locations based on Re-order levels
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Coordinate with accounts department
and marketing department to ensure that all product costs are properly taken in
the cost of sales and inventory costs.
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Responsible for communicating with
all department managers and purchasing on inventory levels and locations.
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Coordinate with supply chain team to
implement and ensure control system to reduce damage, breakage and inventory
obsolescence.
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Reviewing obsolete/redundant
inventory to facilitate their removal from the warehouse.
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Assist in preparation and support of
external audits engagements
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Assist with planning, execution,
reconciliation and financial reporting.
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Be proactive in planning and
executing to meet month-end close, financial reporting deadlines and other
accounting deadlines.
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Ensure financial records are
compliant with company policies and procedures.
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Assist with maintaining and
developing strong internal controls.
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Revise/create process narratives and
standard operating procedures related to area of responsibility.
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Assist other functional units within
the Finance team in carrying out jobs as and when required by the management.
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Ensure accurate posting of all
inventory transactions to the Tally system
Qualifications
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Bachelors Degree in
Finance/Accounting and/or suitable background experience in inventory
management in retail
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CPA ‘K’ holder
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Operationally oriented and
comfortable working in a retail company (e.g supermarket, clothing store etc.)
environment and experience with branch operations would be ideal
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Have a detailed understanding of
current inventory control systems with a working knowledge of retail company
processes
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4 years experience in a busy
environment in which 2 years in the relevant/same field
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Excellent interpersonal and
communication skills
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Demonstrate Tally and POS experiences
How to Apply
If you are up to the challenge,
possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only
quoting the job title on the email subject (Inventory Accountant – Retail) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 30th May 2017.
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