Location: Nzoia, Bungoma County
Compensation: 40,000-50,000 KES/month,
commensurate with experience
Job description
We’re looking for a highly detail-oriented
and well-organized accountant to be based out of our factory in Nzoia, Bungoma.
The Accountant will handle all aspects on company financials, including keeping
the books, preparing monthly financial statements, payroll, statutory filing,
supplier payments, and financial reports for funders and stakeholders. They
must have a CPA(K) certification, expertise in Quickbooks, Excel, and Google
Drive, and have a proven track record of excelling at duties across the
accounting spectrum.
Responsibilities:
Bookkeeping:
·
- Post
supplier bills, receipts, customer invoices, payments from clients, and
supplier payments into the QuickBooks software on an ongoing
- Reconcile amounts shown in the company’s
books of accounts with actual amounts held in the
Management Accounting:
- Prepare financial statements as at the end of
every month – Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and Cashflow
- Prepare any other sales and budget analyses as
requested by CEO or company
Financial Reports for Funders:
- Draft financial reports as required for
- Ensure that all supporting documentation
required by funders is received, filed, and scanned for submission along
with
Accounts Receivable:
- Maintain a real-time list of accounts
receivable from
- Share weekly aging report with sales
Accounts Payable:
- Maintain a real-time list of invoices payable
on Google Sheets and
- Verify supporting documentation check that
goods were received/work was completed before approving supplier
- Prepare bulk payment templates for CEO
Payroll Processing:
- Prepare the payroll by every end month using
Wingubox software and transfer net payments to bulk payment
- Prepare and verify payments to 70+ casual
workers and contractors twice monthly
- Prepare statutory filings (PAYE, withholding
tax, NHIF, and NSSF) and ensure their timely filing.
VAT Reconciliation & Payment:
- Calculate input and output VAT and amount
payable
- Prepare KRA payslip and ensure it is paid
prior to the
Stock Controls:
- Undertake monthly stock counts at factory to
verify spare parts, tools, and finished product quantities and reconcile
with
- Perform quarterly stock counts at all branch
offices (Nairobi, Nakuru, and Machakos) and prepare clear
Petty Cash:
- Reconcile manager’s petty cash expenses with
disbursements on weekly basis and ensure supporting documents are received
for all
- Review and approve of requests for petty cash
from company managers and forward approved requests to
Qualifications
- CPA (K) Certification
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or business or
related field
- 5 years’ work experience in accounting
profession
- Expertise in Quickbooks software, Excel, and
Google Drive
- High attention to detail and excellent
proofreading abilities
- Excellent written communication- perfect
spelling, punctuation & formatting of reports and emails
- Efficient in planning workload and able to
manage competing priorities while meeting all deadlines
- Friendly and professional communication while
speaking with clients and suppliers
- Pride in personal integrity and highly
trustworthy
- Expertise in Quickbooks Online (not Desktop
version)
- Experience working for manufacturing
companies, including correctly accounting for cost of sales incorporating
work-in-progress items and stock produced but not sold
How To Apply
Email jobs@acaciainnovations.com, subject: Accountant with:
A cover letter describing your relevant
experiences and skills and why you want to join Acacia Innovations Ltd.
Curriculum Vitae (CV)- no more than 2
pages long
CPA (K) certificate
3 professional references
Application Deadline: 15 May, 2020
