Position:
Assistant Management Accountant
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Type: Full Time
Min.
Experience: Mid Level
Job Description
Acorn is looking a Management Information Assistant to join our
Finance team to support our property operations department and ensure that
residence records and payment information is maintained accurately and
reliably. As an account you will audit our payment systems and ERPs ensuring
that records are promptly updated, and any errors and inconsistencies are
resolved in a timely manner
Additionally, you will generate and share accurate property
operations financial reports and enforce proposals on cost and revenue
realignment working closely with the Properties Reporting Manager. You may from time to time double in as an
Accounts Payable Accountant.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that our payment and
finance system debtor balances reconcile with student payments and that
forfeited rent deposits are accounted for correctly
- Ensure that bad debts are
adequately provided for and set-off of deposits against rent where
applicable
- Ensuring all payments booked
into our payment and finance systems align and match entries in bank,
MPesa, Mookh, and PDQ statements through reconciliations.
- Ensure that student revenue and
reversal entries are captured in the right entries and timely update of
revenue from liability accounts. Set-off deposits against rent
arrears
- Analyse student deposit account
and approve refunds. Advise on posting of split/part refunds.
- Complete balance sheet
reconciliations ensuring that bank accounts and receipt control are
reconciled and accurate including debtors and creditors
- Maintain the property asset movement
schedules for buses. Compute and post depreciation. Maintain FFE cost
versus budget schedule.
- Carry out property
inter-company reconciliations. This is to ensure that inter-company
balances in the books of AMSL tally with property financial statements.
- Maintain property accruals and
prepayments schedules and post as part of the month end procedures
- Monitor cash receipt posting in
our payment and finance systems. Verify that all cash payments reflect on
bank statements on a monthly basis and immediately report any variances
noted.
- Audit Mpesa receipt postings on
our payment and finance systems
- Carry out clean-up on cash
receipts and deposit refunds
- Provide support to external
auditors on property financial statements and in resolving audit queries
as and when they arise
- Vouch referral fee payments
ensuring that new students have checked in and paid before referral fee is
paid
- Any other duty assigned by
supervisor
Qualifications
- Degree in Finance, Accounting,
or related degree
- Relevant
professional qualifications
- Solid knowledge of basic and
advanced accounting and financial principles and practices
- Strong fluency with Excel
formulas and functions
- Strong analytical, data
gathering and analysis skills with a keen eye for detail
- Excellent communication,
presentation, and organizational skills
- Excellent knowledge of cost
accounting, reporting, budgeting, and analysis
- Financial Systems awareness
How to apply