Title: Accountant
Supervisor Title:
Financial and Management Accountant
Job Description
Responsible to the
Financial and Management Accountant for ensuring
accurate and timely maintenance and reporting of accounting records in
accordance with prescribed financial policies, standards and taxation
requirements for all the Companies in the Group.
Responsibilities
- Check
and verify any expenditure before preparation of payment vouchers,
cheques and remittance of payments.
- Ensure
all income and expenditures are subjected to the relevant taxes.
- Ensure
proper billings for income and receivables accounts management.
- Compile
and post general ledger information and summaries concerning various
financial transactions in order to ensure accurate and timely maintenance
of accounting
- Prepare
general ledger journal entries to record cash, revenue, and expense
activities including proper coding of transactions to the general ledger
and closure in accordance with agreed
- Assist
in preparing audit schedules and other information as may be requested by
- Prepare
monthly balance sheet reconciliations, adjust trial balance to include
accruals, Receivables, payments and other adjustments and resolve
- Carry
out reconciliation of the assets register with the general ledger.
- Proper
maintenance, storage and security of financial and accounting documents in
order to ensure they are properly filed, secured and accessible for
- To
produce timely and reliable management information reports on a monthly
- Preparation and filling of all
the applicable tax and other statutory returns.
Qualifications:
- A
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or any other
relevant field. CPA-K, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
- Minimum
three (3) years’ experience in financial
- Good
knowledge of and skills in forecasting, analysis, planning and budgeting.
- Knowledge
of accounting principles and best
- Good
knowledge of local and international accounting standards i.e.
- Good
knowledge of local, regional and international taxation requirements.
- Ability
to maintain professional status and keeps abreast of evolving trends in
financial management through continuing professional
- Proficient
in the use of computerized accounting packages, computer applications and
statistical
- High
integrity; strong analytical ability, problem solving and reporting
skills; attentive to
- Effective communication and
interpersonal skills
How To Apply
If you meet the
requirements stipulated for the above positions, please write in confidence
quoting the
position title and reference number on the
subject of the email or cover letter on or before 30th
October,
2020 at 5.00 pm. Applications
including Curriculum vitae, contact email and daytime telephone contacts,
current position and remuneration, names
and addresses of three referees should be emailed to
recruitment@cpf.or.ke. Attach
valid copies of the following documents:
• Police Clearance Certificate
• Clearance from Ethics and Anti-corruption
Commission(EACC)
• Clearance Certificate by Higher Education
Loans Board(HELB)
• Certificate by Credit Reference Bureau
• KRA Tax Compliance Certificate
Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted.
The CPF Group is an
equal opportunity employer and as such canvassing in any form will lead to
automatic disqualification.