Accountant
Ital
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ensure that you get the very best return on your Human Capital spend. Our Human
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your exact requirements and objectives. They will fit with your culture and the
business challenges that you currently face.
About the Client:
A
leading and busy event planning and management company in Nairobi that has
resources and equipment to bring events from mere ideas to reality seeks to
hire a highly organized, creative, and competent individual. The firm is
involved in every aspect of planning, management, and execution letting their
clients focus on their core business.
Job Purpose:
The
job holder is responsible for ensuring all organization’s events are profitable
and maintaining a record of materials in inventory and on order. The Accountant
will constantly evaluate the cost of all inventory and ensure that it is cost
correctly and depreciated in good time. He/she is also responsible for
reconciling discrepancies in inventories and notifying their supervisor of
irregularities.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
Financial
- Management of the company’s financial
resources including; accounting, management and procurement to ensure
profitable management of the resources.
- Supervision of credit control function
ensuring timely debt collection.
- Processing of payments for suppliers and
contractors in accordance with laid down procedures or contractual
agreements.
- Reviews all invoices before they are sent
by account managers and ensures that they are costed correctly
- Advices account managers on the
profitability position of their sales
- Calculates commissions for all staff
based on sales received
- Process payroll and all related statutory
payments
- Maintains price lists of all rented items
and procures as needed
- Depreciates inventory and advices on how
much it should be sold when out of use
- Monitors and maintains current inventory
levels, processes purchasing orders as required, tracks orders and
investigates problems.
- Review accounts, client payments, and
credit history, and develop new or better repayment terms to avoid piling
debt.
Customer
- Maintaining confidentiality of personal
information that he/she may come into contact with during their duties.
- Communicating with clients regarding
billing, payments, and processing refunds.
- Ensuring the correct date, amount and
product have been attached to the correct project before any payments are
released
Process
- Records purchases, maintains database,
performs physical count of inventory, and reconciles actual stock count to
computer-generated reports.
- Processes and documents returns as
required following established procedures.
- Preparing the monthly Profit and Loss and
Balance Sheet Accounts, Annual Reports and Management Accounts e.g. annual
budgets, internal accounting reports for the Director.
- Preparing weekly cash flow statements,
managing cash flow, tracking and controlling company’s expenditure.
- Responding to financial inquiries by
gathering and interpreting data.
- Budgeting and coming up with budget
projections. Kelvin
- Conducting trial audits in preparation of
external audits; assist in external audits that are undertaken and ensure
that appropriate measures are taken to address audit findings and
recommendations.
- Ensure all transactions are properly
accounted for.
- Compliance: ensure monthly and annual
statutory remittances to the relevant authorities.
- Effect work related advances and carry
out reconciliations.
- Receive and process all invoices,
expenses forms and requests for payments. Crosschecking invoices with
payments and expenses to ensure accuracy.
- Pursue personal development of skills and
knowledge necessary for the effective performance of the role.
- Ensure all accounting and financial
records are up to date, well stored in a systematic and organized manner
to ensure ease in retrieval and reference.
- Keep track of cash inflows by performing
regular bank account reconciliations
- Learning, Growth and Development
- Update job knowledge by participating in
educational opportunities: reading professional publications, maintaining
professional networks and participating in professional organizations.
Qualifications and Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in
Accountancy/Business Administration/ Finance/ Management/ Economics/
Commerce/ Mathematics or related field of study from a reputable
University.
- Professional qualification: CPA(K)
- Minimum of Three (3) years working
experience in a busy organization in a similar role.
- Proficiency in use of accounting
software: QuickBooks, Sage, Pastel.
- Computer literate: Proficiency in word,
Excel and power point.
- Holder of valid certificate of good
conduct (mandatory).
Personal Traits, Qualities and
Aptitudes.
- An analytical thinker.
- Negotiation skills and the ability to
develop strong working relationships.
- Commercial and business awareness.
- Deadline-orientated and an ability to
stick to time constraints.
- Exhibiting a track record of honesty and
reliability.
- Ability to solve complex financial
issues.
- Team player and agile/proactive to learn.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Advanced mathematical skills to keep
accurate records and supervise the bookkeeping of an organization.
- Strong verbal and written communication
skills to interact regularly with clients regarding sensitive topics like
billing and payments.
- Excellent organizational skills for
maintaining clear, accurate, and meticulous financial records for a
company.
- Attention to detail for ensuring the
accuracy of a company’s records and invoices and the desire to probe
further into data.
- Multitasking to successfully handle
multiple accounts, invoices, and payments at various stages of execution.
- Must be well groomed and possess
excellent office etiquette.
How To Apply
Interested
applicants should send their detailed CV and Cover Letter quoting, “AN
ACCOUNTANT” as subject to reach us not later than 20th
April 2024 to careers@italgloballtd.com.
Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Interviews will be conducted
on a rolling basis.
