Job Title: Senior Accountant
Report To: Chief Executive Officer
Location: Nairobi
Gross Salary: Competitive
Our client is a leading ICT integration company.
They seek to hire a Senior Accountant to provide comprehensive financial and decision support to the company.
Responsibilities
- Ensure accurate company forecasting and budget preparation
- Develop and document accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
- Track the company’s financial status and performance to identify areas for potential improvement
- Management and maintenance of percentage margin on all company products
- Management of all stores and procurement operations
- 100% enforcement of the credit policy
- Seek out methods for minimizing financial risk to the company
- Compliance of lead time periods for local and imported products as per the company’s policy
- Ensure clearance of dead stock as per internal processes
- Research on technical finance and accounting issues for compliance
- Enforce Annual Pre-qualification of suppliers as per ISO 9001:2015
- Manage and comply with local, government reporting requirements and tax filings
- Oversee finance team i. e monitoring performance, grow, develop and build a team
- Ensure 100% compliance with PPOA, ISO 9001:2015, ERP, quick books and all other expected regulations
- Develop and present financial reports to Management and board members as expected
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce / Finance, Business Administration or equivalent
- CPA (K) graduate
- Master’s Degree in Finance / Accounting or strategic management shall be an added advantage
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Accounting
- Knowledge of Quick books or Pastel accounting packages
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience in the negotiation, interpretation & management of loan agreements and various contracts
- Good communication skills
- Competent accounting and control skills related to project entities
- Proven administrative, leadership and management ability in the areas of strategic planning and organizational development
- Ability to develop, monitor and maintain management information systems and procedures
- Experience of financial responsibility for a budget
- Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure
- Ability to lead and to contribute to the team
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 (Senior Accountant) to hr@smoothtel.com by Tuesday, 30th June, 2020.
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
