Job Description

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit a highly competent and performance driven accountant who will be responsible for applying accounting principles and procedures to analyze financial information and ensure appropriate accounting control procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information in quick books.
• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Verifying order documentation, and supervising disbursements.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Accomplishes the result by performing the duty.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Prepare and review monthly reconciliations of assigned balance sheet accounts and ensure that general ledger accounts are reconciled with resolution to reconciling items
• Bank accounts reconciliations and resolve various issues with banks such as cleared cheque differences, bank fee anomalies and targeted balance calculations.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts
• Control all expenditure within laid down budgetary limits and justify them to the management
• Ensure timely and efficient payment to creditors
• Ensure accurate allocation of cost to the correct cost centre’s
• Creditors and debtors accounts reconciliation
• He / she will be in charge of record keeping.
• Prepare financial statements and produce budget according to schedule
• Preparation and submission of all statutory payments on time.
• Well conversant with accounts payables and receivables (Daily invoicing and taking payments
• Ability to prepare and handle statutory returns i.e. PAYE, VAT, withholding tax, standard levy etc.
• Stock control and stock reconciliations
• Writing of cheques and recording the payment vouchers

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounts and a CPA K graduate
• 3 years’ experience
• Conversant with accounting software’s
• An understanding of reporting and record keeping required
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and analytical skills

Key Competencies

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good listening skills
• Problem analysis and problem-solving
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to multi task and adapt easily
• Ability to work under pressure with no or minimum supervision
• Time Management
• Data entry management
• Team work
• Confidentiality

How to Apply

Send your curriculum vitae to admin2@samura.co.ke by 13^th March 2019. Please quote the salary expected and your availability.

Job Categories: Accounting. Job Types: Full-Time.

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