Accountant

Our Client a Microfinance bank in Nairobi - Kenya, is seeking to engage the services of an accountant to join their team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Finance Duties

• Ensuring financial transactions are properly recorded and entered into the computerized accounting systems ( Bankers Realm)

• Monitoring of cash flow situation of the Institution and updating of the departmental head of the cash flow position and any need for inter-bank funds transfers.
• Liaise  with  all  accounts  assistants  to ensure  timeliness  of  flow  of  data for  monthly report preparation.
• Ensuring that the files for bank transfers, bank reconciliations, and Cheques are up to date and are kept safely and available to authorized staff only.
• Maintaining the asset register.
• Preparation and processing of vendors payments.
• Preparation of end month journals for posting in the system. And thereafter undertake the monthly sub ledger reconciliations.
• Ensure payment of all branch expense claims and that adequate amounts are available in the respective branches, to enable continued sustenance of branch needs.
• Assist the departmental head in budget preparation and consolidation.
• Help in facilitating the work of Internal and External Auditors and assisting in implementation of audit recommendations.
• Filing of company statutory returns (WHT, Excise duty, PAYE, NSSF and NHIF)
• Generation of the CBK report

2. Payroll process

• Administering the company’s payroll and associated statutory requirements (PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, leave) and other authorized pay deductions
• Work closely with the Head of Finance and HR department to prepare accurate inputs, deductions and computations for monthly payroll processing for all staff.
• Provide assistance in the preparation of monthly payroll cost analysis and reports by including summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions and leave days

KNOW HOW AND EXPERIENCE

Qualification and experience

• Bachelors degree in finance/ accounting
• CPA qualification Minimum Part two.
• At least 3 years experience as an accountant in a busy financial institution

Organisation and Administration skills

• Excellent organisation, time, work and self management skills

• Ability to establish daily and monthly priorities and activities and manage own diary
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and monitor own and handle heavy workload

• Ability to work well under pressure and against conflicting deadlines
• Ability to act with initiative in all matters and handle confidential information

Interpersonal Skills

• Self-motivated team player with the ability to adapt and work co-operatively and effectively in different situations and teams to carry out assigned task
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with individuals and team as a whole
• Ability to motivate others by personal modeling, professional credibility, and trust