RESPONSIBILITIES:
Financial Accountant to process suppliers' payments by performing supplier payment reconciliations and processing invoices/credit notes.
Key responsibilities:
Performing day-to-day financial transactions, including verifying, and recording accounting data in the system.
Review documents and transactions to ascertain compliance, accuracy, and reasonableness of the transactions.
Ensure all financial transactions are properly and timely updated and recorded.
Ensure timely processing of payments and preparation of the weekly payments report.
Prepare the weekly and monthly cash flow reports and forecasts.
Prepare and file all statutory and tax returns (monthly, quarterly and annually) – Income tax, VAT, withholding tax, PAYE, NSSF, NHIF etc and ensure payments to the authorities are made on time as provided by applicable laws.
Perform finance end-month closure process and ensure overall general ledger hygiene by reconciling all balance sheet and PL accounts and following up reconciling items on a timely manner.
Prepare the financial statements including income statements, balance sheets, cashflows and all the other required reports.
Prepare the interim and final audit files and follow up all audit issues raised by internal and external auditors.
Assist departmental heads in the preparation of the annual budgets for the respective units.
Maintain proper filing of documents and maintain proper records of all accounting transactions.
Provide accurate and timely reports as required by management and heads of departments.
Create and promote a positive work environment within the finance team.
REQUIREMENTS
Hard skills and experience:
Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
At least 4 years of experience in a similar role
CPA finalist
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Proficiency in Accounting software (e.g. QuickBooks, Sage, SAP).