Sectors: Accounting, Finance and Administration.
Industry: Management Consultancy.
Town/City: Nairobi, Kenya.
Job Description
AESA East Africa is looking for a proactive and a trustworthy accountant to take over accountancy roles currently undertaken by an external accountant. The accountant should be able to work within the Projects implemented in the East Africa region.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure financial transactions are properly recorded and entered into the accounting systems i.e., cash notes excel, QuickBooks etc.
- Prepare payments to suppliers.
- Payroll Administration and Payment.
- Ensure all statutory returns are filed timely as required.
- Accounting for project funds and updating project accounts.
- Ensure proper records and storage of all the financial data; ensuring that there are proper supporting documents for all the transactions.
- Handle regular cash book reconciliations.
- Perform sales ledger and creditors ledger accounts reconciliation.
- Preparation of daily, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, and annual reports.
- Undertaking daily banking functions and bank reconciliations.
- Maintains relations with vendors, contractors and customers and responds to their queries and liaises with them for resolution of issues.
- Ensure that accurate financial information is provided for purpose of planning, budget development and expenditure controls.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly budget vs actual analysis and update management on the same.
- Maintain electronic and hard copy filing system and retrieve documents from filing system when required.
- Resolve accounting, financial and administrative problems and inquiries and prepare written responses to routine enquiries.
- Prepare and modify documents including correspondence, reports, drafts, memos, and emails.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Any other duties that may be assigned by the managers.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Degree in any business course majoring in Accounting or Finance.
- At least 3 years of experience in accounting.
- Professional qualification in accounting; at least CPA Part II or ACCA.
- Proven experience with QuickBooks.
- Proficiency in computer applications.
- Experience working in the project management industry.
- Previous experience preparing Financial Reports.
- High level of integrity and commitment.
- Good written & communication skills in English.
- Ability to work under minimum supervision.
- Exceptional analytical, presentation and problem–solving skills.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV by e-mail to info.aesaea@aesagroup.eu with the subject; Accountant before the close of business on Tuesday, 15th February, 2022.