Senior Accountant Career in Kenya

Position: Senior Accountant
 

Department: Accounts

Job Summary
 

Our client is seeking a senior accountant who will be responsible for ensuring the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions. 

The holder of the position will be working as the head of the finance team and will be responsible for administering all aspects of the accounting function including payroll processing for transmittal to the payroll service, financial reporting and month end close.

Duties and Responsibilities

Payroll:

• Process payroll on a bi-monthly basis for transmittal to payroll service.
• Prepare the bi-monthly timesheet allocation and corresponding journal entry.
• Follow-up with staff on outstanding timesheets.
• Review timesheets for errors and make any necessary corrections.
• Setup and train new employees on the timesheet system.
• Respond to any staff questions regarding timesheets or pay stubs.
• Reconcile the staff payroll to the general Ledger.

Cash / Revenue:

• Perform bank account transfers.
• Review cash receipts journal entry prepared by the junior accountant.

Accounts Payable:

• Review accounts payable batch prepared by the junior accountant.
• Review the corporate credit entries and supporting documentation prepared by junior accountant.

Financial Reports:

• Review vendor activity to ensure all monthly invoices have been received and processed
• Review contract obligations to ensure all contract invoices have been received and processed
• Perform the operating cash account reconciliation and related journal entries
• Perform various detailed month-end allocations for fringe benefits, shared costs and indirect cost allocations
• Record the release from restrictions revenue journal entry
• Perform various account reconciliations and work to resolve any discrepancies

Other duties / special projects as assigned.
 

Competence

• Accounting
• Research Skills
• Analyzing Information
• Attention to Detail
• Deadline-Oriented
• Confidentiality
• Thoroughness
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Software
• General Math Skills

Job Specification

• Minimum Bachelors degree in Business with a bias towards Accounts/finance or ACCA/CPA graduates.
• Masters in an accounting/financial field will be an added advantage.
• Membership to accounting professional bodies.
• Strong accounting packages knowledge would be an advantage.
• Minimum five years experience three of which should be in a senior accounting position.

ONLY candidates fulfilling the requirements of the positions should email

• their detailed CVs,
• indicating your availability and
• expected salary

Via email to ‘therecruiter@dafinaconsultants.com’.  

Indicate SENIOR ACCOUNTANT on the subject line. 

Deadline for receiving applications 22nd February 2013