Management and Financial Accountant
(Based
in Nairobi and Upcountry)
Destination
Holdings Ltd is a Medium-Scale Farming and Agribusiness growth enhancement
company dedicated to Green Horticultural Farming and Marketing, while building
safety nets for smallholder farmer out-growers, determined to enhance journeys
from subsistence to commercial farming.
DHL
has a sister company Innovam Ltd which is dedicated to running agro-input shops
that are backed by information centres and training programmes and exchange
visits for farmers.
Inputs
include Conservation Agriculture and Renewable Energy mechanization
applications.
DHL
is seeking to employ an Accountant to put general finance structure and
management as well as resource use accountability processes and tools, for her
60 acre (and expanding) modern irrigated farming, shops and real estate
operations.
The
job is one to safeguard the financial and material assets of the organisation
by properly accounting for them and instituting adequate internal controls to
prevent their misuse or loss and generally monitoring and reporting their
proper use.
The
Accountant will assemble the organisation’s operational and transactional
information and data re: inventory, input supplies & stocks dispensing,
marketing and sales, debtors and creditors etc. and presenting these to
Management and Auditors, to effectively manage their own functions for the good
of the entire organisation.
The
Accountant will:
- Establish
sound organisational and financial policies and operational procedures
that guide budgets, expenditure and accountability from records to
operational opinion and guidelines.
- Provide
analytical support towards deliverable organisational and specific farm or
other enterprise targets, adequately backed by financial plans, timely
primary and secondary accounting documents namely: cashbook, petty cash
reimbursement schedules & payroll; monthly payment records and
supporting documents (timesheets, contracts, advances, deductions, etc.),
monthly accounts - segmented income and expenditure statement and balance
sheets (payables, receivables, advances, floats etc.).
- Establish
the systems for adequate and computer based and backed-up, business
specific and budget-compliant periodic performance and reconciliation records.
The
candidate we are looking for will have many of the following qualities.
S/he
will:
- Have
at least a CPA I backed by relevant informal training and business
experience.
- At
least a 4-year proven experience in operational finance and management experience.
- Be
flexible to survive in rural farm settings, have a nark for excellence and
be a self-motivated individual with a natural interest in growing
businesses in a wholistic sense.
- Have
commendable money-sensitive management etiquette, able to pass on good
financial practice and sense of business goals for growth, to other
workers.
- Have
great verbal and written communication skills and be a good team player,
able to show transparent leadership at all times and among all parties.
If
you feel that you are the unique individual we are looking for, send your
Letter of Application, CV, testimonials and contacts for 2 reachable Referees
to:
The
Director,
Destination
Holdings Ltd,
P.O.
Box 63573-00619,
Nairobi.
Kenya.
E-mail:
kaumbuthos@wananchi.com by no later than September 30, 2012.
Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted.