Senior Accountant Job Vacancy in Kenya (KShs 60K)

A leader in Business Process Outsourcing, focusing on
Finance and Accounting, with a client base of local and international companies operating in the East African Market and Europe is looking to hire a Senior Accountant.

Reporting to the Managing Director the purpose of this job is to ensure that accurate and timely financial management information is generated to enable the organisation support clients effectively.

Key Responsibilities

The main responsibilities in this role include to:

• Managing the process of collecting accounting/financial data from clients, ensuring all data collected is accurate, posted correctly.
• Maintain general ledger accounts and related activities for the production of financial statements and reports.
• Perform end week reconciliation of accounts and closing the ledgers at the end of the week.
• Analyze and prepare financial statements, including balance sheets and statements of financial position.
• Ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met with accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close reports produced and circulated to clients as appropriate.
• Ensure established policies are adhered to and continuous review effected in keeping with changes within the industry.
• Carry out internal audits and work with external auditors in all matters relating to client audit and preparation of year-end statutory accounts.
• Interacting with clients on a regular basis, building strong client service relationship, resolving issues and anticipating problems that ease the ability of the company to collect revenue and retain the business.

Position Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

• A degree in Finance, Commerce, Accounting or related field and will be CPA (K) certified.
• 4 years’ working experience in the preparation and supervision of basic accounting ledger entries and extraction of financial statements, in a busy finance and accounting department.
• Thorough understanding of the globally accepted accounting standards.
• Analytical thinking with good business and commercial awareness
• Quality orientated with high attention to detail and accuracy, strong analysis, judgment and problem solving skills.
• Strong communication skills in all forms including written, oral, email, telephone, and presentation
• Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills, the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines capable of working independently
• Very strong service orientation, with the ability to work effectively with people at all levels
• Self-motivated, resourceful and results oriented, with unquestionable integrity and a high regard for confidentiality
• A high degree of computer literacy, with working knowledge of an integrated financial account system and proficient in the use of MS Office packages.

Remuneration: The starting salary for this position is KSh 60,000 gross per month.

If you are interested in the position and have the skills we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please forward an application letter indicating your suitability to this role, together with a copy of your updated resume, and your current salary and benefit package to recruit@tgagroupea.com by 2nd September 2011.

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