ACCOUNTANT

● Review and verify all transactions posted in the system.
● Prepare and issue routine financial reports: customer and business profitability reports.
● Manage debtors: Collect all accounts receivable, update the system, and escalate problematic. Debtors to Branch Managers or other Seniors, liaise with external debt collectors.
● Manage creditors: negotiate credit terms, enforce agreed credit periods.
● Management of all payments: vendors, statutory etc..
● Administration Tax: PAYE, VAT, NSSF, NHIF, NITA as per act.
● Confirm all purchased items have been received in the organization.
● Perform reconciliations: monthly bank, payroll, Client Accounts, supplier accounts.
● Cash flow management – ensure cash is available when need i.e., through AR collections/bank overdrafts, etc.
● Preparation of the payroll
● Ensure organization complies with all legal requirements. Should Know The accounts At Audit level and to Comply monthly.
● Liaise with external auditors.
● Preparation of Monthly Management Accounts.
● Preparation of Monthly/Annual Budgets.
● Should Make professional Complete Project Reports & 10 Years Projected Cashflows , P&L , Balancesheet. To seek funds from Bank & Financiers.
● Conduct surprise stock and cash count.
● Provide leadership to the finance and accounting areas of the organization, proposing and implementing improvements in processes to increase efficiency
● Provide useful financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing strategy, and provide guidance and analysis to executive and operational management to improve results.
● Maintain control of the following areas: general ledger, accounts payable, expense reports, and payroll.
● Prepare a variety of ad hoc financial scenarios as requested.
● Ensure full compliance with Kenya Revenue Authority.
● Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting for decision making
● Overall responsibility for maintenance of internal control systems
● Collaborate and lead finance functions with Educate! team, especially with the budget owners/managers.
● Provide finance support and collaborate closely with the operations team
● Key contact with bank support personnel and Tax Advisors
● Periodic meetings with the Account and Finance team (Managing Director) for all Educate! accounting needs and deliverables
● Work in close collaboration with other contracted finance support teams
Financial Control & Accounting
● Observe and implement all Educate! accounting systems, payments, bookkeeping, and statutory filing.
● Ensure that all financial transactions are processed accurately, in a timely manner, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles through the SAP/ERP system, identifying and correcting any variances.
● Develop, implement, and maintain processes and controls that are current best practices related to transaction processing.
● Manage, oversee, process (as appropriate), all of the following transactions: payroll, accounts payable, revenue and expense, fixed assets, cash, bank reconciliations, and allocations.
● Perform month-end closing procedures, including account reconciliations, and updating schedules.
● Maintain an orderly accounting filing system
● Revenue management & improvement of payment systems

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
● Certified public accountant (CPA, K) or ACCA qualification or Inter CA
● Finance & Accounting experience working in Manufacturing or Trading environment
● Minimum of 5 years of finance and accounting experience, including finance, accounting, audit, and analysis.
● Minimum of 2 years of managerial experience leading finance teams and cross-function collaborations.
● Proven experience handling $10+ Million annual turnover
● Solid experience in coordinating audit activities and managing reporting, budget development and analysis, accounts payable and receivable, general ledger, payroll, and accounting.
● Proficiency with SAP/ERP Online and excellent Excel skills.
● Collaborative, data-oriented approach to problem-solving
● Demonstrated ability to work in a self-directed manner, seeking out areas that need attention rather than being asked to look at specific problem areas.