Financial Accountant at Summit Recruitment and Search

The ideal candidate Must have experience working with Sage ERP and have worked in a Manufacturing sector.

Key Responsibilities:

• Raise purchase orders for support services and office incidentals.
• Post supplier invoices to their respective ledgers.
• Post and allocate supplier payments to their respective sub-ledger accounts.
• Prepare reconciliation of supplier balances in the ledgers against supplier statements.
• Prepare supplier payment requisitions and upload them to the online banking platform.
• Prepare the payroll, post the payroll journal and bank payments file as well as a month on month payroll reconciliation by 25th of each month.
• Ensure that PAYE, WHT, VAT, KEBS Levy and Corporation tax are filed and paid within the statutory guidelines.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts.
• Assist in the month-end closing process by verifying accuracy of ledger postings in the detailed general ledger for all related entities.
• Assist in the preparation of general ledger and balance sheet reconciliations for all captions in the trial balance.
• Assist the Finance Manager in the preparation of consolidated management accounts reconciled by the 5th working day of the new month.
• Posting of all payments into the cashbook ledger.
• Managing office petty cash requisition and payments.

Qualifications:

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Must be a CPA (K) or ACCA finalist
• Must have experience in the Manufacturing Sector
• Must have experience working with Sage ERP
• Very strong excel & accounting knowledge
• Good interpersonal & organization skills & analytical mind and with a keen eye for detail