Account Assistant at Corporate Staffing

Key Responsibilities:

• Daily confirmation and reconciliation of Mpesa payments by franchisees and wholesale versus sales.
• Issuance of daily sales report from dataddo. Printing ETR receipts daily and issuance of Z reports at the end of the month.
• Support in payment for purchase of goods and services. Manage supplier returns and credit notes.
• Perform inventory count at the store daily, review and post in the system and advise on any variances.
• Payment of other suppliers, franchisees, human resource, VAT, PAYEE, NHIF, NSSF within their deadlines.
• Payment of utilities including licenses, airtime etc.
• Dealing with suppliers to ensure invoices have ETR or ESD and attaching to Purchase orders. Make a copy of the invoice or receipt immediately to avoid loss of information.
• Weekly enter data of financial transactions in database mostly in Expense sheet.
• Provide assistance and support to company personnel as and when required.
• Report accounting or documentation problems and discrepancies.
• Any other duty as requested by management

Skills and Qualifications

• Diploma in business related studies, basic accounting knowledge
• Two years experience accounting department.
• Experience in FMCG is a must
• Competency in MS Office, databases and accounting software
• Hands-on experience with spreadsheets and financial reports.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Aptitude for numbers
• Ability to perform filing and record keeping tasks
• Data entry and excel processing skills
• Well organized
• Good report writing skills
• Computer literate
• Entrepreneurial skills
• Good communication skills and fluency in English and Swahili 
• Proper financial management skills
• Proper negotiation skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Be willing to work for a start up, ability to run a business on lean costs
• Open to interact with the base of the pyramid (BOP) communities in the last mile rural areas.