Accountant-Thika at Gap Recruitment Services Limited

Job Objective:

• Our client, a well-established group of businesses engaged in manufacturing packaging materials and operating hardware outlets, is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Accountant. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in managing various accounting functions across the group, with experience in auditing.

Key Responsibilities:

• To accurately register, code and process invoices for payment ensuring that all invoices are approved in accordance with the company delegation of authority limits.
• Follow-up and resolve invoice queries externally and internally.
• Ensure monthly reconciliation of vendor accounts.
• Financial and profitability analysis of the companys Projects
• Generate aging and other vendor reports as required.
• Ensure accurate recordings and treatment of Withholding Tax & VAT
• Provide ad-hoc support to the financial accounting team
• Petty cash management
• Ensure the asset register is updated and up to date with the current prices of the older assets purchased.
• Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing, posting and recording accounts receivables data
• Perform Audit of the expenditures and incomes of the various hardware outlets.
• Preparation of management accounts

Minimum Qualifications.

• Bachelors of Commerce, Accounting option or business-related field
• A minimum of four (4) years work experience with at least 2 years as a lead accountant.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in accounts in billing and account receivable.
• Knowledge & experience in preparing final company accounts and statutory filing will be an advantage.
• Hands on experience on MS Excel