Accounts Assistant – Receivables at Haco Industries Kenya Limited

The primary purpose of the job is:

Reporting to the Credit Controller, the position holder will Processing accounting receivables and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Regularly monitor customer accounts and ensure that credit limits are adhered to.
• Provide timely responses to the invoicing team to enable release of orders for invoicing.
• Ensure that customer balances due are collected in a timely manner.
• Ensure that credit notes that need to be issued to customers are issued in a prompt manner.
• Ensure daily posting of transactions in customer accounts.
• Ensure that customer statements are sent out to customers every week.
• Provide monthly reconciliations of general ledger accounts delegated by the Financial Controller.
• Ensure customer disputes are resolved in a timely manner and in a way that builds strong customer relationships.
• Weekly and monthly bank & petty cash reconciliation.
• Reconciliation and circulation of daily cash report.
• Ensure that staff floats and advances are reconciled every month and amounts not accounted for within the laid down procedures are submitted to HR department for payroll deduction.
• Fixed Assets management.

Qualifications and Experience

• Business related undergraduate degree.
• Accounting qualification, CPA Intermediate and above
• Proficiency in accounting software and MS Office suite, particularly Excel.
• Excellent numerical accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong time management skills
• Knowledge of accounting standards and taxation regulations
• At least 2-year professional experience in a similar position