Core Business Services, Senior Associate, Finance & Reporting, Kenya at Ernst & Young

The opportunity: your next adventure awaits.

We are looking for an individual to join our Finance team that provides complete, accurate, consistent, timely and insightful financial and operational information that helps Build a Better Working World and achieve our NextWave ambitions.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial analysis and reports for strategic and operational meetings for the business at Service lines and Country level.
• Make presentation of the financial performances to the service lines leaders and managers at the weekly, monthly, or quarterly meetings
• Manage and monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the Firm (payroll, invoicing, banking’s, and other transactions)
• Prepare and/or review various financial statements support schedules and balance sheet reconciliation of various accounts.
• Track project costs and review Inventory reports periodically for various management decisions
• Carry out business analysis, engagement metrics reviews and advise on business process re-engineering and operational improvement.
• Budgeting and planning – prepare budgets and key project plans, review and monitor KPI’s, review project plans and analysis, validation of plans, and various ad-hoc requests from Firm leaders.
• Prepare various adhoc executive reports
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies and regulatory requirements.
• Train and mentor Finance & operations staff as per Firm’s metrics.

Skills and Attributes for success:

• Strong accounting and analytical skills with ability to develop and maintain costs tracking methods of budget performance and variances.
• An excellent team player with sound knowledge to assist in delivering the best services to the firm.
• Ability to work and effectively communicate with senior-level business partners.
• Excellent business judgment, analytical, and decision-making skills
• Strong work organisation, coordination, and execution skills.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a Business-related field with a minimum of second-class upper honours or equivalent
• Qualified Accountant from recognized institution (CPA / ACCA)
• A minimum overall grade of a B in KCSE and B in both English & Mathematic
• Excellent IT skills particularly in excel, Word, PowerPoint and with hands on experience in SAP or any ERP system.
• Minimum of three years relevant working experience within a busy, computerised environment finance department

What working at EY offers:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you