Financial Accountant at Eagle HR Consultants

Key Responsibilities

• Development and implementation of financial functional policies, processes, and procedures.
• Assist in developing and determining the Club’s financial requirements and provide guidelines on deployment including the preparation of Club budgets.
• Responsible for Club’s financial planning including budgeting, working capital, cash flow, cost management to meet Club’s objectives.
• Ensure timely Balance Sheet account reconciliations are completed as per finance policies and procedures and submitted to Finance Manager for review.
• Appraising investment opportunities to comply with the Club’s policy on investment.
• Responsible for financial reporting and communication, both internally and externally including liaising with the Clubs external auditors.
• Responsible for key performance indicators mainly operating profit, trade receivables, and relationship management with financial institutions and other key stakeholders.
• Identify, implement and benchmarking for best practices in financial management.
• Liaising with the Club’s Secretary on legal affairs touching on the finance docket.
• Training, motivating, and evaluating departmental staff to achieve high level of performance.
• Actively participate in the preparation of monthly and yearly financial statements and filing of returns, and other finance schedules and reports.
• Maintain professional and effective communication with colleagues, line managers and members where necessary.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and month-end close procedures.
• Assists with any special departmental projects/duties, as assigned.

Key skills

• Hand on skills and knowledge of SAGE system
• Cost accounting knowledge
• Ability to work as a team player
• Good analytical & numerical ability and attention to details.
• Good oral and communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines.

Academic, Professional qualifications & Experience

• Degree in B. Com Hons. (Accounting) or B. Admin Hons (Accounting)
• CPA (K).
• At least 3 -4 years’ experience in financial accounting preferably in the hospitality industry
• MS Office Applications with excellent excel skills.
• Familiar with analytical tools.
• SAGE System working experience will be an added advantage