Junior Accountant at Lipa Later

About the Role:

Reporting to the Senior Accountant, the Junior Accountant will be responsible for providing financial, administrative and clerical support to the organization.

Reports to: Senior Accountant

Key responsibilities will include:

• Confirming and updating all payments received that relates to loan repayments, Investors contributions and Clients Top Up contributions.
• Posting of payments to the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
• Responding to any queries regarding loan repayments, Top Ups, or Clients' contributions.
• Confirming loans details on the loan payment vouchers against entries in the loan management system.
• Preparing daily disbursements and collections reports. Collections reports include Partial Receipts, Drop Offs, Nil (Zero) receipted accounts, and Full Settlements.
• Filling and retrieval of all payment vouchers relating to loans and expenses.
• Weekly reconciliation of Petty cash transactions and posting entries in the accounting system.
• Fully support the senior Accountant during the reporting and consolidation process.
• Aid in ensuring reliability and integrity of the accounting system reporting.
• Analysis of actual vs budgeted figures and query variances.
• Working closely with auditors and ensuring this is done on a timely basis.
• Documenting procedures and maintain a strong internal control environment.
• Ad-hoc tasks required by the finance team (e.g. tax preparation).

Qualifications and skills, we are looking for:

• At least 2 years’ experience in a similar position
• Hands-on experience working with general ledgers
• Proficiency in SAGE accounting software
• Excellent organizing abilities
• Great attention to detail
• Good with numbers and figures and an analytical acumen
• Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices esp. IFRS/IAS and Kenyan GAAP
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office and familiarity with relevant accounting software
• Bachelor’s Degrees in the following subjects- Accounting or Finance
• Qualifications (e.g. CPA, ACCA or CIMA) is required.