Senior Accountant at City Eye Hospital

Our Ref: CEH/HR/REC/003/2023

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the incumbent will be tasked with the following;

• Ensure that all finance postings, approvals and reports are accurate and timely.
• Supervising the day-to-day activities and overall performance of the direct reports in order to create and sustain a performance culture that consistently exceeds the expectations of all stakeholders (customers, employees, shareholders).

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all day-to-day accounting operations by ensuring that correct transactions are posted in the system in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ensure that the company financial and accounting policies are implemented correctly.
• Ensure the integrity of the financial data in the accounting software.
• Implement a strict internal control framework, with adequate checks and balances, to mitigate against the risk of fraud or error.
• Be an integral part of the monthly stock takes and investigate all variances which arise and explain these to management
• Be in charge of the company assets management
• Ensure all documents are filed in an organized manner and easy to retrieve.
• Manage the annual external audit and present the draft audited accounts to the Finance Manager for review
• Lead the annual budget setting process with all departments ensuring they have sufficient training in how to complete templates, and then collate all the information into one company-wide budget for presentation to the Finance Manager- Participate in the budget preparation process
• Frequent review of price list to ensure the prices are competitive
• Provide weekly short-term and long-term cash flow forecasts for Finance Manager to review and sign off on.
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly financial reports on company performance
• Verify and upload Statutory returns
• Verify and post JVs from direct reports
• Any other responsibility and duties that may be given by the Finance Manager
• Take part in company projects and carry out any other tasks that may be assigned to you by your Line Manager and/ or any other person placed in authority over you.

Knowledge and Experience Required

• Bachelor of Commerce (Finance/Accounting Option)
• CPA (K)
• Registered by ICPAK
• Three years’ experience in a similar role.
• Experience in team leadership
• Experience in working with ERP systems.

Key Skills and Competencies Required

• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Exceptional Communication and Customer Care skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work on tight deadlines.
• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Proactive and assertive with strong relational and networking skills.
• Strong time management skills and self-motivation skills
• Computer literacy skills

This should reach us on or before 31st January 2023.