Senior Accountant at Smoothtel

Role

We are a leading ICT integration company seeking to fill the position of a Senior Accountant.

 Main purpose of the job

This senior leadership role is critical and is expected to provide comprehensive financial and decision support to the company. The successful job holder shall combine excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of accounting principles to analyze financial reports and forecasts.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate company forecasting and budget preparation
• Develop and document accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
• Track the company’s financial status and performance to identify areas for potential improvement
• Management and maintenance of percentage margin on all company products
• Management of all stores and procurement operations
• 100% enforcement of the credit policy
• Seek out methods for minimizing financial risk to the company
• Compliance of lead time periods for local and imported products as per the company’s policy
• Ensure clearance of dead stock as per internal processes
• Research on technical finance and accounting issues for compliance
• Enforce Annual Pre-qualification of suppliers as per ISO 9001:2015
• Manage and comply with local, government reporting requirements and tax filings
• Oversee finance team i. e monitoring performance, grow, develop and build a team
• Ensure 100% compliance with PPOA, ISO 9001:2015, ERP, quick books and all other expected regulations
• Develop and present financial reports to Management and board members as expected

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce/ Finance, Business Administration or equivalent
• CPA (K) graduate
• Master’s Degree in Finance /Accounting or strategic management shall be an added advantage
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Accounting
• Knowledge of Quick books or Pastel accounting packages
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience in the negotiation, interpretation & management of loan agreements and various contracts
• Good communication skills
• Competent accounting and control skills related to project entities
• Proven administrative, leadership and management ability in the areas of strategic planning and organizational development
• Ability to develop, monitor and maintain management information systems and procedures
• Experience of financial responsibility for a budget
• Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure
• Ability to lead and to contribute to the team

Organizational alignment

• Reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer
• Indirectly to the Chief Operations Officer