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The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, preparing management accounts, ensuring statutory compliance, coordinating audits, and supporting financial reporting across a portfolio of entities. This is a hands-on role suited to an accountant who is highly organized, able to manage multiple priorities, and committed to maintaining strong financial controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate accounting records in QuickBooks Desktop, including supplier invoices, payments, receipts, journals, bank reconciliations, and credit card transactions across multiple entities.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and support timely month-end and year-end close processes for assigned entities.
• Manage treasury, cash flow, statutory compliance, including VAT, withholding tax, corporation tax, payroll-related remittances, and intercompany transactions, ensuring all balances are accurately reconciled.
• Coordinate annual audits by preparing supporting schedules, responding to audit queries, and liaising with external auditors and other stakeholders.
• Prepare monthly accounts for portfolio entities, ensuring consistent application of accounting policies, accurate period-end cut-offs, and timely financial reporting.
• Maintain reporting calendars, standardize accounting processes and working papers across entities, and provide financial analysis, cost reviews, treasury support, and other reports required by management.
• Support corporate and administrative finance activities, including invoicing, loan schedules, bank account administration, board documentation, and other ad hoc finance-related tasks.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. CPA (K), ACCA, or active progress towards a professional accounting qualification is preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years’ hands-on accounting or bookkeeping experience, preferably supporting multiple entities or within an outsourced accounting environment.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, Kenyan tax legislation, statutory compliance, and financial reporting.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks Desktop and Microsoft Excel, including reconciliations and financial working papers. Experience with Jedox is an added advantage.
• Experience supporting multiple legal entities, cross-border operations, or group accounting environments is preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with management, auditors, and external stakeholders

End Date 14th August 2026

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The role is responsible for managing executive schedules, coordinating meetings, supporting office administration, maintaining records, and liaising with internal departments to ensure administrative activities are carried out effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the Director’s diary, appointments, official correspondence, and follow up on meetings, communications, and action items.
• Organise and coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, take minutes, and ensure timely follow-up on agreed actions.
• Handle office reception, secretarial functions, record keeping, and prepare presentations, proposals, reports, and other documentation for the Director.
• Coordinate and document production morning briefs and follow up with management on operational updates and outstanding actions.
• Coordinate factory HR administrative activities in liaison with the Head Office.
• Oversee office support services, including supervision of cleaning and canteen staff, and manage office stationery, staff uniforms, and other office consumables.
• Carry out any other duties assigned by Management.

Key Requirements

• Higher Diploma in Secretarial Studies, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Previous experience as an Executive Secretary, Executive Assistant, or Management Secretary.
• Experience supporting senior management within a manufacturing, automotive, engineering, heavy fabrication, or industrial environment is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other office equipment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining confidentiality and meeting deadlines.

End Date 30th July 2026

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The successful candidate will be responsible for financial accounting, billing and collections, treasury management, tax compliance, workshop financial administration, management reporting, and general office administration. This hands-on role requires a self-driven professional who can work independently, maintain strong financial controls, and support business operations while supervising a junior team member.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate accounting records, including the general ledger, fixed assets, fleet assets, and intercompany accounts, while preparing monthly management accounts and financial reports.
• Manage the full customer billing cycle, monitor accounts receivable, follow up on outstanding payments, and ensure accurate revenue recognition.
• Oversee workshop financial administration, including invoicing, procurement of parts and consumables, inventory reconciliation, petty cash management, and profitability reporting.
• Prepare and process supplier payments, statutory remittances, payroll-related payments, and cash flow forecasts while monitoring foreign currency transactions.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, Kenyan tax legislation, and statutory reporting requirements, while supporting internal and external audits.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, variance analyses, and management reports to support strategic decision-making and business performance.
• Coordinate general office administration, maintain company records, liaise with banks, suppliers, auditors, and external stakeholders, and provide administrative support to management.
• Supervise and support the Finance & Administration Assistant, ensuring strong financial controls and efficient day-to-day operations.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with CPA (K), ACCA, or an equivalent professional accounting qualification (or actively pursuing one).
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a busy accounting or finance role covering the full monthly accounting cycle.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, Kenyan tax legislation, financial reporting, and reconciliations.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks Desktop and Microsoft Excel; experience with Jedox or other financial reporting systems is an added advantage.
• Experience within the leasing, automotive, logistics, or other capital-intensive industries is preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to supervise junior staff and work effectively across finance and operational teams.
• Demonstrated interest in leveraging AI tools to improve finance and administrative processes will be an added advantage.

End Date 13th August 2026