Career Opportunities at Corporate Staffing - 4 Positions

Our client is one of the leading and trusted accounting and auditing firms in Nairobi, serving individual and corporate clients in various sectors for over 15 years. They seek to hire a Senior Internal Auditor to provide internal audit services to their clients.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversees audit planning, field work, and audit reporting; prepares reports, and communicates findings and recommendations to line and senior management
• Running client engagements from start to finish. This includes all aspects of financial statement preparation, internal staffing of engagements, project scheduling and budgeting, planning of the engagement and related administrative functions
• Conducts risk assessments and prepares risk registers
• Lead client audit engagements, which include planning executing, directing, and completing financial audits
• Conducts Internal audits
• Review reports, financial statements and tax returns
• Proactively interact with key client’s management to gather information, resolve problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements
• Supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns on audit process and assess performance of staff for engagement reviews; performing in-charge role

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or a related field
• CPAK/ ACCA
• Member Institute of Internal Auditors
• Minimum 3-5 years work experience as an auditor in an independent company
• Presentation skills
• Good Report writing skills
• Leadership – ability to interact with Directors and Senior client management
• People Management/ Supervisory Skills

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Our client is a well established accounting and audit firm offering financial advice and consultancy services. They seek to hire a Semi Senior Auditor.

Job Responsibilities

• Participate in Audit planning, field work, prepare reports, and communicate findings and recommendations to line and senior management.
• Ensure compliance with internal (audit methodology and risk management) and external (regulatory) requirements
• Obtain, analyse and evaluate accounting documentation, previous reports, data, flowcharts etc
• Prepare and present reports that reflect audit’s results and document process
• Client audit engagements, which include planning, executing, directing, and completing financial audits
• Identify loopholes and recommend risk aversion measures and cost savings
• Conduct follow up audits to monitor management’s interventions
• Performing risk assessments on key business activities and using this information to guide what to cover in audits
• Proactively interact with key client’s management to gather information, resolve problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements
• Supervising, training, and mentoring junior audit staff and interns on audit process and assess their performance for engagement reviews; performing in-charge role
• Assessing how well the business is complying to rules and regulations and informing management whether any issues need addressing
• Running of financial statement preparation, internal staffing of engagements, project scheduling and budgeting, planning of the clients engagement and related administrative functions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance
• CPA-K/ ACCA
• Minimum 2 years work experience as an auditor in an Audit Firm
• Presentation skills
• Good Report writing skills
• Leadership – ability to interact with Senior client management
• People Management/ Supervisory Skills

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Our Client is a medium sized company based in Nairobi that imports and distributes a wide range of pesticides to farmers and farms in Kenya. They seek to hire a competent candidate to fill the post of Finance Manager.

He or she will be tasked with developing and maintain accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely generation of financial statements and reports.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and implement goals, policies and procedures relating to financial accounting, management and budgeting.
• Ensure that policies and procedures (internal controls) are reasonably in place and strictly followed to safeguard Company assets.
• Oversee the general accounting function that includes inter-company accounting, cash management/reconciliation, financial analysis and reporting and balance sheet management.
• Responsible for overall financial planning and management including cash flow, creditors and debtors.
• Ensure that employees’ monthly statutory and other deductions (NHIF, NSSF, PAYE, HELB loan, Sacco remittance) are remitted to authorized bodies in time frame required and records maintained.
• In consultation with the Director, liaise with the bankers for settlement of discrepancies and clarification of entries made in the bank account statements.
• Carry out foreign exchange adjustment at the end of the year.
• Liaise with insurance broker to ensure prompt payment of insurance claims and any other matter related to the insurance policy.
• In liaison with the external auditor ensure that the reporting of annual accounts is as per the legal requirement in regards to depreciation, dividends and taxation.
• Take the lead in designing, implementation and review of the company credit control procedure, and develop and implement enhancements.
• Assist in staff monitoring, appraisal, motivation and reward, disciplinary measures and initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Carry out cost and business performance analysis of Company staff against targets on quarterly basis and/or as directed by the Director with an aim of identifying cost burden(s) for improvement and exemplary performance for motivation.
• Provide guidance and training on financial matters to staff to ensure adequate understanding of the Company business goals and objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
• CPA K holder
• At least 5 – 7 years’ experience in similar position
• Applicants must be between the ages of 33-39.
• Deep professional knowledge of finance and accounting
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Possess high sense of integrity and confidentiality
• Should be a team player and posses leadership skills

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Our client is an international charity NGO and they are looking to recruit a vibrant & polished Executive Personal Assistant. The competent individual will be tasked with providing high level support to the company Director.

Job Responsibilities

• Managing the Directors and Managers electronic diary
• Prepare & manage correspondence on behalf of the Directors & Managers
• Booking meetings, organizing travel and preparing complex itineraries
• Manage the corporate communications portfolio on behalf of the Director
• Planning, organizing and managing events
• Answering calls and responding to queries
• Managing and reviewing filing and office systems
• Representing the Director in meetings and events
• Commissioning work on the Directors and Managers behalf
• Liaising with staff Secretarial Resource, filing both Electronic and Physical
• Develop budgets, manage petty cash & ensure personal bills are paid in a timely manner
• Sourcing and ordering stationery and office equipment
• Management of personnel and resources
• Oversee the management of all contractual engagements with clients, partners and other stakeholders
• Act as a liaison between the Director’s office & members of staff
• Any other duties as advised by the employer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and related fields
• At least 3 years experience in a similar position
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft applications
• Good command of English language
• Excellent organizational and coordination skills
• Effective communication skills, both written and oral
• Ability to interact with high level individual personalities
• Highly confidential
• Must be well polished & cultured
• Strong sense of initiative
• Good problem solving & time management skills
• Culturally sensitive and ability to adapt easily.