Finance Officer Job in Nairobi, Kenya (50K)

Mar 22, 2016

Position: Finance Officer
 

Reporting to: Director-Finance
 

Job type: Permanent after 3 months’ probation
 

Location: Head Office, Nairobi.
 

Pay: Gross KES 50,000
 

Benefits: The incumbent will be responsible for the finance function of the company. 

He or she will be required to provide core support in the below:

• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information from various business partners on a timely basis.


• Focus on building and maintaining a healthy cash flows to ensure that the company is constantly facilitated for its operations.


• Summarizes current financial status by collecting and entering accounting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports.


• Perform accounting procedures like maintaining the general ledger, monthly bank reconciliations and periodic management accounts.


• Minimize tax liability by ensuring they are updated on latest tax procedures and making timely statutory returns on behalf of the company.


• Provide support to the human resource function by processing the monthly payroll on time.


• Ensure the company is compliant in all its financial procedures but keeping abreast with generally accepted accounting principles and applying the same in the organization.


• Provide support to the human resource function by processing the monthly payroll on time.


• Add value to the integrity of financial records by developing and implementing a safe, yet user-friendly method of record keeping, filing and back up.

Skills and Qualifications Required:

• Must have relevant work experience of 2 years, preferably in a bank or a financial institution.


• Must be a university graduate in Commerce or a related field, preferably finance option.


• Must be a CPA.


• Must be at least 23 years and above and display a mature disposition.


• Must have working knowledge and experience of an accounting software


• Must have the ability to perform general accounting functions.


• Must possess people skills and a capacity to think fast and not succumb under pressure.

Let qualified candidates send applications to jobs@jobsikaz.com. 

Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.