Chief Accountant Job in Nairobi Kenya (250K)

Mar 15, 2016

Job Title: Chief Accountant

Based in: Nairobi
 

Salary: 250,000ksh

Job Summary: The Chief Accountant is responsible for all areas relating to financial reporting, developing and maintaining accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements.
Job Description

• Oversees the overall financial operations of the hospital including accounting, budgetary, audits, and other financial planning activities


• Develops and implements policies and procedures


• Contributes financial expertise in the planning of new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue


• Obtains and maintains a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure


• Carry out the daily requirements.


• Analyzes areas in planning, promoting and conducting organization-wide performance improvement activities


• Good knowledge of principles and practices of financial management


• Implements appropriate changes in accounting systems and procedures


• Contributes to the achievement of continuous quality improvement in the delivery of services to customers


• Develops and implements policies and procedures with emphasis on internal controls


• Monitors and analyzes department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.


• Assists in development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department.


• Provides leadership to the assigned section


• Prepares and implements budgets and special revisions


• Monitors the division’s budgets and expenditures


• Ensures that operational and capital expenditure are appropriate


• Supervises and reviewing the billing, revenue capture and expenditure functions


• Ensures a smooth closedown of accounts for month-end and year-end in liaison with other Departments


• Participates in reviewing accounting systems and procedures to increase efficiency and comply with any new guidelines issued through statutory, internal and external audit reports


• Supervises the compilation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports.


• Participates in regular stock takes, following up on resolution of variances and taking corrective action

Skills

• Business degree


• CPA (K)


• Good knowledge of English both oral and written


• Competent user of MS packages and other relevant software


• IT Literate and proficiency in accounting software applications


• Six (6) years progressive working experience in accounting, three (3) of which must be at a supervisory level


• Expert knowledge of accounting, auditing and financial and management reporting


• Effective leadership skills


• Competent user of MS packages and other relevant software


• Principles and practices of hospital and healthcare budgeting and financial management


• Accounting principles, theories, concepts and their practical applications to hospital operations in general and to cost accounting and cost recovery in specific


• Financial modeling


• Business savvy

Email: recruitment@cdl.co.ke