Summit Recruitment & Search Senior Accountant Jobs in Nairobi, Kenya

Summit Recruitment & Search Senior Accountant Jobs in Nairobi, Kenya

Summit Recruitment and Search Africa is a leading Recruitment and Executive Search agency head quartered in Kenya providing outstanding talent to a wide range of companies and NGO’s in various business sectors across Africa.

Our client, a Global Leader in business strategy consulting, is looking to recruit a Senior Accountant.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing finance support to the local office system in the following areas – financial accounting and operations, accounts payable and expenses, asset management, tax compliance, financial systems, insurance, intercompany, risk management and payroll.

The Ideal candidate will be required to come from the Big Four Audit Firm, or multinational organization is a similar position.

Key Requirements:

Ensure compliance with local statutory and US GAAP accounting requirements.

Support Finance Manager in ensuring that local accounting practices comply with BCG policies and local accounting regulations.

Manage the day-to-day financial accounting processes under the supervision of the Finance Manager.

Maintain the general ledger

Maintenance of AR ledger including opening/closing projects

Create new suppliers and bank accounts in Oracle AP

Scan supplier invoices and send to outsourced accounting company

Process expense reports (ERs)

Document intercompany invoices.

Manage Withholding Tax for invoices received from the netting centre

Prepare inputs for external accounting firm for VAT, WHT and Payroll.

Review tax, monthly payroll and statutory deductions returns.

Prepare

annual reports for labor and tax administrations:

Qualifications:

University Degree with professional accounting qualification such as CPA (K) or ACCA.

5+ years of accounting operations and/or finance experience in professional Audit or Accounting firm or well-established commercial firm.

Good Understanding of IFRS and Local Accounting requirements.

Good Understanding of local Tax rules and practices.

Experience with statutory financial accounting and reporting

Experience providing high level of customer service, managing highly confidential materials and administrative tasks

Experience in a professional services firm is an added advantage.

Expert in Office Automation software such as MS Excel.

Knowledge of Oracle, HFM and Reporting tools such as Business Objects is an added advantage

Must be able to perform successfully in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, service-oriented environment.

Experience working successfully within a complex matrix structured organization is essential.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Summit Recruitment & Search Senior Accountant Jobs in Nairobi, Kenya

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