Accountant

Proposed salary guide: Competitive, and in line with qualifications and experience.
Job Summary
Job Title: Accountant
Department: Audit/Accounting
Reports to: Senior Accountant/Managing Director

Overall description:
Job Purpose
Our client is looking for an experienced accountant/auditor for their outsourced accounting and audit jobs.
The successful candidate will be someone who has reasonable experience in preparing financial statements from source documents like bank statements, invoices, payment  vouchers, receipts, etc. The job involves preparing various sections of an audit file and  supporting schedules like bank, debtors, creditors and reserves reconciliations, VAT, PAYE, accruals and prepayments, etc.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Managing Director, the Tour Manager will be responsible for:
The desired requirements are but not limited to the following:-
1. Be a fast learner.
2. Knowledge and experience in financial reporting, financial management and taxation.
3. Should be able to train other staff and take over full responsibilities in the absence of immediate supervisor.
4. Should be able to deal with taxation issues under the Kenyan law.
5. Experience in managing/supervising others an added advantage.
6. Should have extensive working knowledge of modern accounting/software packages as well as MS Office.
7. Should be able to handle any other accounting task that may present itself from time
to time.
General Requirements
1. Should have good interpersonal skills.
2. Should be able to communicate extremely well in English and Kiswahili (both spoken and written).
3. Should be able to work with minimal supervision.
4. Female candidates encouraged to apply, aged between 24 and 30.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge and Abilities
Education and Experience
1. A first degree from a reputable university.
2. Be a Certified Public Accountant Part III.
3. Have at least 5 years hands on experience in a busy accounting environment, with at least 2 years experience in audit.


Key Competencies
Analytical skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Key result areas
Accurate maintenance of accounting records
Adhereance to global practice auditing requirements
Risk Management
Quality of relationships with clients and staff.
Other requirements
Must be proficient in English communication – oral and written.
Three professional references
Selected Individual needs to be honest, self motivated, hard working team player who can work with little or no supervision.

Interpersonal skills and competencies
Innovation.
Good organization and planning.
Team leadership.
Excellent formal presentation skills.
Persuasiveness and easy adaptability.
Ability to tolerate stress.
Ability to meet strict deadlines.
Decision making and clear judgment.
Innovativeness.
Problem analysis and solving capability.
Computer Skills
Working knowledge /good use of MS Word and Excel.

THE ORGANISATION’S CULTURE
Equal opportunity employer
Staff with high levels of Integrity
Hard working staff, working mainly independently and without supervision
Able to work in a multicultural environment

How to Apply
If you believe you have what it takes to handle any of this challenging position, kindly and urgently email your one page Application Letter, together with your detailed CV (placed in one file, please) as an
attachment in Word or rtf format to jobs@achievers.co.ke, clearly indicating the position applied for in the subject line of your mail to enable automated email sorting. Only applications specifying the position applied for will be considered.

Kindly also indicate details of your current and expected salary, names & addresses of 3 business referees, current and previous employers, roles and responsibilities handled to date, together with your day and
cell contacts. Original Certificates and copies of the same will be required for those interviewed.
We regret that only Short Listed Candidates will be considered. Kindly send one application to avoid disqualification.

Date of Advertisement: 25th July  2012
Deadline: on identification of suitable candidate or deadline 8th August 2012, whichever comes earlier. “The Early Bird Catches the Worm” You are encouraged to apply early
Notes:
Priority will be to suitable candidates on our CV Placement Service  We regret that only applications sent for this specific vacancy will beconsidered