Management and Financial Accountant
(Based in Nairobi and Upcountry)Destination Holdings Ltd is a Medium-Scale Farming and Agribusiness growth enhancement company dedicated to Green Horticultural Farming and Marketing, while building safety nets for smallholder farmer out-growers, determined to enhance journeys from subsistence to commercial farming. DHL has a sister company Innovam Ltd which is dedicated to running agro-input shops that are backed by information centres and training programmes and exchange visits for farmers. Inputs include Conservation Agriculture and Renewable Energy mechanization applications. DHL is seeking to employ an Accountant to put general finance structure and management as well as resource use accountability processes and tools, for her 60 acre (and expanding) modern irrigated farming, shops and real estate operations. The job is one to safeguard the financial and material
assets of the organisation by properly accounting for them and instituting adequate internal controls to prevent their misuse or loss and generally monitoring and reporting their proper use. The Accountant will assemble the organisation’s operational and transactional information and data re: inventory, input supplies & stocks dispensing, marketing and sales, debtors and creditors etc. and presenting these to Management and Auditors, to effectively manage their own functions for the good of the entire organisation.
The Accountant will:
Establish sound organisational and financial policies and operational procedures that guide budgets, expenditure and accountability from records to operational opinion and guidelines. Provide analytical support towards deliverable organisational and specific farm or other enterprise targets, adequately backed by financial plans, timely primary and secondary accounting documents namely: cashbook, petty cash reimbursement schedules & payroll; monthly payment records and supporting documents (timesheets, contracts, advances, deductions, etc.), monthly accounts - segmented income and expenditure statement and balance sheets (payables, receivables, advances, floats etc.).
Establish the systems for adequate and computer based and backed-up, business specific and budget-compliant periodic performance and reconciliation records.
The candidate we are looking for will have many of the following qualities. S/he will:
Have at least a CPA I backed by relevant informal training and business experience.
At least a 4-year proven experience in operational finance and management experience.
Be flexible to survive in rural farm settings, have a nark for excellence and be a self-motivated individual with a natural interest in growing businesses in a wholistic sense.
Have commendable money-sensitive management etiquette, able to pass on good financial practice and sense of business goals for growth, to other workers.
Have great verbal and written communication skills and be a good team player, able to show transparent leadership at all times and among all parties.
If you feel that you are the unique individual we are looking for, send your Letter of Application, CV, testimonials and contacts for 2 reachable Referees to: The Director, Destination Holdings Ltd, P.O. Box 63573-00619, Nairobi. Kenya. E-mail: kaumbuthos@wananchi.com by no later than September 30, 2012. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.