Job Title: Management Accountant
Reports to: General Manager with a matrix report to Chief of Staff and with a dotted line to the Managing Director.
Company and Location of job: The Option One Distributors (E.A) Limited, Chuka (Tharaka Nithi County)
Purpose of job:
Reports to: General Manager with a matrix report to Chief of Staff and with a dotted line to the Managing Director.
Company and Location of job: The Option One Distributors (E.A) Limited, Chuka (Tharaka Nithi County)
Purpose of job:
- To ensure the overall integrity and accuracy of the General Ledger as a basis for the preparation of financial and management reports.
- Recording entries in the general ledger
- To ensure full reconciliation of all the General Ledger accounts
- Preparation of financial reports-Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
- Sign-off jointly with the General Manager the end of day report of: Cash received, Cash in Safe, Cash Banked, Stocks Sold and Stocks Held at end of day.
Key Result Areas:
- Monitoring Balance sheet and Income Statement account movements and ensuring that they reflect the correct balances and all relevant account reconciliations are performed and corrective actions taken timeously.
- Preparation and review of monthly general ledger reconciliations to ensure that outstanding items are timeously cleared, resultant entries processed and the amounts reflected in the general ledger appropriately supported.
- Daily review and clearance of all suspense accounts
- Daily reconciliation of the Customer Account and end of day report.
- Reconciliation of VAT and WHT control accounts.
- Maintenance of the fixed asset registers.
- Reconciliation of the fixed asset registers to the general ledger.
- Calculating monthly depreciation and journal preparation.
- Preparing summary fixed asset reports.
- Preparation of journals for upload onto the system.
- Opening of Credit Accounts
- Review of ALL customer accounts daily.
- Manage all aspects of fixed asset accounting, ensuring that amounts ultimately recorded in the general ledger are correct.
- Posting of journals on the system e.g. Depreciation, Prepayment amortization, Fixed Asset Register
- Preparation of requisite schedules for the annual audit
- Provision of Technical Advice and Accounting support to other Functional Units
- Sign-off jointly with the General Manager the end of day report of: Cash received, Cash in Safe, Cash Banked, Stocks Sold and Stocks Held at end of day.
Requirements:
Qualifications:
- ACCA/CPA Graduate.
- Business Degree an advantage.
Experience:
- Minimum of 1 years post qualification experience.
- Understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards.
- Computer literacy and knowledge of personal computers and software packages such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access.
- Good communication and presentation skills at a senior level
Special Skills/Competencies:
- Ability to analyze and evaluate data for acceptability and correctness.
- Analytical mind with strong orientation to financial analysis.
- Ability and experience in communicating with all levels of management regarding management information needs.
- Good interpersonal skills required in liaising with people at different levels within the Company.
- Willingness to get involved in detail
- Good planning and organization skills.
- Strong report writing skills.
- Dynamic self-starter with a personal ambition to succeed.
- Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
- A person with high integrity.
- Excellent computer skills particularly in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Access, Power Point.
- Team player
Applicants to send their cover letter and CV to the Recruiting Manager, info@optionone.co.ke by 28th October, 2013.
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
Option One Distributors (EA) LTD is an equal opportunity employer.
Option One Distributors (EA) LTD is an equal opportunity employer.