Finance Assistant Job in Kenya

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to support our day-to-day transactions, including expenses and payroll.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assisting the finance department and senior accounting staff members with various tasks, including preparing budgets, records, and statements
• Preparing financial documents such as invoices, bills, and accounts payable and receivable
• Completing financial reports on a regular basis and providing information to the finance team
• Managing payroll
• Assisting with budgets
• Completing bank reconciliations
• Entering financial information into appropriate software programs
• Managing company ledgers
• Processing business expenses
• Verifying balances in account books and rectifying discrepancies
• Managing day-to-day transactions
• Recording office expenditures and ensuring these expenses are within the set budget
• Posting daily receipts
• Preparing annual budgets
• Handling accruals and prepayments
• Resolving errors in financial reports and correcting faulty reporting methods
• Managing monthly budgeting tasks
• Create cost analysis reports (fixed and variable costs)
• Process tax payments
• Process invoices and follow up with clients, suppliers and partners as needed

Qualifications Requirement:

• Degree in BA, Finance, Accounting or related field
• CPA qualification
• Work experience as a Finance Assistant/Accounts Assistant /Finance Officer or similar role
• At least 3 years’ experience is required
• Good knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping procedures
• Familiarity with accounting software (e.g. QuickBooks)
• Organizational and time-management skills
• Attention to detail, with an ability to spot numerical errors
• Advanced MS Excel skills (creating spreadsheets and using financial functions)

Application Procedure:

If you meet the above minimum qualifications, we would like to receive your application.

Apply in confidence by sending your updated CV and cover letter to: jobs.qv@gmail.com on or before 30/07/2020.

Please indicate the job applied on the email subject line.