Jeyfine Wines Company Limited Jobs 2020 for Senior Accountant

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports to: Director, Operations Manager

Grade: TBA

Main Purpose of role:

Responsible for general accounting and book keeping support functions in an organization.             

Key Responsibilities and performance areas:

Financial Planning and Monitoring 40%

• Preparing and recoding assets, liability, revenue and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information;
• Maintaining and balancing subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies;
• Maintaining general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing trial balance; reconciling entries;
• Summarizing financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet; profit and loss and other statements;
• Performing bank reconciliation and ensuring correct banking is done;
• Analyzing financial information and financial status;
• Maintaining the payroll;
• Safe keeping of company records and assets;
• Filing of company tax returns i.e. PAYE, VAT and INCOME TAX and ensuring statutory payments are done on time;
• Monitoring customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments, generate age analysis other irregularities,
• Performing month-end accounting activities such as reconciliations and journal entries;
• Coordinating with the finance team to complete assigned accounting tasks;
• Generating financial reports and statements to managers for review;

Inventory Management 40%

• Developing inventory analysis reports and analyzing variances;
• Preparing the month end stock valuations, validating the Cost of sales and margin analysis;
• Reconciling inventory accounts to the general ledger;
• Verifying accurate costs for inventories;
• Monitoring inventory transactions;
• Assisting in the improvement of internal controls related to inventory;
• Reviewing monthly stock gains/losses and ensuring they are within the territory;
• Maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures;

People Leadership and Management 20%

• Providing leadership and guidance to a team of accountants, cashiers; monitoring their performance and general quality of work;
• Managing accounting assistants and bookkeepers;
• Managing and overseeing the entire accounting team;
• Monitoring and mentoring junior staff, clerks and book keepers;
• Working collaboratively with other teams to achieve shared goals;
• Providing guidance to other accountants when needed;
• Ensuring practical learning experiences for trainees the organization by providing accounting support and guidance;
• Ensuring  rules and regulations are adhered to by all users;

Give a weekly report on sales analysis showing margins per location;

• Motivating and coach the team to operational success;
• Monitoring the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on appropriate systems;
• Consistently promote high standards through personal example and ensuring each member of the team understands the standards and behavior expected of them;
• Working positively with support functions to fully define the processes/procedures/controls relevant to team activities;
• Providing support and input to continuous improvement activities within the team;

Give daily report on daily bank reconciliation showing unreconciled amounts;

Give monthly report on the monthly income statement and balance sheet for Jeyfines;

Assisting with employee expense reports;

Key Result Areas

• Customer satisfaction
• Accounting efficiency
• Profitability of the business in line with budgetary provisions.
• Implementation of the business plan and attainment of the business targets.

Person Specification

Minimum Education Requirements

• Bachelors Degree, Finance Option
• Must possess a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• ·Strong knowledge of MS Office and Quick Books

Minimum Required Experience

• Experience with bank reconciliation and tracking credit card transaction
• At least 5 years’ experience.

Skills

• Excellent communication and administrative skills
• Planning and organizing
• Workflow financial management skills
• Ability to work in a competitive and challenging environment
• Self driven/Goal focused/Target driven
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to meet all assigned deadline
• Data entry and word processing skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Team work
• Problem solving skills

Key Relationships:

CEO, Accounting(payable and receivable) staff, Operation  Manager and senior leadership management, Customers

How To apply

If you are qualified and feel up to the task

.Please,send your cv to

hr@jeyfinewines.co.ke

Closing Date : August 31 2020