Roles for the Senior Accountant Job
Oversee accurate, complete and timely processing and posting of information into the financial system.
Review and ensure accurate maintenance of all sub ledgers
Perform and ensure journal entries and account reconciliations are completed accurately and timely. This includes but not limited to accounting for accruals, provision
Maintain the fixed asset register and lead the department’s efforts to integrate FAR to GL
Lead the integration of Payroll system to GL
Manage inter-company transactions and balances agreement.
Prepare Trial Balance and financial reporting pack for upload into HFM and head office consolidation
Review of job costing, WIP analysis and closed job report.
Compile quarterly capex returns.
Management reports for review of financial and production KPI’s
Manage daily site treasury requirements and ensuring that the company’s cash flow is adequate to allow it to operate effectively and forecasting cash payments and anticipating challenges arising from limited cash flow;
Manage EPZ operator and enterprise legal requirements including but not limited to EPZ quarterly and annual returns, renewal licences, transaction implications
Manage KRA Tax requirements for EPZ operators and enterprise, commercial & logistics tax implications for shipments into and out of an EPZ zone
Ensure compliance to Income tax provisions – statutory payroll returns and remittances including provident fund returns.
Compute, complete and submit Import Declaration Forms(IDFs) for
Monthly local duties payment and returns.
Compute and prepare monthly standard levy payment and returns.
Review and endorse reconciliation of withholding tax for payment.
Liaise and follow up with tax consultant on instalment and final taxes and also discussions on tax computations.
Analysing of historical data for forecasting.
Filling in data into budget forms and upload.
Analysing and explaining monthly variances to budget.
Assist in monitoring monthly expenditure vs. budget
Preparation of monthly operating statements for local management.
Senior Accountant Job Requirements
Degree in finance/accounting
CPA K or ACCA Certified
4 years of corporate treasury and financial accounting experience
Strong knowledge of EPZ operations, Tax requirements for EPZ operators and enterprise, commercial, corporate treasury functions and financial reporting
