Finance Officer Job in Nairobi, Kenya (50K)

Position: Finance Officer

Reporting to: Director-Finance

Job type: Permanent after 3 months’ probation

Location: Head Office, Nairobi.

Pay: Gross KES 50,000

Benefits:

The incumbent will be responsible for the finance function of the company. He or she will be required to provide core support in the below:
  • Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information from various business partners on a timely basis.
  • Focus on building and maintaining a healthy cash flows to ensure that the company is constantly facilitated for its operations.
  • Summarizes current financial status by collecting and entering accounting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports.
  • Perform accounting procedures like maintaining the general ledger, monthly bank reconciliations and periodic management accounts.
  • Minimize tax liability by ensuring they are updated on latest tax procedures and making timely statutory returns on behalf of the company.
  • Provide support to the human resource function by processing the monthly payroll on time.
  • Ensure the company is compliant in all its financial procedures but keeping abreast with generally accepted accounting principles and applying the same in the organization.
  • Provide support to the human resource function by processing the monthly payroll on time.
  • Add value to the integrity of financial records by developing and implementing a safe, yet user-friendly method of record keeping, filing and back up.
Skills and Qualifications required:
  • Must have relevant work experience of 2 years, preferably in a bank or a financial institution.
  • Must be a university graduate in Commerce or a related field, preferably finance option.
  • Must be a CPA.
  • Must be at least 23 years and above and display a mature disposition.
  • Must have working knowledge and experience of an accounting software
  • Must have the ability to perform general accounting functions.
  • Must possess people skills and a capacity to think fast and not succumb under pressure.
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