Job Description

Samura Engineering Accountant Job in Kenya 2019

Career Employment Samura Engineering Accountant Nairobi Kenya March 2019 

Samura Engineering Ltd

Job Description: Accountant

Job Summary: We are looking to recruit a highly competent and performance driven accountant who will be responsible for applying accounting principles and procedures to analyze financial information and ensure appropriate accounting control procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.


• Documents financial transactions by entering account information in quick books.


• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.


• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.


• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.


• Verifying order documentation, and supervising disbursements.


• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.


• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.


• Accomplishes the result by performing the duty.


• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.


• Prepare and review monthly reconciliations of assigned balance sheet accounts and ensure that general ledger accounts are reconciled with resolution to reconciling items


• Bank accounts reconciliations and resolve various issues with banks such as cleared cheque differences, bank fee anomalies and targeted balance calculations.


• Preparation of monthly management accounts


• Control all expenditure within laid down budgetary limits and justify them to the management


• Ensure timely and efficient payment to creditors


• Ensure accurate allocation of cost to the correct cost centre’s


• Creditors and debtors accounts reconciliation


• He / she will be in charge of record keeping.


• Prepare financial statements and produce budget according to schedule


• Preparation and submission of all statutory payments on time.


• Well conversant with accounts payables and receivables (Daily invoicing and taking payments


• Ability to prepare and handle statutory returns i.e. PAYE, VAT, withholding tax, standard levy etc.


• Stock control and stock reconciliations


• Writing of cheques and recording the payment vouchers

Education and Experience:

• Degree in Accounts and a CPA K graduate


• 3 years’ experience


• Conversant with accounting software’s


• An understanding of reporting and record keeping required


• Good interpersonal skills


• Excellent communication and analytical skills

Key Competences:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills


• Good listening skills


• Problem analysis and problem-solving


• Attention to detail and accuracy


• Ability to multi task and adapt easily


• Ability to work under pressure with no or minimum supervision


• Time Management


• Data entry management


• Team work


• Confidentiality

Send your curriculum vitae to admin2@samura.co.ke by 13th March 2019.

Please quote the salary expected and your availability.

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