ACCOUNTANT

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate accounting records, general ledger, and subsidiary accounts.
• Prepare monthly financial statements, management reports, budgets, forecasts, and financial analysis.
• Perform daily bank, customer, supplier, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Manage accounts receivable and payable, including invoicing, collections, supplier payments, and account statements.
• Process payroll, vendor, casual, and statutory payments.
• Ensure compliance with VAT, PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and other applicable statutory obligations.
• Prepare and submit statutory returns and assist with tax matters and audits.
• Manage inventory accounting, including stock valuations, cost of sales, margin analysis, physical stock counts, and stock variance investigations.
• Reconcile inventory records with the general ledger and monitor stock gains and losses.
• Maintain the fixed asset register and asset movement schedules.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and provide required financial documentation.
• Supervise, train, and support accounting staff, bookkeepers, and clerks.
• Use accounting/ERP systems such as QuickBooks, Sage, Zoho, and Microsoft Excel.