Job Description
• Education: Bachelor’s.
• Job Type:Permanent.
• Location:Nairobi, Kenya.
• Career Level: Lower Mid-Level.
• Salary: Monthly Gross Salary: Monthly gross salary: Negotiable depending on skills and experience.
• Deadline: 19th November 2021.
Our client, a group of schools, is looking for an experienced Accounts Payable & Payments Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing financial support to the organization by overseeing supplier invoice processing, maintenance of the AP ledger, processing of outward payments and controlling expenses. The ideal candidate Must have at least 5 years of experience in accounting, with at least 3 in Accounts Payable. He/she Must have a bachelor’s degree in accounting with CPA(K) or ACCA.
Key Responsibilities:
• Check that supplier invoices have been matched to LPOs, Requisitions, that there is proof of goods being received and that prices charged on invoices are per LPOs.
• Ensure appropriate withholding tax and VAT is accounted for on relevant supplier invoices.
• Review all non-AP supplier documentation that is submitted to Finance for payment is correct.
• Ensure proper and systematic filing systems are maintained for all supplier and payment support documentation.
• Maintain the AP Ledger by reviewing it at least monthly to ensure that there are no errors that need to be corrected and to assess whether suppliers are being paid on time.
• Ensure that all supplier and other liability invoices and payments are accurately processed in Sage.
• Ensure that proper physical and accounting controls are maintained over petty cash and cash requisitions.
• Maintain the fixed asset register, calculate monthly depreciation, and ensure that it reconciles to the Sage general ledger accounts monthly.
• Ensure that retail sales, sales takings, cost of sales and stocks are properly controlled and accounted for.
• Process AP And GL journals where required from any of the duties required herein.
• Reconcile the current account statements to the Sage records monthly.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Accounting with CPA or ACCA qualification.
• Must have 5 years of accounting experience, at least 3 in Accounts Payable Management.
• Must have knowledge of Sage Evolution and/or Microsoft Dynamics.
• He/she should have knowledge of Accounts Payable.
• Be analytical and have attention to detail.
• Computer literacy and have high-level Excel skills.
• Ability to carefully process payments, verifying and reconcile invoices.
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