Safaricom Senior Accountant - Accounts Payable Local Job in Kenya

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy within the Finance Division.

In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

Senior Accountant - Accounts Payable Local

FIN – SAAP-SEPTEMBER 2011

Reporting to the Manager – AP Local, the job holder will be responsible for executing relevant tasks required to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all the transactions imported and posted from the Oracle Subsidiary ledgers to the General Ledger.

The job holder’s key responsibilities will be to:

• Implement procedure in the business to ensure all invoices received are delivered to Accounts Payable upon receipt in the company and maintain an updated register to track movement of all the invoices received in the business until paid and filed;
• Extract and submit scheduled supplier payments information seamlessly from the Oracle financials for preparation of the cash forecast;
• Ensure that suppliers’ accounts are properly reconciled in preparation for payments every month by ensuring availability of all relevant documents;
• Ensure reconciling items appearing in the reconciliations are cleared each month;
• Prepare monthly reconciliation of creditor accounts and reconcile the creditor subsidiary ledgers to the creditors control account in the General ledger on a monthly basis;
• Prepare a monthly management reports on all expenditure done outside the Purchasing system
• Prepare monthly accrual schedules for the purposes of monthly reporting in line with IAS;
• Ensure reconciliation of creditor and prepayment accounts;
• Participate in the monthly physical stock take as instructed by the business;
• Preparation of Account Payables schedules for internal, interim and annual audits and timely resolution of matters raised from the audit;
• Manage the performance of staff assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant CPA (K)/CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent with honors degree from a recognized university;
• At least 4-5 years accounting experience in a well run company of which 2 years should be in a supervisory level position;
• Computer proficiency and ability to operate integrated accounting software and Oracle Financials;
• Understanding and use of a well run purchasing and Accounts payable process;
• Understanding of the International Financial Reporting Standards and their application;
• Understanding of the tax requirements for payments made;
• Ability to relate well with both internal and external customers and work in teams;
• High resilience and have impeccable character with good communication skills;
• Have a positive approach to ensuring complete customer satisfaction;
• Highly innovative, with excellent analytical skills and ability to meet stringent deadlines.

If you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, please send your resume and application letter indicating why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title and Ref No to the address below by Tuesday, 13th September 2011.

Senior Manager-Talent Acquisition,
Safaricom Limited,
Via email to: hr@safaricom.co.ke
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