PAYABLES ACCOUNTANT
PAYABLES ACCOUNTANT
Category: Finance
Company: AMOTECH KENYA
Posted on: Mar 24, 2025
2 weeks ago
Description
Responsibilities
- Timely preparation, filing, and payment of statutory deductions and taxes, including PAYE, NHIF, NSSF, NITA, WHT, VAT, and Import Duties.
- Ensuring compliance with Kenyan tax laws and regulations.
- Keeping up to date with tax policy changes and advising management on their implications.
- Receipt, verification, and input of supplier invoices into the accounting system.
- Ensuring supplier payments are processed accurately and on time.
- Reconciling supplier accounts and maintaining good working relationships with OEMs and other vendors.
- Reconciling intercompany accounts.
- Performing regular bank reconciliations to ensure accuracy between bank records and company financial statements.
- Investigating and resolving discrepancies in banking transactions.
- Ensuring proper documentation of all financial transactions for audit and compliance purposes.
- Ensuring completeness and accuracy of expenses, properly documented and aligned with budget allocations.
- Providing advisory on cost-cutting measures to optimize spending and improve financial efficiency.
- Assisting in conducting internal audits to enhance financial controls.
- Assisting in project costing and budget preparation to ensure accurate financial planning.
Minimum Qualifications
- A Bachelor of Commerce Accounting /Finance or related qualification
- Must have CPA Part II
- Preferably 3-5 Years’ Experience in a similar role in a busy Finance/Accounts Department
- Knowledgeable about taxation matters in Kenya and ability to liaise with KRA and other regulatory bodies to resolve tax matters
- Proficiency in MS Office and relevant accounting software.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in bank reconciliations and project costing.
- TO APPLY:
- Send in your application through the Amotech Africa careers under the payable accountant title.