Accountant

Summary:

Elective Africa is a leading organization in structuring and executing learning and travel immersion programs across Africa. Focused on creating meaningful first-hand experiences for its diverse clientele, Elective Africa curates programs that are collaborative, impactful and give back to the communities where we work.

Cytonn HR has been retained by Elective Africa to hire an accounts assistant who will be responsible for executing finance, human resource and administration duties in order to ensure effective and efficient operations. This position will offer the individual a competitive salary, professional development opportunities working with high-performance individuals as well as a collaborative and mission-driven work environment, with opportunities for international exposure, as they arise.

Responsibilities

• Accounts Payables: Preparing payments with correct supporting invoices and documents, for all expenses
• Records Keeping: Detailed and organized record keeping in both soft & hard copies, filling records in an orderly manner for ease of retrieval with relevant documentations
• Treasury: Assist in daily, weekly and monthly treasury operations and track key treasury operational benchmarks
• Accounts Receivable: Track all sales are accurately billed and work with the sales team for timely collections
• Cash Management: Keep a weekly record of all cash movement for program funding in various locations & ensure up-to-date recording of reconciliations with accurate supporting documents
• Modeling: Review program pricing and competitive packaging to ensure the program remains competitive in its pricing to attract clients
• Compliance: Ensuring compliance with taxation and any other financial legal requirements, including filing of all statutory deductions; PAYE, Tourism Levies, SHIF, NSSF, HELB and VAT, among others
• Monthly management accounts reporting
• Work with the auditor to bring all the audits up to date
• To work closely with the business development team and provide strategic support
• HR and administrative assistance to the entity, including Contracts Management and Leave Management
• Any other duties that may be assigned to you from time to time for the business

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or other related courses in business with a minimum of second class honors upper division; Minimum B+ in KCSE
• At least 1-2 years of work experience
• Completed professional accounting papers: CPA or ACCA or an equivalent
• Understanding of financial reporting and accounting standards
• Must be well versed Microsoft applications, working with any accounting system
• Attentive to details, results oriented & ability to work independently.
• Willing to work for long and odd hours
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Learning Opportunities

• Practical accounting skills.
• Budgeting and financial planning
• Use of accounting software
• Financial reporting
• Business and Operational Insights

Skills Required:

• Accounting / Finance
• Sales / Marketing / Business / Management