Accountant at

2 months ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Uthabiti Africa Full time
Uthabiti is the Nairobi-based African non-profit that exists to accelerate early childhood care, education and development (ECCED) in Africa.

We create partnerships with governments and key resource organizations to catalyze systemic change in the early childhood care education and development ecosystem.


Key Responsibilities:

Transactional processing:

Ensure that all financial transactions are processed accurately, in a timely manner, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, organizational policies, procedures and other relevant provisions.

Implement, and maintain processes and controls that are current best practices related to transaction processing.

Support management, oversight, processing and backup for processing all of the following transactions: payroll, accounts payable, revenue and expense, fixed assets, cash, bank reconciliations and allocations.

Perform month-end closing procedures, including overhead allocations, bank account reconciliations and updating schedules.
Maintain an orderly, efficient and effective accounting filing system.

Reporting Responsibilities:

Assist in issuing timely, accurate, and complete financial statements for all levels, including Board of Directors, funders, and management.

Assist in coordinating the preparation of the draft audited financial statements and all tax returns.
Assist with preparing financial information for the annual report.
Recommend and report upon benchmarks against which to measure organizational performance.
Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics.
Assist in production of cash flow reports, annual budget, and forecasts.
Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management.
Provide a system of management cost reports. assist with financial analyses and models as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations.

Operational Responsibilities:
Assist in fundraising efforts for the organization
Ensure organizational assets and equipment are maintained as per policies and procedures in place
Assist with development of long-term investment and other financial planning.
Assist with preparation and revision of finance and operation guidelines to respond to emerging needs and requirements.
Assist with legal, compliance and regulatory issues
Assist the organization on safe and efficient operations
Assist in payroll administration including compliance with relevant/applicable laws e.g. taxation andtimely remittance of statutory deductions.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Business Management, Bsuienss Administration, Business Information Systems
Professional Accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA)
Proficiency in accounting software applications; experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP is an added advantage.
Proficiency in Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc)
Upto date membership with relevant professional body e.g. ICPAK.
Experience with social enterprises is an added advantage
Experience with fundraising is an added advantage.
High level of integrity and discretion when handling confidential information.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships at all levels of the organization.

Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution abilities

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