Accounts Assistant

Title: Accounts Assistant

Industry: Hair & Beauty

Location: Nairobi,

Gross Salary:  Kshs 35,000 – 40,000

Our client is a distributor of hair and beauty products. They seek to hire a detail-oriented accounts assistant to perform daily accounting tasks that will support our financial team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage accounts receivables.

• Bank reconciliations.

• Petty cash management.

• Compliance management – Filing of taxes; VAT, WHT, Catering Levy, and payroll statutory.

• Payroll management.

• Manage account payables

• Providing support to the Accounting Department.

• Performing basic office tasks, such as filing, data entry, answering phones, processing mail, etc.

• Handling communications with clients and vendors via phone, email, and in person.

• Processing transactions, issuing checks, and updating ledgers, budgets, etc.

• Preparing financial reports.

• Assisting with audits, fact checks, and resolving discrepancies.

Skills and Qualifications

• Should be a CPA part 3 or more qualified or ACCA qualified.

• Minimum of two years working experience as an accountant 

• Good knowledge and experience with QuickBooks. 

• Experience with Sage Pastel 200 Evolution is an added advantage

• Must be honest and reliable as well as have a strong personality.

• Must we be willing to work flexible working hours 

• Must be willing to work hard and be ready to do more jobs than what is specified.

• MUST know how to file statutory deductions such as PAYE/NSSF/NHIF/NITA/KEBS and VAT.

• Must be experienced with working with Microsoft applications such as word and excel.

• Should have basic knowledge of how importation and exportation works in Kenya.

How to Apply

If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Accounts Assistant – Beauty) to us before 28th March 2023.