Accounts Assistant - Investments Company

Hiring Organization: Lofty-Corban Investments Limited
Job Title: Accounts Assistant
Location: Nairobi
Role Summary: The accounts assistant supports the finance department with day-to-day administrative and book-keeping tasks to ensure accurate financial record-keeping, ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
Primary Responsibilities:

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• Accounts Payable & Receivable: Process vendor invoices, match purchase orders to statements, generate client invoices, and follow up on overdue payments.
  
• Bookkeeping & Data Entry: Record daily financial transactions (cash receipts, payments, and expenses) into accounting software.
  
• Reconciliations: Perform monthly bank reconciliations to identify and resolve discrepancies between internal records and statements.
  
• Financial Reporting: Assist in the preparation of monthly financial statements, including profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, and cash flow summaries.
  
• Maintain and update the fixed assets register, ensuring accurate records
  
• Ensure timely preparation of tax returns and remittance of taxes
  
• Ensure timely preparation of payroll statutory returns and remittance
  
• Administrative Support: Maintain organized digital and physical filing systems, handle finance-related queries from vendors or clients, and assist with audit preparations.
  
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency.
  
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  

Academic and Professional Requirements
Education

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• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  
• Progress towards professional certifications such as CPA, ACCA, or equivalent certification
  

Experience and Skills Required

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• 1–3 years of progressive accounting experience.
  
• Strong command of Microsoft Office applications with particular emphasis on Microsoft excel
  
• Attention to detail and ability to identify errors in complex datasets.
  
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with various departments and external stakeholders
  
• Professionalism: High standard of integrity and discretion when handling sensitive financial data.
  
• Advanced proficiency in accounting software
  
• Strong interpersonal skills
  
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
  

How to Apply
If you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualifications and experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title in the email subject (Accounts Assistant) to hr@loftycorban.com before 29th January 2026
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not receive any communication from us within two weeks of your application, kindly consider your application unsuccessful. We appreciate your interest and thank you for applying