Intern (Accounting & Admin)- AthiRiver

Job Code (Ref): Intern

Job Grade:

Department: Finance & Admin

Reporting to: Financial Accountant

Section: Accounts & Admin

Job Summary

Your overall goal as an intern (Accounting & Admin) is to actively be involved in financial modeling, data analysis, and creating various reports to support the company management in decision making; assisting the admin and accounting departments in Filling, Documentation, and ensuring Quick Tressability of important Documents when Required.

Key Result Areas:

Finance

• Work closely with the Accounting department to ensure a Full understanding of Financial Models.

• Assist in Prepare Ad-hoc reports as and when required

• Assist in Continuous update of the company plan with close supervision from the CEO

• Understand and Assist in Initiating online payments and ensure proper documentation and approvals of the same.

• Understand and Assist in preparing Bank cheques as and when it is required

• Understand  & Assist in Posting Bank Transactions, Petty cash Vouchers, and Invoices and Bank preparing Reconciliations.

• Assist in handling Petty cash as and when required.

• Understand and Assist in Updating the cash requirements daily

• Ensure Filling of all statutory deductions (NHIF, NSSF, PAYE)

• Proper filing of accounting & statutory documents

• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by your supervisor.

Admin

• Assist in documents arrangement and Filling

• Prepare a filling system to ensure easy accessibility of documents and files

• Understand and assist in general administration duties as requested by the Administrator

• Managing the archives – ensuring that all documents are filed correctly and labeled properly for ease of retrieval.

Key Performance Standards (Key Performance Indicators– KPIs)

• Understanding of the Company Business Plan and Financial Models

• Proper Arrangement and filling of all the Departments Documents

• Ability to post Transactions into the accounting system on time.

• Monthly bank reconciliations are in order.

• Requested reports are generated on time.

• Ensure that the archives are always in order and all documents are correctly filed.

Required Background

Education

• Degree/Diploma in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, or related field. 

Experience

• A minimum of 6 months of relevant experience.

• Accounting and finance in a commercial Setup or Administration.

• At least 6 months of Exposure in filling and administration.

Personal Skills & Qualities

• A solid understanding of accounting.

• Good Organisation Skills.

• Strong Excel skills.

• Knowing how to link financial statements.

• Ability to distill large amounts of data into a simple format.

• An eye for design and aesthetics.

• Clear presentation skills.