Senior Accountant and Assistant Accountant at New KCC
New Kenya Co-operative Creameries Limited is the leading Dairy Company in the Country reknown for its world class brands that include KCC Butter, Ghee, Gold Crown, Safariland and Mala among others.
We are seeking to recruit dynamic and result driven persons to fill the following vacancies:-
Senior Accountant
Ref: HR/SA/01/10/2013
Job Purpose
The Senior Accountant will be Reporting to the Finance Manager.
He/She will ensure timely processing of payments to suppliers, staff and locations as well as administration of petty cash and treasury management.
The position also ensures proper accounting of all stocks, inventory and fixed assets as well as of the monthly production for all categories of products.
Key Responsibilities
- Overseeing the management of all revenues including sales, rent etc
- Ensuring returns of all taxes
- Managing debt collection and monitoring credit
- Calculating and posting of depreciation expenses
- Maintaining the fixed assets register
- Analyzing expenses for cost revision and management accounts
The Candidate Specifications:
The candidate must possess the following qualifications:-
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or its equivalent from a recognized university.
- At least 5 to 6 years’ experience
- Be a CPA(K) holder
Essential Skills
- Mandatory SAP knowledge and Accounting packages
- Prior experience supervising a unit/others doing similar work
- Excellent analytical skills
Assistant Accountant
Ref: HR/AA/02/10/2013
The Assistant Accountant will be Reporting to the Accountant.
He/She will ensure accurate and timely execution of financial and/or accounting transactions including payables, stocks, payroll, receivables, cost and management accounts.
Key Responsibilities
- Posting supplier invoices
- Preparing payment vouchers
- Reconciling creditors accounts
- Receiving, authenticating and posting cheques and banking slips.
- Accurate and timely processing and payment of salaries and wages
- Confirming the accuracy of stock records as well as conducting valuations and reconciliations of the same
- Assisting in the preparation of cost and management reports and records
- Reconciling stocks and conducting variance analysis
- Performing inter – creamery tracking of stocks
- Preparing customer statements and dispatching them to the location
- Maintaining schedule of loans to farmers and ensuring deductions are made on time
- Opening new supplier accounts and making adjustments to existing accounts as per request
- Encrypting all electronic payments and transferring the files to the bank for processing
The Candidate Specifications:
The candidate must possess the following qualifications:-
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or its equivalent from a recognized university.
- At least 3 to 4 years’ experience
- Be a CPA(K) holder
Essential Skills
- Mandatory SAP knowledge and Accounting packages
- Good organization and communication skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
N/B: Applications that do not meet the minimum qualifications shall not be considered.
If you meet the above requirements, send your applications quoting the Name of Position and Reference Number applied for, together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, indicating current salary, copies of certificates, testimonies and contacts of at least three references and daytime telephone contacts to:
Chief Manager, Human Resource and Administration
New Kenya Co-operative Creameries
P.O. Box 30131 – 00100 GPO,
Nairobi.
Or recruitment@newkcc.co.ke
Please note that all applications SHOULD BE sent through the above address ONLY NOT later than 6th November 2013 by 5 p.m.
‘New KCC is an equal Employer.’
