Senior Accountant M - F H/F AGL Group

The roles exist to ensure that the organization maintains accurate books of accounts. One will support Yuesen business and another will support AGL-Special Economic Zone.Based in Nairobi and reporting to the Financial Controller ,the specific responsibilities will be to:-

1.Post general accounting Journals
-Ensure proper classification and posting of expenses into correct GL accounts.
-Review completeness of accruals, provisions, and prepayments monthly.
-Ensure supporting schedules for allocated accounts are prepared and shared on time.
-Review accuracy of standing charges.
-Conduct full trial balance review and maintain up-to-date supporting schedule
-Ensuring journals are properly approved before booking
-Matching general ledgers

2.Month-End, Annual Reporting, Audit & Budgeting
-Ensure accurate cost allocation for assigned accounts monthly.
-Prepare and share accrual and prepayment reports monthly.
-Ensure all provisions are accurate, reviewed, and posted on time.
-Provide supporting schedules during month-end, budget preparation, tax audits, and internal/external audits.
-Support Financial Controller (FC) on reporting, including Net Working Capital (NWC) and Forex impact analysis.

3.Tax Filing & General Ledger Management
-Follow up on supplier invoices rejected on iTax and ensure resolution monthly.
-Ensure matching of VAT accounts and timely resolution of discrepancies.
-Ensure monthly upload and reconciliation of auto-populated VAT.
-Investigate and resolve inconsistencies between iTax and local books with clear explanations and timelines.
-Ensure VAT and WHT are filed in good time
-Prepare and submit payroll byproducts. Eg Nssf, Nhif, AHL,Nita and other payroll related deductions
-Ensure clean tax accounts in SAP

4.Approval of Disbursement Costs and general expenses
-Ensure all invoices are fully supported by relevant documentation (RCNs, POs, Delivery Notes, Payment Passes, Inbound Sheets, Billing).
-Confirm that cost recovery has been done before invoice approval; document any variances.
-Raise disputes with operations and follow up for timely resolution within agreed deadlines.
-Ensure proper coding of General expenses in SAP
-Ensure proper allocation of costs.

5.Inventory Management
-Provide reports on cyclical and year-end stock counts.
-Support business control in inventory reconciliation and variance analysis.

6.Bank reconciliations
-Prepare monthly bank reconciliations
-Review and resolve reconciling items in bank reconciliations
-Liaise with treasury to close outstanding items in the bank reconciliations