Accounting/ Finance jobs at Kyosk Digital Services and Other companies in Kenya

 
Deadline of this Job: 31 January 2023

Role Profile:
The role is within the Finance Department. The purpose and context of the role is: Identify and lead the execution of international and foreign tax planning strategies to manage global tax risks and optimize efficiency with respect to international operations and structure; Organize efforts of the international tax mandate related to Kyosk initiatives to ensure a proactive, strategic, and consistent approach to supporting tax impacts and new business initiatives; Collaborate with and support global cross-functional teams in business development, Legal, Finance, Accounting, Treasury, and Tax; and Monitor pending or new tax legislation, draft position papers related to legislative and regulatory developments, and support tax policy initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for tax analysis and research related to global tax planning initiatives, cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, and audit activities
• Responsible for managing outside advisors in connection with key strategic projects and tax planning initiatives.
• Ensure all investor/authority reporting deadlines are adhered to and all tax returns are timely filed.
• Build key relationships with colleagues in financial accounting, tax and accounting transaction advisory, equity capital markets, and portfolio management teams to understand the global transactions executed and any other significant operating activity within the portfolio.
• Assist in the determination of proper tax accounting treatment of the various real estate acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, lease transactions executed within the portfolio.
• Assist with establishing appropriate responses to issues raised and specific requests from third party investors and tax authorities

Key Relationships:
• Global Head of Finance
• Global Head of Growth & Strategic Finance
• Global Director FP & A
• Global Director - Group Accounting , Consolidation & IFRS
• Country Finance Directors

Decision Making Authority:
• Work is conducted independently, but against a specific work plan with final review by the Global Head of Finance

Deadline of this Job: 31 January 2023

Role Profile:
The role is within the Finance Department. The purpose and context of the role is: supervision of group and local entities accounting supervision; improving the quality of the Group's consolidated financial reporting; management of the intercompany agreement; coordination of all intragroup flows; coordination of issuance of the consolidated financial statements under IFRS; shall be the internal subject matter expert and consultant on all aspects of group accounting, consolidated financial statements and IFRS; and shall maintain current understanding and knowledge share on all aspects of technical accounting and IFRS current and emerging issues as relates the business and their impact to the business.

Key Responsibilities:
• Take ownership of the production of high quality financial accounts and reports for the Group and subsidiary companies.
• Ensuring the company complies with all regulatory requirements regarding financial reports.
• taking ownership of the Group's multi-currency consolidation process (including extensive joint venture and M & A accounting) for both monthly internal management and statutiry purposes.
• Working with the country, Finance Directors to prepare quality consolidated reports for the senior management team.
• Review of monthly balance sheet reconcilialtions, including multi-currency intercompany reconciliations.
• Oversight of the accounting for the Group's key headquarters.
• Administer, develop and improvethe accuracy of the COnsolidation Tool alongside training users on best practice use of the system.
• Developing and implementing best pracitce processes and systems across the Group.
• Technical accounting support to operating businesses.
• Key point of contact for our auditors, taking day to day responsibility for the smooth running of the audit process.
• Support on a variety of ad hoc projects as required.

Key Relationships:
• Global Head of Finance
• Global Head of Growth & Strategic Finance
• Global Director FP & A
• Global Director - Tax
• Country Finance Directors

Decision Making Authority:
• Work is conducted independently, but against a specific work plan with final review by the Global Head of Finance
• The role is a development role, managing the input / output to / from financial reporting systems. Successful candidate should show reactivity and autonomy to perform their assignments.

Minimum Qualifications & Desired Skills:
• Graduate from accounting / business / engineering or equivalent.
• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA or equivalent) with a post graduate degree in finance.
• Excellent spreadd sheet skills.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in finance, financial reporting and management in a multi national or international groups or auditing firms at senior leadership / executive level in major industiral companies or experience in FMCG sector w.r.t group accounting, consolidation and IFRS.

Deadline of this Job: 15 January 2023

Job Objectives
To be responsible for the implementation of accounts payables objectives

Key Duties & Responsibilities
• Daily update and maintenance of Disputed Invoices’ Register while ensuring timeliness and completeness in resolving disputed invoices
• Timely preparation and follow up for approval of payment instructions and ensuring strict adherence to stipulated deadlines
• Posting payments and sharing of payment allocation schedules with suppliers
• Preparation of offset agreements for sign-off by suppliers and ensuring offsets are passed and allocated timely and accurately in NetSuite
• Reconciliation of supplier statements and preparation of a monthly report for the status of all supplier accounts
• Championing adherence to and implementation of the Accounts Payable Process, Work Instructions and any other Standard Operating Procedures
• Ensure accuracy of organization’s financial documents for payment, auditing and tax purposes
• Effective monitoring payables to ensure vendors are paid by due dates
• Maintenance of meticulous records of outstanding payables
• Provide clerical support necessary to pay the obligations of the organization
• Any other tasks as may be assigned from time to time

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting or related field
• CPA-K / ACCA or its equivalent
• Four years’ relevant work experience

Experience and Skills
• High level of attention to details with strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to listen, with good communication skills, interpersonal skills and great ability to plan, implement and execute set objectives and strategies in a fast-paced work environment
• Reliability and willingness to take responsibility, work under pressure and shrewd at taking and implementing instructions
• Positive attitude towards work with immense work-ethic and ability to work without supervision

Attributes
• Client focused, relationship builder
• Boundless, passionate and flexible
• Integrity, honest with high ethical standards
• Personal excellence, accuracy and attention to detail
• Collaborative; achieve results through teamwork and partnership

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Deadline of this Job: 18 January 2023