LATEST KENYAN JOBS AND VACANCIES: Accountant Job in Nairobi, Kenya (80K) - 2015

Salary: Shs 80K

Our client in the health sector is seeking to recruit Accountant to join their

team. 

He/she will ensure effective handling

of Payments and periodic reporting in compliance with the hospitals’ finance

policy and containment of operational risk.

Key Performance Areas (KPAs)

Creditors Focus

• Responsible for ensuring that suppliers /
  
  doctors are handled in a professional manner, the information provided is
  
  correct and suppliers / doctors are correctly referred.


• Confer with other departments to aid in
  
  resolving creditors balance problems.


• Supplier/doctor’s relationship management to
  
  ensure there is continued Sales Focus

Supplier / Doctors Management

• Evaluation of creditors accounts, with
  
  reference to risk factors.


• Ensure all applicable documentation for
  
  creditors are received from other service departments.


• Ensure that documents for payments are
  
  completed correctly with the required authorization and signatures.


• Preparing reports and standard statements /
  
  Ensure that monthly ageing reports are submitted to respective
  
  stakeholders.


• Ensuring that creditor’s contracts are
  
  complete and legally correct.


• Review and update creditors ageing report and
  
  creditors general ledger.


• Ensuring that difference between source
  
  documents and the System are corrected and the adjustments are filed.


• Enforce payment policies, payment lines,
  
  procedures and standards in conjunction with senior managers.


• Achieving finance assessment targets / audit.


• Collect all due claims

• Compute payment schedules as per agreed
  
  timelines.


• Prepare and pass Monthly, quarterly, Midyear
  
  Journals in the general ledger as per advice.

• Creditors focus


• Delivering Results and meeting creditors
  
  expectations


• Planning & Organizing


• Assertive


• Interpersonal Sensitivity


• Problem Solving and Analytic


• Insight/understanding


• Ability to work well under pressure


• Friendliness


• Quality conscious


• Communicating orally/written


• Teamwork


• Reliability


• Resilience

• 3 to 4 years general payables and
  
  reconciliation experience in a busy hospital


• Knowledge of payments and reporting principles


• Computer literacy essential (Word, Excel)


• Good Leadership skills


• Bachelor Degree (Finance/Accounts Major).


• CPA/ACA part 2


• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills


• Skill in analyzing and evaluating financial
  
  information.


• Passion to work with numbers

Kindly send your application letter

and CV to jobs@jantakenya.com clearly indicating ‘Hospital Accountant’ on the

subject line. 

Do not attach any certificates.

Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.