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Assistant Accountant - Payables

Cic Insurance Group

full time Nairobi Posted 18 hours ago

Who We’re Looking For Essential Knowledge/Skills and Experience Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field.

  • 1 to 3 years relevant experience in a busy accounting office.

  • Pursuing CPA certification with at least having passed the intermediate level.

  • Ensure payments are made to suppliers consistently, accurately and within credit terms. This requires verification of supplier’s invoices against

  • contract terms and other agreements(if any) before processing into the supplier’s ledgers.

  • Review suppliers’ transactions for completeness and accuracy. This includes ensuring that suppliers invoices and the requisite supporting documentation is properlyauthorizeded for payment processing.

  • Prepare suppliers invoices allocation schedules and ensure that operating expenses are allocated to the right cost centers based on the agreed allocation criteria.

  • Prepare payment vouchersand follow up for prompt authorization.

  • Set up, monitor and perform supplier reconciliationsfor major suppliers on a monthly basis.

  • Prepare and maintain accruals and prepayment schedules.

  • Support the monthly accounting closing process to ensure accurate and timely financials. This entails ensuring that end month accruals and prepayment journals are prepared and approved.

  • Respond promptly tosupplier queries on invoices and payments

  • Maintain the vendor/supplier files and monitor the accounts to ensure payments are up to date.

  • Prepare and process tax and statutory cheques/EFTstimely to avoid penalties.

  • Prepare and disburse accounts payable cheques or upload payment transactions to the online banking platforms for approvals and subsequent release.

  • Support internal and external audit processes. This will also include supporting compliance reviews and statutory reviews.

  • Any other duty that may be allocated by the supervisor.