Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, May 06, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Centum is East Africa's leading investment company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and Uganda Securities Exchange. We are an investment channel providing investors with access to a portfolio of inaccessible, quality, diversified investments. Our Key objective is to consistently generate market beating returns by building extraordinary enterprises throughout Africa.
Job Brief
Greenblade Growers a subsidiary of Centum seeks to recruit Accountants for its Tumaini Operations in Ol Kalau.
Job Purpose
Primarily responsible for all Greenblade accounting including cost tracking, reporting and provides day to day accounting to support project delivery. .

Main responsibilities
Pre-construction development pipelines project accounting • Coordinate with the Greenblade team to track and report projected cash needs for all projects in the development pipeline on a bi- weekly basis
• Track project cost, process invoices and prepare entries to appropriately reflect all development
• project costs and activities from inception through to construction
• Generate monthly project reports, assist sales and project management team with production of monthly revenues including reporting on project variances of actuals vs budget and updating forecasts
• Create data room and provide financial due diligence materials / documents
Project cost tracking and accounts payable processing
• Review project invoices for processing and payment
• Prepare and enter project related entries to accurately account for all projects costs
• Manage the monthly construction draw down process with the project team
• Track assigned project budgets and lead monthly budget meetings to identify and discuss any cost / budget issues
• Prepare routine or regular papers for development projects to facilitate filing of tax returns
• Reconcile project budget with actuals and prepare project update report
• Responsible for bank deposits and payments including bank and loan account reconciliations
• Responsible for accounts payable, account receivable matching, data entry and reconciling accounts.
Budgets
• Prepare, analyse, monitor and report project financial information including budgets, expenditure, forecasts, cost control and cash flows
• Assist the development and construction teams in preparation and update of budgets and forecasts including detailed and challenge of the numbers.
• Track all project costs and budget including processing of all related invoices and lead monthly budget meetings to identify and discuss any cost / budget issues
• Coordinate with the project team and group finance team to reconcile project budgets against funding line / financing source
• Identify and report on expenditure, budget and income variations as well as implementing monitoring processes to provide for effective project management and deliver
Other duties
• Organization of physical accounting files, maintain project related records including insurance, contracts and LPO’s
• Ensure financial management tools and information systems are up to date and reconciled between themselves
• Perform own administrative duties

Job Skills: Not Specified

Minimum qualifications
• Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business Administration or an equivalent.
• CPA(K) or equivalent is a must.
• Expertise in financial operations, accounting controls, working capital management, financial statement reporting and analysis, regulatory compliance, tax management and budgeting.
• Up-to-date applied knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards and tax regulations.
• Experience of having worked as a Senior accountant in a large organization.
• Experience in Project Management will be an added advantage
• Excellent analytical and numerical abilities
• Proficiency in IT- SAP Experience is mandatory
• Excellent communication skills, problem solver with strong attention to detail
• Team player with ability to work effectively and make decisions independently
• Commercial awareness and sound business knowledge

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Education Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Those interested and meet the above requirements and are willing to work at the farm can send their application letters and CV on or before Tuesday, 19th May 2020
Only Shortlisted Candidates will be contacted. Green Blade is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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