Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 14, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Greenforest Foods Ltd is a premier natural foods and ingredients processor that supplies retail outlets and institutional clients in Kenya and the greater East African Community. Greenforest works with more than 5,000 small holder farmers and beekeepers to deliver the safe natural products to the consumer and institutional clients. We respect the environment and biodiversity hence we operate sustainability. We believe in ethical dealings with our employees and business associates.
We are looking for an assistant accountant to support the finance department with day-to-day accounting duties as detailed below:

Duties and Responsibilities Accounting
• Preparing and maintaining an updated list of customers.
• Receiving and processing orders and payments from customers.
• Maintain accounts receivable, customer files, and generate plus analyse receivables list.
• In liaison with Sales team, keep track of outstanding debts to achieve collection targets and ensure positive cash flow and maintain debtors’ book to ensure that debt status is accurate and up to date.
• Submitting a monthly sales report in time for decision making; preparing, analysing and reporting on weekly, monthly, quarterly gross margin analysis by brand, by customer type, region, and any other requirement by management.
• Managing petty cash ,conducting daily banking activities.
• Maintaining an up-to-date billing system to generate and send out invoices.
• Organising bank reconciliations for office accounts and ensure company bank accounts are funded for payments.
• Assist in preparation of account statement and financial reports, audit exercise and any other financial function as assigned.
• Compiling stock records and information in order to keep a proper record of finished goods inventory.
• Preparing payment requisitions and relevant documents for payments.
• Perform any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Experience, Skills & Competencies
The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar role in a busy environment.
• Experience in accounting and reporting functions, financial management and administration.
• Excellent report writing and presentation Skills, good negotiation skills, sound judgement and problem-solving skills.
• Financial analytical and planning skills.
• Attention to detail, ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
• Professional experience with Excel and accounting packages such as QuickBooks.
• CPA Part 2
• A Bachelor’s degree is an added advantage

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
If you are interested in the position and have the skills and talents herein described, we would like to hear from you. Please make your application and email to: hr@greenforest.co.ke before close of business 21st January 2022. Only successful candidates will be contacted.
Greenforest Foods Ltd is an equal opportunity employer and bases its hiring decisions on the business need and the best qualified candidates available and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category. If you do not hear from us, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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