Accounting finance Jobs at HCS Africa, Minet Kenya,Palladium International, Kyosk Digital Services and other Companies

JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities
• Oversee management of operations of Finance and Accounts department;
• Coordinate preparation of the Club’s Annual Budget statement in liaison with heads of departments and advice the Club in justifying budgetary provisions to Executive/Main Committee for approval of budgets;
• Offer guidance on effective and efficient management of Club’s financial resources through implementation of budget control measures;
• Coordinate monitoring and absorption of approved budget to ensure conformity;
• Coordinate effective and efficient revenue management from designated sources;
• Analyse financial information to guide in decision making;
• Coordinate preparation and presentation of Main Committee/Sub Committee and position papers;
• Coordinate provision of information and compilation of responses to audit issues to both internal and external auditors;
• Contribute to the development, implementation, management and monitoring of an information Management system to cater for departments operations;
• Monitor the implementation of agreed upon business strategies tracking of key financial performance indicators.
• Coordinate Formulation of Financial policies, Plans and Departmental Strategies;
• Coordinate preparation of correspondences to both internal and external contacts such as auditors, bankers, financiers, statutory institutions such as KRA, suppliers, contractors and consultants to ensure timely feedback;
• Authorise master payroll and initiate payroll disbursements in accordance with the approved policies and procedures;
• Coordinate capacity building for departmental staff and setting of performance targets of direct reports;
• Provide leadership in development and implementation of departmental risk management guidelines;
• Liaise with the bank on transaction confirmations and other correspondences; and Manage investment portfolio of the Club.
• Review and update the finance procedures and policies;
• Prepare justification and ROI analysis for the Club’s projects.

Other Key Attributes
• Strong leadership skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and people management skills.
• Team player.
• Effective time management and prioritization skills.
• Excellent business judgment, analytical, and decision-making skills
• Commercial awareness.

Qualifications
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting, or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
• A Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K) Or ACCA; and
• Membership of professional body (Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya ICPAK, ACCA) in good standing.
• Ten (10) years’ work experience in accounting and/or in financial analysis; Five (5) of which should be at Managerial level.
• Knowledge of any ERP software will be an added advantage.


JOB DETAILS:
Purpose For The Job
• Working under the supervisor of the Senior Account Manager, the position holder will manage the insurance claim process for all general insurance claims in Motor, property, liability, and workman compensation at both personal and commercial lines.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Managing the Client Claims Experience
• Communicate with the client and internal insurance stakeholders
• Research the stipulations of the insurance policy
• Processing insurance claims,
• Reviewing insurance coverage, and
• Analyzing claims cases
• Negotiating claims settlements

Steward of the Claim cycle
• Guide and advise the client through the entire Adjudication and Claims Process
• Advocate, represent, and champion the client’s interest in the claims submitted to the insurer(s), considering the policy wording, insurance industry procedures, and evidence in the documentation provided
• Responsible for reviewing and analyzing client claims, applications and adjustments and determining whether a client is covered under their insurance policy and that the claim has been properly adjudicated and processed within reasonable timelines.

Support Claims Department Operations to ensure
• Properly handling and storing claims documents and client information received during claim processing. This shall happen for both the physical and electronic document filing and physical files
• All claims information and data are correctly captured in the Core Claims System
• Adhere to Departmental Processes to ensure efficiencies in Claims
• Diary Management, Workflow tasks, and Issues escalations
• Preparation of Claims Reporting for management purposes with a focus on client portfolio performance and Claims Trends
• Proper management and prompt resolution of Complaints emanating during and out of the claims handling and processing and that no client shall be lost on account of having received a poor claims experience

Key Result Areas:
The accountability areas are as follows;
• Claims closure rate of 115% (closed/new) for the year
• Claims life cycle lead time of 30-60 days (simple claims and 90 - 180 days (large or complex claims)
• Real-time claims Information
• Customer Satisfaction Index of 85% and net promoter score of 60%

Knowledge and Skills Required:
The job holder must possess the following:-
• Negotiation skill
• Proficiency and knowledge of all insurance products claims handling processes on all general Insurance products, including litigated matters (history of having worked or is currently working in a busy Insurance Claims Department will be an added advantage)
• The person shall be timeline oriented and be able to meet strict claims turnaround times and deadlines
• Attention to Detail
• Knowledge about Insurance Industry in general, various insurance products and the Claims practice in particular
• The Person shall have specialized in General Insurance
• Claims with an experience of at least 7 years
• Excellent computer skills

Academic and Professional Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University (in a business Engineering/Legal Studies -related course)
• A post-graduate Insurance Diploma (AIIK; ACII) and or Associate of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (ACILA) with passed papers in Advanced Insurance Claims& Insurance Law


JOB DETAILS:
Finance and Administration Assistant

Office Administration
• Maintain office supplies inventory, ensure the office is sufficiently stocked with supplies.
• Maintain records, documentation, and files for finance, operation & administration work.
• Work with the team to ensure timely payment of utilities and other bills.

Other duties
• Support procurement and logistics.
• Provide support during audits.
• Perform other duties delegated by the supervisor.

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to pay attention to detail.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Time management and prioritization skills.

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
• 2 years work experience or CPA finalist with at least 3 years’ experience.
• Experience in accounting software.
• Understanding of bookkeeping.

JOB DETAILS:
Finance Business Partner

Role Purpose
Provision of business partnering and financial analysis, information and insights which enable the various departments of Kyosk Digital Services to make appropriate business decisions. Act as the strategic finance Business Partner for operations and commercial teams. Perform a variety of controlling, consulting and administrative tasks to support Kyosk Digital Services Kenya operations and its satellites.

Key Deliverables:
Performance measurement
• Make sure that all deadlines are respected working closely with Reporting and Accounting team and interlocking with operations and commercial teams w.r.t the close process and requirements.
• Production and reconciliation of key month end reports regarding Volumes, Revenues, Profit, Variance Analysis and P&L by region, by warehouse, by category, by product, by sku, by sales agent, by duka etc
• Provision of reliable figures and in-depth knowledge of the relevant business metrics. Analysis ranges from top-level review to detailed research
• Prepare ad hoc reports to analyse any variances against targets e.g., volume and mix analysis
• Own the periodic (weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual as well as ad hoc) business review needs i.e., prepare and generate reports, templates, slides etc required for business review to track performance against KPIs.
• Prepare and distribute key business reports and analyses (Revenues): daily, weekly, monthly, YTD, quarterly, bi-annual, annual against targets.

Budget / Forecasts
• Engage with management in the top-down budget and forecast setting process and cascading agreed targets to inform bottom-up budgeting and forecasting with the operational teams.
• Coordinate the bottom-up budgeting and forecasting process and provision of information to the commercial and operations departments as and when it is needed

Business Partnering
• Support the country finance manager, general manager and operations and commercial teams with finance need
• Perform ad hoc and structure analysis on a variety of business projects/initiatives
• Ad hoc Tasks

• Best Practices: Collect and share best practices on Business Partnering
• Support Missions: Identifies weaknesses and organize relevant support missions to Kyosk Digital services satellite operations, to help remediate any potential issues across country.
• Value Adding Projects: review of cost to serve, value chain and pricing analysis, establishment of key performance indicators.
• Any other duties within the finance team as assigned by the Country Finance Manager

Minimum Requirements:
• Graduate with a bachelors degree in Accounting / Business / Financial Engineering or equivalent;
• Qualified Accountant (CPA (K), ACA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Postgraduate Degree in Finance is an added advantange;
• A minimum of 5 years in business planning and analysis with atleast 3 years as a Financial Analyst (in a multinational company) or in a leading Audit Consulting firm;
• Excellent spreadsheet skills.
• Demonstrated working Experience of ERP Systems;
• Multiple assignments in major industrial companies or experience in the FMCG sector;
• Previous knowledge of Management Reporting Tools;
• Advanced knowledge of Business Intelligence Tools e.g., Power BI, Tableau etc is a plus;
• Advanced knowledge of excel analysis and data modelling skills e.g., Power Query, Power Pivot is preffered;
• Advanced knowledge of data wrangling/cleansing tools - ETL (Extract Transform Load) techniques such as Get and Tranform in ms excel.
• Additional knowledge of MySQL would be an advantage.

Desired Copmetencies:
• Business Acumen;
• Financial Acumen;
• Analytical Thinking;
• Effective Decision Making;
• Project Management;
• Drive for Results;
• Customer Orientation.

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