EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 230,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. EY, has been in East Africa for over 87 years and with over 600 professionals, is today one of the largest professional services firms in the region.

The opportunity

We are looking for a senior accountant to join our robust ACR team.

Your key responsibilities

The work mainly involves working with the ACR team by carrying out the following tasks:-

Senior Accountant Roles:

• Ensure clients’ invoices, payments, payroll journals and other financial transactions are booked in Microsoft Business Central accounting software.
• Ensure prepayments are expensed monthly (rent, insurance etc.)
• Fixed asset accounting and management (i.e. update fixed assets registers and schedules, depreciation expense, control fixed asset movement).
• Ensure that required provisions and accruals are captured and posted done in the accounting system.
• Ensure monthly vendor reconciliations are completed.
• Create new vendors and customers where required.
• Preparing regular reports such as trial balance, statements of financial position, financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows.
• Send out remittance advices when payments are done.
• Ensure monthly bank reconciliations are done in the accounting system.
• Ensure necessary accruals & provisions are taken and the schedules updated monthly
• Perform monthly vendor aging analysis.
• Prepare month end closing and month end reports for our clients
• Prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and the Kenya Companies Act, 2015.
• Coordinate annual audits on behalf of accounting/bookkeeping clients.
• Working with clients to come up with required journals to ensure compliance with IFRSs.
• Support managers and partners in growing EY business such as in drafting potential client’s proposals, billings and debtors’ collections.
• Supervise and train assistant accountants.
• Update clients on new and amended financial accounting and reporting standards.

Senior Payroll Consultant’s roles:

• Ensuring that all monthly data input is received from clients.
• Any roll forward data input is captured and back- up taken from the previous month.
• Ensure that PAYE is computed correctly and in accordance with prevailing tax laws.
• Ensure that monthly reports are generated and shared with manager for reviews.
• Send the reviewed payroll reports to client’s contacts on time.
• Process net salaries on the client’s online banking system accurately and on time
• Issue pay slips on time.
• Ensure that the statutory payments are processed as per their due dates
• File all relevant statutory deductions (PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, AHL, HELB and NITA) on or before the due dates.
• Update clients on changes in regulatory, payroll taxes and statutory social security.
• Prepare and issue clients fee invoices on a monthly basis.

Skills and attributes for success

How your skills and experience will make an impact, followed by sub-headings:

To qualify for the role, you must have: –

• A Bachelor’s degree in either Economics/Business/Finance or a related field with a minimum of upper second-class honours or its equivalent
• A minimum overall grade of a B and B in both English & Mathematics at Secondary School level
• Professional qualification in accounting (ACCA, CPA or CA Finalist)
• SAP/BC18/Navision/Pastel/Quick books Knowledge or its equivalent
• Computerised accounting skills
• Proficiency in payroll software packages such as VIP or PaySpace
• Advanced Excel knowledge and macros
• Hands on iTax knowledge
• Exemplary communication and interpersonal skills
• 5 years hands on experience in monthly management reports, payrolls, annual audit and preparation of statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRSs

Ideally, you’ll also have

Working experience in Accounting/Finance department for at least 5 years or more with hands on experience with computerized Accounting Systems like ERPs e.g., NAVISION,BC 18, SAGE and payroll computerized payroll systems.

What we look for

A person who is:

• Able to prioritize, multi-task and work independently
• Proactive
• Attentive to detail
• Agile and curious to learn
• Discrete & Honest